Peter Raffa has been named the new director of advancement for the Kindering Center.

Raffa was past president of the Northwest Development Officers Association, before joining the Board of Directors of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. He most recently directed development efforts at the Seattle Public Library as executive director of the Seattle Public Library Foundation, after six years at the helm of the Northwest Kidney Foundation, a $65 million nonprofit agency with 12 dialysis centers.

Kindering is a non-profit neurodevelopmental center that provides therapies and services for infants and children who are disabled, medically fragile or vulnerable because of abuse and neglect.

More information is available at 425-747-4004 or www.kindering.org.