"Fostering the future"

"I love my community, my state and my country.  But there are the injustices. For example, children in foster care and the professionals who care and nurture them, deserve far better treatment than what they are getting now. We desperately need a change of climate and culture in our foster care system,” says Jamie Beletz, Chairman of the Gateways Foundation for Youth and Families and Region 5 board member of the Foster Parents Association of Washington State. "At least here I can make a real difference in the lives of children."
          Jamie Beletz lives in Tacoma, Washington with his wife, author, attorney and entrepreneur Mel Curtiss and their 8 year old daughter Sarah. Jamie Beletz grew up in the system, has contributed as a foster parent and spends time as an advocate and an FPAWS board member. When he isn’t volunteering to serve on boards and organizing fund drives for local charities, he writes novels and short stories and political satire.          
        Beletz is a senior partner in the firm Innovations In Quality LLC (IQ), an operations & business management firm headquartered in Ferndale, Washington. The national firm shares their Malcolm Baldridge based exceptional performance practices with worldwide leaders in business, education, health care and non profit organizations.  For the past 25 years, executives, managers and quality leaders have come to IQ in order to learn how to improve performance excellence.  Beletz travels the globe as a motivational speaker.      

Jamie Beletz is the CEO of MitzVote, a pro-Israel, pro-Jewish nationwide grassroots lobbying & public affairs organization.  As a kid, Beletz was an active member of B'nai Brith Youth Organization (Kennedy AZA) and later became a USY youth group leader and religious school teacher.  He is a member of Temple Beth El in Tacoma and a strong supporter of the Chabad House of Pierce County.    
        After serving in the U.S. Navy, Beletz graduated from Western Washington University. Jamie Beletz has degrees in Journalism and Political Science from Western Washington University and advanced studies in Educational Administration from Arizona State University and Campaign Management from American University.

Beletz has been a recognized figure in local, state and national politics. Beletz enjoys relationships with key members of the present White House, Congress, State and Territorial Governors, state legislators, mayors and county and city elected officials. They seek his advice on an array of legislative and political issues. His close relationships with members on both sides of the aisle gives Beletz an advantage to understand all sides of important issues facing us. Beletz has had enormous success in legislative affairs, business consulting and fundraising.