End of Life Washington Contractors
Amanda Root
 Bookkeeping
Amanda Root is a nonprofit bookkeeper and owner of Root System Bookkeeping. She has been supporting End of Life of Washington with their financial recordkeeping and reporting since 2020, and loves being able to play this small part in the big impact that End of Life Washington is making; she truly values the mission.Â
Nonprofits have unique needs when it comes to their bookkeeping, so Amanda has spent many years specializing in this area and investing in continuing education so that she can best support them. Amanda grew up in Moscow, Idaho, received her bachelor’s degree at the University of Washington, and is a QuickBooks Online Proadvisor. When she’s not keeping the books, she loves playing board games with her family and spending time near the ocean.
Nancy Sapiro
Lobbyist
Nancy Sapiro is a lawyer and contract lobbyist. She has represented clients in Olympia since 2012, and has worked with End of Life Washington since 2016. She specializes in health care, civil rights, economic and social justice, domestic violence, promoting policies that support working families, and civic engagement. Prior to this, she worked as a staff attorney for a women’s legal rights organization that worked to advance the law through litigation, legislative advocacy and legal rights education strategies. She also worked for over 7 years as a public defender representing individuals charged with crimes as well as indigent parents and children involved in the juvenile justice/child welfare system. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2008 she was honored by the King County Washington Women Lawyers and given the Friend of the Judiciary Award for her work championing women’s rights to comprehensive health information and care. She is also a principal in a family owned commercial real estate business that has been in existence for over 70 years, based in Green Bay WI.
 She is passionate about the work of End of Life WA based on her deeply rooted belief in autonomy around health care decision-making, particularly at the beginning and end stages of life.