Daniel Evearts

I’m a founder, systems builder, and business leader passionate about solving problems that can improve millions of lives. After an 18 year career in finance and leadership, I realized something fundamental: technical skills and business knowledge alone are not enough for people to thrive. We teach people how to build careers, manage money, and solve complex problems, but almost no one is taught the emotional skills needed to navigate relationships, conflict, boundaries, self worth, and life’s most difficult experiences. That realization is what led me to create Refuge Under the Eclipse. Refuge is building a new category of emotional education. Our platform combines structured, self paced learning with guided reflection and community to help people develop the emotional skills many of us were never taught. Rather than replacing therapy, Refuge complements it by offering practical education people can apply in everyday life. We begin with a foundational emotional skills journey before expanding into specialized experiences focused on religious trauma, LGBTQ+ identity, domestic violence, PTSD, grief, childhood trauma, relationship recovery, and more. Before creating Refuge, I spent nearly two decades leading teams in financial services and property management, specializing in operational excellence, ethical leadership, process improvement, and people development. That experience shaped how I build today: scalable systems, intentional design, and products centered on real human needs. I’m currently building our MVP and looking to connect with mission driven software engineers, product leaders, designers, and entrepreneurs who want to help create technology that strengthens human connection and makes emotional growth more accessible. I believe the next generation of technology will not just help us work more efficiently. It will help us understand ourselves and each other more deeply. Practice changes everything.

Chief Executive Officer @ Refuge Under the Eclipse (Sep 2025 – ) I founded Refuge Under the Eclipse to create what I could not find when I needed it most: a safe, trauma-informed space for people navigating healing outside of traditional therapy. As Founder and CEO, I lead the strategy, development, and ethical design of our digital peer support platform. Refuge is currently preparing to launch its beta program, Beyond the Eclipse, focused on religious trauma. In the future, we will offer multiple 12-week, self-paced healing journeys for survivors of different trauma types, including LGBTQ+ identity trauma, domestic violence, PTSD, and more. Each journey is built around education, creative processing, and moderated community reflection within a safety-first framework. My role blends vision and execution. I design content grounded in trauma-informed principles, oversee platform integrity and moderation systems, and ensure that every feature supports user safety, pacing, and autonomy. I collaborate with trauma-informed professionals and lived-experience advocates to build accessible, ethically grounded recovery tools that meet people where they are. Refuge is intentionally non-clinical. We do not diagnose, treat, or replace therapy. We bridge the gap between therapy sessions and real life. Our mission is simple: to make structured, peer-supported trauma recovery accessible to anyone seeking healing without judgment, urgency, or performance. As a survivor myself, I approach leadership with empathy, transparency, and realism. My focus is on building a company that values psychological safety as much as scalability, and that measures success not by volume but by the depth of trust we build with every participant. Assistant Property Manager @ Flamingo Mobile Manor (Mar 2023 – ) - Receive and verify rental payments, ensuring accurate recordkeeping and timely deposits. - Draft, review, and present lease agreements to prospective and current tenants. - Conduct background checks for prospective tenants to ensure compliance with community standards. - Manage tenant complaints and resolve issues effectively to maintain a positive living environment. - Maintain organized filing systems for property management documentation. **Key Achievements:** - Designed and implemented a comprehensive filing system to improve efficiency in document retrieval and organization. - Developed a tracking system for rent collection, enhancing visibility of payment trends month-to-month and year-to-year. Branch Manager @ Global Credit Union (Sep 2023 – Jan 2024) Branch Manager @ First Tech Federal Credit Union (Oct 2019 – Feb 2023) - Lead a team of 4-10 direct reports to excel in relationship building, risk management, and sales. - Adapted operations to an appointment-preferred banking model during the COVID-19 pandemic, including training staff as outbound bankers. - Analyze performance data to align team and branch goals with quarterly and annual objectives. - Conduct one-on-one coaching sessions to develop team skills, leading to promotions of three team members to other business departments and the progression of four others. - Achieved low-risk ratings during internal audits for two consecutive visits. - Mentored branch leaders to prioritize team development through skill-building and weekly accountability sessions. Assistant Manager @ First Tech Federal Credit Union (Oct 2019 – Jun 2021) Personal Financial Services Representative III @ Gesa Credit Union (Nov 2016 – Oct 2019) I lead a team of representatives to develop our skills to connect member service and a sales atmosphere. From opening accounts and loans to simple maintenance I make it a focus to teach my staff not to leave any opportunity on the table. With the culture that we create we gain trust of our members and a service to sales attitude that truly shines and is successful. Senior Financial Services Representative @ Gesa Credit Union (Nov 2016 – Oct 2019) - Originated $4.4M in gross loan production and $11.1M in deposit production, averaging $183K and $462.5K monthly, respectively. - Led and coached a team of four representatives, achieving $32M in gross deposits and $13.5M in gross loans during tenure. - Conducted weekly coaching sessions to develop team sales and service skills, leading to three promotions. - Promoted a "Go for NO" sales culture to encourage cross-selling of products and services. Member Consultant Lead @ BECU (Sep 2014 – Nov 2016) Assistant Manager of Spokane Valley Branch Lead Consultant @ BECU (Sep 2014 – Nov 2016) - Helped establish two new Neighborhood Financial Centers in the Spokane market, leading the team to onboard 100 new members in the first quarter. - Supervised and coached Member Consultants to meet sales and service goals, resulting in improved team performance and morale. - Facilitated scheduling to maintain service levels above 80%. - Coached team members to achieve a 40% cross-sale ratio consistently. Mortgage Loan Originator/Consumer Loan Officer @ PrimeSource Credit Union (Feb 2013 – Jul 2014) Member Service Representative @ Oregon Community Credit Union (Oct 2011 – Jan 2013) Lead Teller @ Home Federal Bank (now Bank of the Cascades) (May 2011 – Oct 2011) Indirect Lending Specialist/Consumer Loan Officer @ PrimeSource Credit Union (Jun 2009 – May 2011) Client Resource Specialist @ Pacific Continental Bank (Aug 2005 – Jun 2009)