We are so proud of our alumni! Read the updates below to see how LT alumni are driving change, growing in their careers, and much more. If you have an update you would like to share with the LT community, email
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1985:
Margaret McKeown received the 2019 John Marshall Award at the American Bar Association. The award recognizes individuals who are responsible for extraordinary
improvements to the administration of justice in judicial independence, justice system reform, or public awareness of the justice system.
2001:
Steve Dubiel has joined the Board of Advisors at Nature Rwanda.
2008:
David Coffey is the Executive Director of Recovery Cafe. Recovery Cafe recently held its grand opening for its second location, located in SODO. Watch the news story
here
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2009:
Srilakshmi Remala co-authored an opinion piece in the Seattle Times about extending ‘Apple Health for Pregnant Women’ to one year postpartum. Read the article
here
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2010:
Nathan Hambley has accepted a new position as Senior Vice President at Edelman.
2011:
Tina Vlasaty is serving as interim President at Washington Global Health Alliance during their search for their next President and CEO.
2014:
Charles Duze has joined Convoy as Senior Manager, Data Science.
2014:
TIMBER, a journal of experimental work, has published an essay by Gabriela Denise Frank
titled, “My Battery is Low and It’s Getting Dark”, a commemoration of the Opportunity spacecraft and meditation on aging, technology and Gen X at midlife.
2015:
Liv Faris has launched a new website,
Her Guide
,
an online resource for parents and caregivers of girls.
Her Guide provides resources and information to help you raise an empowered girl with a strong sense of self so she thrives, rather than fades, during adolescence.
2016:
Three members of the LT'16 cohort (Kevin Proctor, Natasha Rivers, and Ben Reuler) were on the judging panel for SVP's Fast Pitch semi-finals.
2016:
Phoebe Sade Anderson has been selected as Child Care Resources' next CEO.
2016:
Candi Avery was promoted to Shareholder at Clark Nuber PS.
2016:
Jose Ocasio-Christian's company helped create the first space ETF. Read Jose's LinkedIn update
here
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2016:
Peter Fuerbringer was promoted to Permit Specialist Supervisor at City of Seattle.
2016:
Julie Pham wrote an article for The South Seattle Emerald about her leadership journey and the necessity of being open to new ideas. You can read the article
here
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2016:
Xiao Wang and his wife welcomed their son Felix.
2017:
Jordan Goldwarg is now the Executive Director at OneWorld Now!, a youth development organization that fosters global leadership through training in critical languages (Arabic, Korean, Chinese, and Russian), leadership classes, and study abroad opportunities.
2017:
Ben Johns has started a new position as Relationship Development Officer at Treehouse.
2017:
Jesse Uman has started a new position as Head of Industry, Financial Services at Money Magazine.
2018:
Callista Chen was featured in the South Seattle Emerald for her work coordinating
a neighborhood effort to support a family-owned flower-growing business that was struggling due to the stay-at-home order. Read the story
here
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2018:
In January, Shkëlqim Kelmendi and his wife welcomed their son, FanNoli Bermeo Kelmendi.
2018:
Joshua Walker was promoted to Regional Director, Network Performance - West Region at Cigna.
2018:
Jen Yoshimura has accepted a new position at HDR as their WA Power Delivery Section Lead.
2019:
Diana Huynh recently joined Group Health Foundation as its Communications Director.
2019:
Salimah Karmali has accepted a new position leading communications for one of the Last Mile groups at Amazon. Salimah was able to leverage what she learned during her LT Lab Project during her interview. "I proudly talked about our transportation project, and the importance of last mile for commuters. These were great talking points--particularly when I was asked, 'What do you know about last mile?'" You can read a summary of the LT'20 lab projects
here
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2019:
Fahima Mohamed has accepted a new position as Project Manager IV - Zero Youth Detention at Public Health -- Seattle & King County.
2019:
Meg Olberding was named as first Director of Brand Messaging and Public Relations at Community Health Plan of Washington. Read the announcement
here
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2019:
Molly Voris has accepted a new position as Senior Policy Advisor for Public Health and Health Care for the Office of Washington State Governor Jay Inslee.
2019
: Girmay Zahilay was featured for his work on King County Council to freeze all rent and mortgage payments. Read the article
here
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2020:
Andrea Anderson has joined the IF Project as its first Executive Director. Andrea will guide the innovative criminal justice organization as it expands its work providing hands-on training and preparation for women leaving incarceration, working with youth on early intervention and crime prevention programs.
2020: Dion Cook published a blog post for Community Credit Lab. You can read it
here.
2020:
Joshua Curtis has accepted a new position with the Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District as their Executive Director. In this role, he will support its board of directors as they oversee the new lease with the Seattle Mariners and envision a more engaged role for the PFD as a member of, and neighbor to, the Pioneer Square, Chinatown/ID, and SODO communities.
