LT'20 GRADUATION & ALUMNI REUNION

June 17, 2020 | Zoom Program: 5:30-7:00 p.m. Alumni Reunion: 7:00-7:45 p.m. Event Schedule

Arrive: 5:30-5:45 p.m.

Program: 5:45-7:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks Grace Chien, LT'98, Chair, Board of Directors Gordon McHenry, Jr., CEO, United Way of King County Sue Bennett, LT'94, Executive Director

Year in Review Frank Nam, LT'13, Co-Chair, Curriculum Committee Class Video Class Speaker Presentation, LT'20 Black Caucus

Keynote Remarks Girmay Zahilay, LT'19, President & Co-Founder, Rising Leaders, Inc. King County Councilmember

Alumni Reunion: 7:00-7:45 p.m.

Opening Speaker

Gordon McHenry, Jr. CEO, United Way of King County

In October 2019, Gordon McHenry, Jr. took the role of president & CEO of United Way of King County. Prior to United Way of King County, Mr. McHenry spent seven years as president & CEO of Solid Ground, a nonprofit agency that envisions a community beyond poverty and oppression where all people have equitable opportunity to thrive.

Prior to his service with Solid Ground, Mr. McHenry served as Executive Director of Rainier Scholars and as corporate counsel and then in a variety of executive leadership roles at The Boeing Company.

Mr. McHenry, a lifetime resident of King County, has served on a variety of boards involved with education, social service, and environmental issues. He currently serves as Chair of the Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice, and as a member on the boards of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Keynote Speaker

Girmay Zahilay, LT'19 President & Co-Founder, Rising Leaders, Inc. & King County Councilmember

Girmay Zahilay is a Councilmember for King County, an elected position governing 2.4 million people in King County, Washington. Girmay was born in Sudan to Ethiopian refugee parents and was raised in low-income public housing in Seattle, Washington. After graduating from Franklin High School, he received degrees from Stanford University and UPenn Law School, and worked in the Obama White House. His experiences growing up in public housing and going to public schools inspired him to pursue anti-poverty work through the Congressional Hunger Center and also to found Rising Leaders, Inc., a nonprofit that equips underserved middle school students with mentors and life skills training. Girmay ran for to offer bold solutions to problems that need immediate regional leadership. He wants to build and maintain affordable housing for communities experiencing displacement, invest more in youth opportunities, build public transit in neighborhoods that have the highest need, reform the criminal legal system, and make the political process more inclusive across communities and generations. Class of 2020

Matt Allert, Seneca Group Tesia Forbes, Public Health - Seattle & King County Ashton Allison, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Wenche Friis, Weyerhaeuser Company

Andrea Anderson, The IF Project Rachel Gerson, Rachel F. Gerson Radiology, PLLC Rachel Azaroff, Avalara Marcus Glasper, Washington State Kim Baggett, Seattle Children’s Research Lottery Institute Kelli Goodwin, Port of Seattle Amanda Barnett, Jacobs Patricia Gray, Pike Place Market Paul Bauer, Tableau Software Foundation

Eric Berlinberg, Amazon.com, Inc. Nykeesha Griffin, Microsoft Corporation

Landon Bosisio, Puget Sound Clean Air Erin Harbour Gagnon, Recology Agency Kate Harkess, Sellen Jesseca Brand, City of Seattle Robert Harmon, Amazon.com, Inc Trey Chenier, Perkins Coie LLP Ashraf Hasham, City of Seattle Sung Cho, King County Amanda Helfer, Community Leader Dion Cook, Denkyem Co-op, SPC Nicole Herron, Treehouse Kate Corcoran, Sound Physicians Cheri Higman, Northwest Avalanche Joshua Curtis, Baseball Stadium Center Public Facilities District Auden Kaehler, WSP Hao Duong, NBBJ Sheila Kelley Fernandez, Splash Reeve Elliott, Seneca Group Mihwa Kim, Megan Espinoza, SMR Architects Casey Lehman, Starbucks Coffee Colleen Farrell, Pacific Science Company Center John Marsh, Weyerhaeuser Company Dan Floyd, King County Jackie Mena, City of Seattle

Class of 2020

Martha Mickelson, HomeStreet Bank NiiAmah Stephens, Camber Collective

Justine Miley, EarthCorps Casey Thoreen, Haggard Childcare Resources Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar, City of Seattle Javon Thurman, Providence St. Joseph Nicole Novak, Slalom Consulting Health

Courtney O’Neill, AECOM Cassie Tinari, Providence St. Joseph Health Kathlyn Paananen, Seattle Public Schools Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần, Seattle Municipal Court

Liz Pachaud, Bellwether Coffee Laura Troyani, PlanBeyond Roasters Kate Tylee Herz, Davis Wright Tremaine Bish Paul, Washington STEM LLP

Darryl Perry, Virginia Mason Emma Uman, Ballmer Group Medical Center Geni Venable, Alaska Airlines Alanna Peterson, Pacifica Law Group LLP Tina Wallace, BECU

AJ Porrini, Turner Construction Seán Walsh, City of Seattle Company Sara Waltemire, Meydenbauer Center Dylan Rhoads, Nintendo of America, Inc. Jennifer Ward, Equal Opportunity Schools Kathy Roeder, Port of Seattle Claire White, K&L Gates LLP Rita Rogers, Intellectual Ventures Desireé Wilkins Finch, Rise LWP LLC Nancy Sanabria, Philanthropy Northwest Alan Wilson, BECU

Nathaniel Simpson, Bill & Melinda Gates Danielle Winslow, Mother Nation Foundation Leslie Wright, Puget Sound Energy Beth St. Clair, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Jingcong Zhao, Hyperproof

Aviva Stampfer, Washington Women's Foundation

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