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Congratulations Graduates!

Back Row: Eric Peterson, Skagit County; Jennifer McFarland, Skagit Valley College; Aaron Weinberg, EDASC; Brienne Gahan, Skagit Regional Health Middle Row: Marco Brito, PeaceHealth; Gina Eakin, Washington Vocational Services; Ana Rivas, United Way of Skagit; Kyle Von Stroberg, Tom N Jerry’s Boat Center; Bridget Ibarra, Skagit County; Andrea Harrison, Brigid Collins; Griffin Uchida, Skagit Valley College Front Row: Megan Pearce, HF Sinclair; Maria Arreola, North Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization; Marina Martinez, Skagit County; Blake Vanfield, Genuine Skagit Valley; Rachelle Eason, Eason Law Firm Not pictured: Craig Chambers, United Way of Skagit; Julia De La Cerda, Student; Mindy Engstrom, Community Action of Skagit County; Sarah Garrison, Princeton Review; Christopher Gudger-Raines, Mount Vernon First United Methodist Church; Jesica Kiser, Anacortes Chamber of Commerce; Keith Love, Port of Skagit; Brittany Parkhurst, SAVI Bank; David Rodriguez, Mount Vernon School District; Mary Ryan, Skagit County; David Shackleton, Mount Vernon Police Department LEADERSHIP SKAGIT 2022

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ongratulations Leadership Skagit Class of 2022! It is such a pleasure to share this journey with you as you build essential leadership skills central to creating a thriving, sustainable, and diverse community.

It is rewarding to see how quickly Leadership Skagit leads to impactful collaboration, creating friendships and building community connections that last a lifetime. Diving deeper into county strengths and issues in this 9-month program while building knowledge in diversity, equity and inclusion is hard yet necessary work.

Through these shared learning experiences, the Leadership Skagit Class of 2022 is poised to create a just, healthy, and sustainable community in Skagit County.

It is also important to acknowledge the numerous dedicated volunteers, sponsors, community partners and donors that allow Leadership Skagit to remain relevant, impactful, and innovative. We cannot thank you enough, and we couldn’t do it without you!

We celebrate the Leadership Skagit Class of 2022 and all the wonderful things you will continue to do to improve our community!

John Sternlicht, CEO, Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County (EDASC) Mary Heffernan Trester, Leadership Skagit Program Manager, EDASC

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Congratulations

In Memory ............................................. 4

Rising Tide..................................... 12-13

From John and Mary .......................... 2

Class Projects

Our Program

From Laura Cailloux............................ 5

Generation Skagit................................ 9

Leadership Skagit Volunteers.......... 7

Class of 2022

Team Friends................................. 9-10

Graduates..................................... 14-15

Class Photo.................................. Cover

Asset Kickers................................ 10-11

Program Outcomes........................... 16

Alphabetical List ................................. 4

Wild Blue Yonder........................ 11-12

Leadership Skagit Sponsors........... 16

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Aaron Weinberg

Her name is Tamsin Bell

Economic Development & External Relations Manager at EDASC

Aaron brings a quick wit and a bit of welcome sarcasm to his

Tamsin Bell is the Economic Development Manager at the roleatEDASC,itisnowonderthathegraduatedwithadegree Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County (EDASC), injournalismfromWesternWashingtonUniversity.Perhaps where she spearheads business retention, expansion and attraction.

Her experience in economic disaster recovery time being an identical twin helped sharpen his wayfrom withher words. working in Florida has been an asset during the COVID-19 crisis.

This year, she has been busy soliciting, reviewing and awarding Aaron’s Leadership Skagit Team, dealing Wild Blue Yonder, grants supporting our local businesses with the effects decided to tackle the seemingly impossible task of of COVID-19. Thank you, Tamsin, for all your hard work and dedication EDASC and the entire Skagit community! managingtoplastic waste.

Working with the project partner,

Friends of Skagit Beaches, the team gathered hundreds

One of Tamsin’s passions is the environment, and her Leadership of pounds of thin film plastic which was processed and Skagit team project supports the mission of Skagit Fisheries turned into aGroup useful(SFEG), and environmentally friendly bench.

Enhancement which educates elementary school students about protecting salmon and local spawning grounds.

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Maria Arreola Sound Behavioral Health Administrative Services Organization

Christopher Gudger-Raines Mount Vernon First United Methodist Church

Marco Brito PeaceHealth

Andrea Harrison Brigid Collins House

Craig Chambers United Way of Skagit County

Bridget Ibarra Skagit County

Julia De La Cerda SVC student

Jesica Kiser Anacortes Chamber of Commerce

Gina Eakin Washington Vocational Services

Keith Love Port of Skagit

Rachelle Eason The Eason Law Firm

Marina Martinez Skagit County

Mindy Engstrom Community Action of Skagit County

Jennifer McFarland Skagit Valley College

Brienne Gahan Skagit Regional Health

Brittany Parkhurst SaviBank

Sarah Garrison The Princeton Review

Megan Pearce HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refinery

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Ana Rivas United Way of Skagit County David Rodriguez Mount Vernon School District Mary Ryan Skagit County David Shackleton Mount Vernon Police Department Griffin Uchida Skagit Valley College Blake Vanfield Genuine Skagit Valley Kyle VonStroberg Tom N Jerry’s Boat Center Aaron Weinberg EDASC

In Memory: Theresa Nording

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Leadership Skagit Class of 2022!

Congratulations to all of the 2022 Leadership Skagit graduates, including Skagit Valley College employees: Griffin Uchida and Jennifer McFarland.

We appreciate your leadership and dedication to our students and the community.

SVC is a proud supporter of Leadership Skagit.

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It is with a heavy heart that we share the passing of Theresa Nording, a graduate of the Leadership Skagit Class of 2009 and dedicated Leadership Skagit volunteer photographer for 12 years. Theresa graduated and worked at Skagit Valley College as was known as the face behind the camera. First and foremost, she loved her family and spending time with her grandchildren.

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s we began planning for you, the Leadership Skagit Class of 2022, we looked forward to being in real space together after a year and a half of virtual meetings due to the pandemic. Rather than re-create Leadership Skagit as it always had been, we combined the best of our tools and resources from virtual offerings with the rich experiential days and leadership projects that have always been a part of the program to create a vibrant and collaborative learning experience. It was not quite business as usual though as we managed the limitations and awkwardness of social distancing and masking while trying to build connections. I was so happy to get to see your smiling faces for the first time this winter!

We also needed to learn how to offer the program in hybrid in-person and online mode to accommodate everyone who was quarantining. A big shout out to Locke Elder, LS ’20, who saw us struggling and stepped in to manage this new form of delivery.

Many of you had to shoulder extra responsibilities caring for family, adding responsibilities as workplaces adjusted to post-pandemic workforce shortages and other demands. You have inspired us by staying committed to the demands of Leadership Skagit.

We knew you were leaders before you even began and your resilience, engagement, and joy have been a testimony to that all year long.

your program days: Ecology Skagit (Alison Studley, LS ’05 Day Chair, Kevin Jackman, LS ’20, Carol MacIlroy); A Sense of Place (Janie Beasley, LS ’07 Day Chair; Mary McGoffin, LS ’13, Elinor Nakis, LS ’07); Communicating as a Leader (Mary Hudson, LS ’17 Day Chair, Danielle Baird Russell, LS ’14, Amanda Hubik, LS ’16, Brad Tuininga, LS ’18); Building a Healthy Community (Jammie Novak, LS ’21 Day Chair, Ben Thompson, LS ’21, Alan Muia, LS ’05); Law & Justice (Jennifer Sheahan Lee, LS ’17 Day Chair, Michelle Cook, LS ’15, Andy Dugan, LS ’21, Rosemary Kaholokula, LS ’17, Paul Nielsen, LS ’18, Eddie Rogge, LS ’19); Economic Vitality (Jarrod Ball, LS ’20, Heather Carter, LS ’21, Ellen Gamson, LS ’14); Community Services and Steward-

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Our program would not be possible without the commitment of many of our graduates and other community volunteers. Our stellar volunteer facilitator who showed up every program day for the past two years is Jorge Estefan, LS ’20. We had 30 amazing leaders engaged in planning LEADERSHIP SKAGIT 2022

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ship (Debra Lancaster, LS ’05 Day Chair, Peter Donovan, LS ’18, Isabela Ordonez, LS ’16, Kelly Reep, LS ’18); Arts & Culture (Anne Basye, LS ’18 Day Chair, Damond Morris, Spencer Pope, LS ’18, Andrea Vallee, LS ’07).

These planning committees engaged 73 volunteers as guest speakers.

In addition, our hard-working curriculum design team continued to refine the essential leadership learning for our program, introducing this content in the opening retreat, then weaving and deepening the learning across the program. The four themes that carry across all program days and the volunteers responsible for developing this content are: Reflection (Kara Stamback, LS ’12 & Kevin Jackman, LS ’20); Transformational Justice (Morgan Curry, LS ’20 & Locke Elder, LS ’20), Leadership & Teams (Laura Flores Cailloux and Danny Hagen, LS ’18) and Community Engagement (Mary Dumas, LS ’04 & Britta Eschete, LS ’06). As we prioritized curriculum content, our central question was, “What knowledge and tools do community leaders need in order to be inclusive and wise in these times?”

With this shift in focus, your Leadership Skagit 2.0 journey began, online in Canvas for background materials on important issues and concepts, in small groups for project work, and in-person for challenge days. You began with a look inward

to clarify your values, and build on your strengths, knowing that ultimately leadership development IS self-development. Then you built on this self-awareness with reflection on the ways your experience and identity might have shaped and colored the lens through which you understand the world. You prepared to explore ideas that might challenge your worldview through awareness of your physiological reactions, and building stamina and curiosity to hang in there through discomfort, and to listen and learn.

Now each of you has claimed a leadership challenge that you will continue to work on after our program year ends. You used powerful storytelling to connect your values and vision into a story that is memorable and inspires action. You are approaching the work that is needed in our community as an inclusive listener who can embrace difference and engage adaptive and servant leadership frames to co-create change. I am certain as you apply this knowledge and skill you will be making your home, workplace, and community a better place. I have You practiced connecting the things learned so much by being able to you care about or issues that concern engage with you this year and I’m sure you to the history and structures that our paths will continue to cross as you work toward making our community created the current situation. You more just, healthy and sustainable. heard how social issues show up in individual lives by being immersed in Congratulations Class of 2022! powerful stories from diverse voices that are often unheard. You were able to see the innovative models and meet the people responsible for addressing some of our toughest social problems reaffirming that small actions each of us undertake can make Congratulations to the a difference. You practiced inclusion Leadership Skagit Class of 2022! and listening, as you leaned into all these stories, becoming curious and We celebrate all the seeking to understand the complexity leaders in our business and interrelatedness of our ecosysand the community. tems and social issues. You worked at forming strong teams through sharing stories and embracing the vulnerNichole Long Tina Pullar ability of learning together. Teams Class of 2019 Class of 2013 practiced adaptive leadership to make Lory Lawson Paul Tinnon progress on tough community issues.

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Congratulations Leadership Skagit Class of 2022 Thank you for demonstrating the best of Skagit County Paul Tinnon, LS ‘13 LEADERSHIP SKAGIT 2022

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Deb Davis Bundy Class of 2011

Danielle Lothrop Class of 2016

Danielle Martin Class of 2008

Stephanie Harper Class of 2014

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Leadership Skagit Volunteers Leadership Skagit is so very thankful to our volunteers as this work cannot be done without them. Learn more about Leadership Skagit’s exemplary volunteers!

Danny Hagen, Master Advisor

Danny Hagen is a graduate of the Leadership Jorge Estefan, Skagit Class Facilitator of 2018. Upon graduation, Jorge Estefan Danny quickly graduated from volunteered as the Leadership an LS Advisor Skagit Class of (formerly coach).

2021 and has In 2021 & 2022 volunteered as Danny volunteered as the Master our Leadership Advisor and has provided many hours Skagit Facilitator of time supporting Advisors and Team for two years. development.

Danny has a big heart During that time, and a genuine love for Leadership he runs a family Skagit. real estate business with his wife Jenna. Jorge’s kindness and genuine love for people makes him the perfect Facilitator as we tackle tough issues.

He is a master of creating a safe place to discuss and explore.

Other amazing volunteers make up the Leadership Skagit Alumni Committee:

Mindy Holland, LS ’16 Amanda Hubik, LS ’16 Debra Lancaster, LS ’04 Nichole Long, LS ’19 Siliva Reed, LS ’21 Jill Rohrs, LS ’10 Carole Straathof, LS ’07 Becky Taft, LS ’11 To learn more about participating or becoming a sponsor, contact Leadership Skagit Program Manager Mary Heffernan Trester at mary@skagit.org or 360-639-6310

Locke Elder, Curriculum Lead Locke Elder graduated from the Leadership Skagit Class of 2021 and is the owner of Warp and Woof Strategies. In the past two years, Locke has spent numerous hours the LS Curriculum Lead building an amazing warehouse of useful materials and resources to help us all gain knowledge in diversity, equity, and inclusion. Locke loves history and systems and seeks racial equity for all.

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Building Leaders Today to Shape Our Tomorrow

A Special Congratulations from Leadership Skagit Alumni Kathryn Bennett Class of 2004 Duby Petit Class of 2016

Tamara Thomas Class of 2006

Connie Pangrazi

Danielle Martin Class of 2018 Class of 2008

Lyn Highet

Anne Clark Class of 2020 Becky Larsen

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Dani Baird Russell

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Paul Tinnon Class of 2013

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Tina Pullar Class of 2013

Heather Carter

Paul Tinnon Class of 2021 Class of 2013

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Peggy Peggy Stowe Stowe Dorothy Elsner Class of 2008 Class of of 2008 Class 2015

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Brad Tuininga Class of 2018

Nichole Long Class of 2019

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Generation Skagit MEMBERS: Gina Eakin Rachelle Eason Mindy Engstrom Brienne Gahan Griffin Uchida ADVISOR Justin Smock, LS ‘21 PROJECT PARTNER Sedro Woolley School District, Sedro-Woolley Alumni & Schools Foundation

PROJECT PARTNER QUOTE/ TESTIMONIAL “We at State Street High School are so excited to be working with Leadership Skagit. They are working to provide a covering for our basketball court. This has been a dream of ours for years. The students and staff are so appreciative. Thanks Leadership Skagit!” Barbara Askland, Principal

PROJECT NAME: State Street High School Land Improvement Project At SSHS, there is limited outdoor space that has been developed for student use. While speaking with SSHS Principal, Barb Askland, and with input from the current student body, it was made clear that improved outdoor space was needed – space where students could do the simplest of tasks, such as eating lunch, socializing, and experience nature. Generation Skagit is looking to increase the paved and useable outdoor space at SSHS, improve outLEADERSHIP SKAGIT 2022

door seating, adding natural vibrancy and foliage, and biggest of all adding safe shelter covering for these spaces to make them usable all year long.

Team Friends MEMBERS: Julia De La Cerda Brittany Parkhurst David Rodriguez Blake Vanfield Kyle Von Stroberg TEAM ADVISOR: Danny Hagen, LS ‘18 PROJECT PARTNER: Centennial Elementary School Children of the Valley Viva Farms

PARTNER TESTIMONIAL: “Not only are we investing in a great cause towards these children, but it truly has been a wonderful experience meeting you all (Leadership Skagit Team Friends) and building these connections that will benefit our community for years to come.” – Steve Crider, Viva Farms

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Bridget Ibarra, Marina Martinez, Eric Peterson & Mary Ryan on graduating from Leadership Skagit!

Skagit County is a Skagit County a betterisplace because better place because of your leadership. of your leadership.

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L e a d e r s h i p S k a g i t C l a s s 2 0 2 2 • T e a m P r o j e c t s • project included a major overhaul of the garden and the addition of an outdoor learning space for students to use. Team Friends also found great partners in Viva Farms and COV. Part of the project included some hands-on learning experiences included planting individual plants for students to take home and artwork to be displayed in the COV center.

Asset Kickers PROJECT NAME: Centennial Community Garden Beautification Project Team Friends decided to clean up the community garden at Cen-

tennial elementary to be used by students from Centennial and their after-school program hosted by Children of the Valley (COV). The

MEMBERS: Maria Arreola Jennifer McFarland Ana Rivas Dave Shackleton ADVISOR: Jill Rohrs, LS ‘20 PROJECT PARTNER: Mount Vernon Hope Coalition

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Brienne Gahan Class of 2022

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PROJECT PARTNER QUOTE/ TESTIMONIAL “Working with Skagit Leadership has been a great experience. For myself as the coordinator at MV Hope, it allowed our coalition a much broader focus and added a group of committed individuals to create our event. It has really helped us out to be able to partner with someone, but it has also added many facets and perspectives www.skagit.org EDASC

L e a d e r s h i p S k a g i t C l a s s 2 0 2 2 • T e a m P r o j e c t s • we might not otherwise have had.

Thank you, Leadership Skagit!” – Bethany Sparkle, MV Hope Coalition Coordinator

Wild Blue Yonder

PARTNER QUOTE/ TESTIMONIAL:

MEMBERS: Marco Brito Sarah Garrison Jesica Kiser Megan Pearce Eric Peterson Aaron Weinberg ADVISOR: Samantha Cabaluna, LS ‘21

“The mission of Friends of Skagit Beaches is to protect Skagit shorelines and marine waters through education, citizen science, and stewardship. A major focus is reducing plastics in our waste streams by promoting reduced consumption, recycling, or finding alternatives. We are thrilled to work with Leadership Skagit on their plastic film recycling project since it integrates nicely into our organizational objectives. The relationship between Friends and Leadership Skagit is mutually beneficial. In return for providing them with the benefit of our collective knowledge and experience, they are helping us to connect with a wide variety of business interests. Over the past few years, Friends has worked closely with the Skagit County Solid Waste Division, local governments, state agencies, and other like-minded organizations to reduce plastics in the waste stream. We are pleased to welcome Leadership Skagit as another partner in our goal to reduce the plastics winding up in landfills.” - Chris Wood, Friends of Skagit Beaches

PROJECT NAME: Opioid Awareness and Narcan Training A free community forum to join forces with county treatment agencies and Skagit County professionals to help educate the public on the opioid epidemic in the Skagit valley.

Provide information of signs and symptoms of overdose. Participants will be trained on how to administer nasal Narcan. Free Narcan and medication lockboxes will be provided during the event. In addition, county resources in prevention, intervention and recovery will be present to provide information and materials.

PARTNER: Friends of Skagit Beaches

Congratulations Leadership Skagit Class of 2022

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Congratulations to Keith Love and the entire Class of 2022 for your leadership and dedication to our community.

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PROJECT NAME: Where does all that plastic go?

The Wild Blue Yonder project helps address issues with thin film plastics recycling. We will provide community outreach and education using a tangible object that will last for years to come, a bench! This shows that the end goal of recycling can be to give materials a second life. The need within the Skagit County recycling community is urgent to clarify what can be recycled or reused and how.

If it cannot be reused, it winds up in landfills or – worse – our waterways, oceans and natural lands where it persists forever. We collected 600 pounds of thin film plastic, turned it into a bench through a recycling program, created signage, and built an educational webpage.

Leadership Skagit Develops Informed, Connected and Committed Community Leaders INFORMED:

COMMITTED:

“Leadership Skagit has allowed me to believe in my abilities, given me a foundation of compassion for our valley and the people who live here, and provided me with endless opportunities to pursue leadership roles.”

“Leadership Skagit allowed me to see the need in my community and I am committed to helping organizations serve that need.”

Apryl Anderson Cuvelier - Class of 2013 - Shear Joy Salon

Danny Hagen – Class of 2018 – Skagit County Assessor’s Office CONNECTED: “I loved delving deeper into big, complicated issues with my classmates, and Leadership Skagit showed me how everything and everyone across the county is connected in unique ways.”

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Rising Tide MEMBERS: Craig Chambers Andrea Harrison Christopher Gudger-Raines Bridget Ibarra Keith Love Marina Martinez Mary Ryan TEAM ADVISOR: Mary Staley, LS ‘17 PROJECT PARTNER: YMCA Oasis Teen Shelter

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L e a d e r s h i p S k a g i t C l a s s 2 0 2 2 • T e a m P r o j e c t s • started with an ambitious vision and have worked tirelessly to turn it into a reality. I have appreciated their clear communication and attention to detail. Not only did they transform our backyard into a safer and more private haven for the youth, but they also made the workday feel like a party by providing a cookout!” - Dani Hodge, Oasis Coordinator

PROJECT NAME: Oasis Teen Shelter Backyard Overhaul The Rising Tide team goal was to work with the Oasis Teen Shelter, listen to their needs and put it all into action as a team project. The shelter’s wishes centered around the enhancement of their outdoor space to compliment the amazing work that goes on inside. The project included adding elements of safety, security and privacy, a must when working with youth. The team installed landscaped fences of arborvitae trees, cedar split rail fences and custom wood entrance gates. These improvements offered improved functionality but also an aesthetic value to the backyard space. The team also wanted to add to the inviting respite qualities, fun and recreational side of the backyard too. This included some gardening elements, a propane fire pit, and a portable gaga ball pit. We were grateful to have the opportunity to put in the hard work of some much-needed grounds maintenance, to beautify the backyard space and give it a spring tune up. Overall, it was our hope to create a more safe, welcoming, and functional space for teens, a value central to Oasis Teen Shelter’s mission.

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CLASS OF 2004 Jon Aarstad Arden Ainley Bonnie Anderson Brad Barton Kathryn Bennett James Bishop II Laurel Browning Peggy Flynn Georgiann Dustin Brian Gentry Jerold Heller Jan Iverson Michael Killien Debra Lancaster Jean Leib Mary LouMeader Anita Ordonez Ellen Rak Dee Raudebaugh Kraig Rosencrantz Gary Rowe Daniel Stahl Barbara Strauss Rissa Warner Don Wick Carrie Youngquist Jeanne Youngquist

Alison Studley Peggy Taylor Mark Watkinson John White Sue Williamson Margie Wilson

CLASS OF 2006 Jean Alden Michael Almvig Letty Alvarez-Gubitosi Michelle Dietz-Date Kent Egging Britta Eschete Glenna Finney Kendra Gentry-Decker May Haley Tawni Helms Stephen Hopley Stephanie Hooper Cathrin Hughes-Davies Travis Huisman Gary Lorenz William Malcomson Kevin McKeown Tina McNealey Jill Reid Andrew Rice Joyce Shoop CLASS OF 2005 Robert Shrumm Rebecca Bradley-Lowell Sue Stolpe Mindi Brock Tamara Thomas Dave Brookings Lin (Wm) Tucker LuAnne Burkhart Lyle Turner Suzanne Butler Nelia Viloria Elizabeth Detillion CLASS OF 2007 Linda Duffield Mary Anstensen Ron Feld Janie Beasley Steve Flude Terry Belcoe Millie Fosberg Mavis Betz Lisa Geil Tonya Bieche Elizabeth Hoffman Debbie Blunt Lisa Janicki Neta Simpkins Cahill Leon John Joyce Cardinal Russ Johnson Tina Davis Bruce Klewer Michelle Fry Jennifer Larson Amy George Jodi Monroe Allen Grenz Alan Muia Rena Guadagnoli Karen Parnell Trisha Logue Katie Philbrick Elinor Nakis Karen Pitt Doug Noblet Roger Ridgway Lou Petersen Steve Schultz Elizabeth Risser Kauleen Shelton Ryan Sakuma Bill Short Josh Scott

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Sherri Stites Carole Straathof Andrea Vallee Amy Wilcox CLASS OF 2008 Linda Bishop Tony Cook Jeff Drayer Kirk Dunn Maureen Enegren Kristin Garcia Delilah George Kim Grams Danielle Martin Susan Hirst Kirk Johnson Sue Krienen Erin Long Jeremy McCullough Dale O’Brien Kristen Ohlson-Kiehn Glenn Sakuma Corin Schneider David Scott Peggy Stowe Graeme Wilson Joan Youngquist Shegay Vanderpool Ed Zavala CLASS OF 2009 Barbara Atterberry Jody Ayon Kerri Cook Rod Dalseg Tracy Donovan Mary Ann Douglas Michael Fredland William Freitas Bill Henkel Tom Howard Nancy Rytand Barbara Jensen Ellen Johnson Marge Milnor Brian Nicol Theresa Nording Lou Ann Reed William Reichardt Karen Rose Keith Rubin Liz Stoddart DeWolfe Sally Straathof Sandy Swartos Stacie Watnie Becky Williams

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G r a d u a t e s Rose Mary Wilson CLASS OF 2010 Janita Aalto Lennart Bentsen Cindy Bjorklund Stefanie Boyer Kate Bratches Paul Budrow Lynn Christofersen Debbie Connolly Camille Danon Guy Davidson Cory Ertel Linda Jones Kimberly Geariety Aldi Kllogjeri Kathy Larson Barbara Leander Irene Millay Issac Nelson Barbara Perusse Colleen Powell Regan Robertson Jill Rohrs Kari Russom Pamela Santangilo Scott Sutton Mike Trafton Tammi Wells Anthony Young CLASS OF 2011 Debbie Allen Kris Atkins Melissa Beaton Diane Bobko Deb Davis Bundy Richard Delaney Lindsey Dostart Cynthia Doussard Cynthia Eichner Kristen Ekstran Jennifer Fix Jessica Gigot Jim Gordon Pola Kelley Kristen Keltz Karen Kipling Susan Lange Ann Leason Parrish Miller Philip Prud’homme Julie Speck Tyler Steinman Joe Stewart Billie Stormont

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Becky Taft Nida Tautvydas Kelli Tolf Henry Van Larry West CLASS OF 2012 Becky Abel-Moore Josh Baldwin Annette Booth Marilyn Brink Julie Cowen Stephanie Hamilton Renee Majumdar David Malsed Marie Marchand Darcy Owings Martin Pedro Perez Leileah Petty Elena Roppel Jessica Samora Ryan Schols Sally Schroeder Quinn Slayton Jason Smolsnik Kara Stamback Lisa Swanberg Joe Thurmond Kim Walley Stacie Zinn Roberts CLASS OF 2013 Apryl Anderson Michelle Beach Tammy Belisle Felicia Boettger Carmen AndersonBruner Jackie Brunson Stephanie Calkins Tyler Claus Laura Fletcher Michael Frazier Jenny Goss Jessica Haag Bryan Harrison Christina Hansen Linda Henley Eric Irelan K.C. Knudson Eric Landon Brittany Litaker Mary Ellen Lykins Tammy Masalonis Mary McGoffin Karen Mills Marci Plank

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Tina Pullar Lisa Rumsey Melissa Self Patricia Slater Angie Strunk Paul Tinnon Lanny Ulrich Tiffany Urland Thomas Williams CLASS OF 2014 Megan Anderson Rose Brierley Troy Buechler Anne Clark Alice Collingwood Sean Cornett Bekki Cox Wende Dolstad Ellen Gamson Libby Grage Stephanie Harper Lynne Jordan Jennifer Kerkvliet Pitner Lisa Knowles Kevin Meenaghan Rod Merrell Jeff Paxson Jesus Robles Wendy J. Rohrbacher Dani Baird Russell Chris Schaffner Becky Schlaht Christopher Shainin Diane Smith Melissa Snodgrass-Wold Rhonda Tingley Kelly Tuohig Carrie Wallace CLASS OF 2015 Carol Anderson Cameron Bigge Nate Biletnikoff Shanée Coachman Michelle Cook David Cope Pam Davis Dorothy Elsner Anthony Esposito Diane Fox Raymond Goda Kim Gray Natalie Hood Robin Hoover Roland King Troy Kunz

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Danielle Lothrop Marna McLatchy Carpenter Linda Wise Miller Amy Moe Caroline Nazareno Mathew Nolan Dan Peek Eric Petersen Jeniffier Provalenko Ken Rogers Holly Shannon ReBecca Shotton Roosevelt Smith, Jr. Rick Star Tina Tate Melody Young CLASS OF 2016 Andrea Bachman Kelly Bardford Rebecca Carroll Wendy Fauver May Fine John Gischer Beverly Harrington Tara Havard Amanda Hubik Christi Kinney Melissa Kirk Germaine Kornegay Justin Krupa Vernoica Lopez Jorge Manzanera Andy Mayer Beth Meenaghan Sue Mondello Amy Muia Lynn Murphy Steve Omdal Isabela Ordonez Mindy Otterstedt Duby Petit Rosalinda Sanchez Carla Schipper Michelle Stahl Philip Steffen Allen Stockbridge James Walker Lene Watson

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Alma Garibay Matt Gill Andy Heiser Mary Hudson Julia Johnson Ken Johnson Rosemary Kaholokula Jeri Kaufman David Lervik Ed McLaughlin Helen McPeak Kati Ortiz Andrea Petrich Amber Robinson Yadira Rosales Celia Ponce Sanchez Kimberly Savage Erika Savoy Jennifer Sheahan-Lee Adele Skinner Mary Staley Stefania Strzyzynski Sarah Tchang Jason Tyler Hilda Valdespino Sarah Ward Ross Wilson

CLASS OF 2018 Debbie Aldridge Anne Basye Bill Blake Mike Cavanaugh Jackie Cress Erika Davis Neil Davis Peter Donovan Stephanie Edson Rachel Erickson Sara Fish Kevin Gardner Danny Hagen Claver Hategekimana Anusha Hewawasam John Howe Michelle Johnson Conor Keeney Michael Lumpkin Colleen Maxwell Paul Nielsen Katelynn Orellana CLASS OF 2017 BC O’ Tierney Sandra Benton Connie Pangrazi Heather Brennan Diana Peregrina Jess Brown Spencer Pope Sean Connell Melanie Horowitz-Coyne Kelly Reep

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G r a d u a t e s Heather Rudolph Therese Rudzis Racheal Scholler Amanda Sloan Carolyn Tucker Brad Tuininga Lisa Yandrich CLASS OF 2019 Shelley Acero Luz Barajas Bonnie Bowman Cindy Brooks Erika Bugbee Laura Cowan Kory Dyer Rory Eaton Lisa Grentz Adilene Hernandez Elizabeth Johnson Sandy Jordan Gautam Kini Lory Lorimer Lawson Nichole Long Diane Marx Dan McCarthy Mindy Mejia Eddie Rogge Lisa Sedano Dean Snider Daniella Wartner Michael White Allison Wilhonen Kimberly Williams Debbie Wintermeier Phillip Yi CLASS OF 2020 Jarrod Ball Tamsin Bell Jeremy Carter Rebecca Claus Jacob Clem Shrene Clement Kathy Corrion Morgan Curry Kris Desmarais Locke Elder Jorge Estefan Krysta Fast Lyn Highet Katie Holmstrom Will Hunter Kevin Jackman Mark Jurkovich Robin Kallman Christy Lyman

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Tracy Montaron Holly Nielsen Todd Owsley Monica Pavlovich Kaila Roberts Angel Rocha Soraya Snipes Paul Spencer Michael Stark Edgar Tampinco Rodrigo Valdes CLASS OF 2021 Charley Anderson Tamás Bencsik Anita Buchanan-Jones Samantha Cabaluna Heather Carter Jessica Culp Andy Dugan Leslie Guyton Ken Hansen Sarah Hastings Sol Kohlhaas James Malcolm Jr. Claudia Marken Jammie Novak Silvia Reed Yuliya Rybalka Aly Sehlin Trevor Smith Justin Smock Ben Thompson Steph Vervaart Miranda Wilson HONORARY GRADUATES Jim Duffield Laura Cailloux Jim Frey Maureen Harlan Pat Hammond Jennifer Korn-Leech

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The mission of Leadership Skagit is to strengthen and transform our communities by developing individual, business, and community leadership that is informed, inclusive, and connected through shared learning experiences.

PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES I have gained confidence talking about my vision for a just, healthy and sustainable community in Skagit County.

I have integrated leadership frameworks and developed a reflective practice for the leader I want to be.

I have claimed a leadership challenge and have started to identify the relationships, resources and skills I will need to impact this challenge.

I have applied reflection, transformative justice, leadership, team development and inclusive community engagement to make progress on a community issue.

Reflec�on

Transforma�ve Jus�ce Leadership and Teams Community Engagement

I have gained I can describe awareness the histories of my own of people and learning process places, and (metacognition), the assets and thought resources that patterns, make Skagit trauma triggers, and cognitive County unique. biases and understand their I have increased my neuroscientific foundation. understanding of specific I can describe how my identity community issues as embedded becomes a lens through which in larger interlocking systems I experience, understandand that determine community infAluence the world, and I health. appreciate that this is true of I know some examples of others. history and systems that I have practiced identifying either support or marginalize personal stress patterns and populations and I have intervening to prevent habitual reflected on how I might reactions. participate in or benefit from systemic oppression.

I have developed a practice of reflection including assessment, I can apply overarching goalsetting and self care and concepts of Justice, Equity, know why this is critical for Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI). community leaders.

I can describe how my values bring purpose and meaning to my professional, personal, and community work.

I know some frameworks and principles for planning an inclusive process to learn about, engage in, and make progress on complex social problems.

I have practiced communicating values and vision using compelling images and stories, and speaking with authenticity, vulnerability, courage and commitment.

I appreciate the diverse thoughts and experiences of others and inclusively engage anti-racism and anti-oppressive practices as a leader.

I know strategies to encourage development of strong teams, support inclusion of diverse voices, and promote trust.

I have incorporated aspects of behavioral, collaborative, ethical, adaptive and serviceoriented leadership models into my leadership practice.

I increased my willingness to: listen deeply through discomfort; ask questions; think about design; and amplify the voices of marginalized populations.

I have increased my comfort level: using my voice to seek support and influence issues that are important to me; and responding when I must take a stand.

I am ready to think collaboratively with others in order to deepen my understanding and find ways to create a more just and resilient community.

Thank You Leadership Skagit Sponsors!

In-kind sponsors: Bayside Specialties, Farmstrong BrewingCo.; Co.;Skagit’s Skagit’s Best Skagit Valley College; SkagitSkagit Land Trust; Enhancement Group; In-kind sponsors: Bayside Specialties, Inc;Inc.; Farmstrong Brewing BestSalsa; Salsa; Skagit Valley College; LandSkagit Trust;Fisheries Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Vernon Downtown Association; SkagitSkagit Valley Valley Food Co-op; Farms; LaFarms; Conner La Chamber ofChamber Commerce; Eats Cookies; Publishing; TRICOPublishing; Companies Trico Group;Mount Mount Vernon Downtown Association; Food Schuh Co-Op; Schuh Conner ofGood Commerce; Good Skagit Eats Cookies; Skagit LLC; NWESD 189; LITHTEXNW; Children’s Museum of Skagit County Companies LLC; NWESD 189; LITHTEXNW; Children’s Museum of Skagit County; City of Burlington; Lincoln Theatre LEADERSHIP SKAGIT 2022

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