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Community | Connection | Lifelong Learning for a two-night Pearl Jam concert in 2018 that raised money to help fight homelessness in Seattle—or supporting his staff.

“It comes down to every little thing you do. How you pick your hops, how you train your brewers, having good filtration systems,” he says. “At the beginning, it was just Roger and me trying to build a company. Now we try to reinvest and give people who work for us opportunities. We have great employee retention because we’ve got a good culture.”

Chao has come a long way from the first sip of Redhook’s Blackhook Porter, which “changed my life” and set him on a path to craft beer stardom. Now, Georgetown’s own beers have become cultural touchstones in the Pacific Northwest.

“We’re blown away by all this,” says Chao, gesturing to his good friend Bialous. “A few years ago, I was at the UW driving range, and there was a group of students there hitting golf balls. When they were done, I heard one of them say, ‘Let’s go get some Utahs.’ I just smiled. We just want to grow the company in a smart way and stay true to ourselves. That’s always been our goal.”

Judging from the chorus of hearty goodbyes Chao receives as he’s leaving the bar, that pint glass is definitely half-full. Cheers!

A Fierce Protector of Children

Carol Lace Jenkins dedicated her career to helping parents and guardians

Six feet tall with blonde hair and a broad smile, Carol Lace Jenkins lit up every room she stepped into. A beloved wife, mother and fierce advocate for the protection of children, Jenkins died on Jan. 28, just 19 days after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 77.

Born in Piqua, Ohio, Jenkins attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and worked in Cincinnati, where she met her first husband, John Mason, at a political fundraiser. The couple married in 1971, then moved to Seattle. Once there, Jenkins enrolled at the University of Washington, graduating in 1976 with a master’s degree in early childhood development.

Jenkins spent her career promoting the protection of children. For 25 years, she worked at Seattle Children’s, heading the hospital’s Children’s Protection Program. There, Jenkins helped develop the Washington Medical-Legal Partnership, an organization to help underserved communities understand their legal rights regarding safe housing, adequate schooling and medical needs, and connecting them with lawyers, doctors and social workers to ensure they have the tools to be successful parents and guardians.

“Carol saw the best in people and brought out the best in people,” says Christine Baker, a coordinator in the Protection and Advocacy Outreach program at Children’s. She worked with Jenkins for more than a decade.

Before her tenure at Seattle Children’s, Jenkins served as the executive director of the Washington Association of Child Abuse Councils, where her work led to the passage of a law prohibiting corporal punishment in Washington schools. Jenkins also headed efforts to raise awareness about shaken-baby syndrome, leading the annual Pinwheels for Prevention campaign that takes place each April.

MALIK NKRUMAH DAVIS, ’94, dedicated his life to social activism. The Seattle native earned a political science degree from the UW, served as director of constituent relations at the UW Alumni Association and was a fundraiser for the UW’s College of Arts & Sciences. At the time of his death, he was a legislative aide for Seattle City Councilmember Alex Pedersen. Davis died Feb. 21 at the age of 52.

VIVIAN WILLIAMS, ’62, was known best for co-founding the Seattle Folklore Society and the region’s beloved Northwest Folklife Festival. Born to parents who fled Nazi Germany, Williams started her musical journey in the fourth grade, playing classical violin. In 1962, she earned a master’s degree in anthropology from the UW and became a noted historian of the Northwest music scene. Williams died Jan. 6 at the age of 84.

CHARLES ASK ’58, Des Moines, age 90, Feb. 11

MICHAEL JUDE MATTESON ’58, ’60, Tacoma, age 86, Feb. 5

DARRELL W. MYERS ’58, Seattle, age 91, Jan. 7