Executive Director Reflections

Dear LT Community:


Thank you to everyone who joined us June 18 at Victory Hall to celebrate Leadership Tomorrow's 40th Anniversary. The evening was truly spectacular, filled with new and old connections, lively music, and the wonderful spirit of our LT community. We are grateful to our corporate sponsors and individual donors who made the event possible.


During the celebration, we unveiled our ambitious vision: to more than double our alumni base from 2,780 to 6,000 by 2040. To achieve this, we will continue to invest in leaders through our Flagship Program and introduce new initiatives to expand our reach and increase our impact.


We look forward to partnering with you on this exciting journey to grow and strengthen our community!


In Gratitude,

Bindiya Patel, Executive Director

Celebrating 40 Years of Leadership Tomorrow


Don't miss our 40th Anniversary video, a testament to the incredible impact LT continues to have in our region. Special shout-outs to our fabulous alumni featured in the video: Jonathan Bahe, LT'14, Brian Carter, LT'18, Martha Choe, LT'84, Sarah Hagan, LT'24, and Tiffani Lambie, LT'24. Their stories inspire and remind us of the power of our community.

Share Your Thoughts About New LT Programming

We invite you to share your valuable insights as we explore new programming to launch in late 2024 or early 2025. Just us for a one-hour Zoom focus group on Monday, July 29, from 3-4 p.m.

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Alumni Stories: 40 Years of Impact

In the lead-up to our 40th Anniversary Celebration, we showcased stories from LT alumni who continue to shape our region into a vibrant, vital community where all can thrive. A heartfelt thank you to our inspiring alumni who shared their stories: Martha Choe, LT'84, Bob Watt, LT'84, Lonnie Lusardo, LT'90, Vivian Phillips, LT'93, Bob Ness, LT'96, Steve Dubiel, LT'01, Ruchika Tulshyan, LT'16, Xiao Wang, LT'16, and Michaela Doelman, LT'22.

Martha Choe, LT'84, Community Leader


"LT provides an opportunity not only to dive into the most critical issues facing our region but to challenge leaders to learn who they are, what they believe in, and decide how they want to lead."


Read Martha's Story

Xiao Wang, LT'16, CEO, Boundless


"LT is one of the few environments in life where folks from diverse lived experiences can have respectful debates around complicated topics in order to expand their perspectives and points of view."


Read Xiao's Story

Michaela Doelman, LT'22, Chief Human Resources Officer State of Washington


"LT is creating a space for those leaders to come together to build relationships, question what could be, imagine something better and more beautiful for all, and foster that work beyond the cohort year."


Read Michaela's Story

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Alumni Community Updates: Grapevine

Explore how LT alumni are growing in their careers and working collectively to make our region a place where everyone thrives. If you have an update you would like to share, email Megan.


LT'92: Steve Davis has rejoined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a Senior Advisor and Interim Director of Philanthropic Partnerships.


LT'08: Jennifer Price started a new position as President & CEO at McElhanney.


LT'14: Anne Martens started a new position as Senior Vice Presidents of Communications at the King County Housing Authority.


LT'15: Andy Higgins was promoted to Customer Success Director at City of Seattle.


LT'15: Kelly Lennox was promoted to Vice President, Legal at Redfin.


LT'16: Meg McCann started a new position as Chief Operation Officer at Seattle Aquarium.


LT'18: Nadia Gandara was promoted to Senior Director of Racial Equity Strategies at United Way of King County.


LT'18: Jeremy Ross started a new position as Senior Corporate Counsel, WW Aviation at Amazon.


LT'23: Jimmy Juricevich was promoted to Senior Associate at Olson Kundig.


LT'24: JB Gibson started a new position as Development Manager at Wright Runstad & Company.


LT'24: Jerrod Gonzales started a new position as District School Leader at Bezos Academy.


LT'24: Brittany Jarnot started a new role as Manager, U.S. State and Local Government Affairs, Northwest at Salesforce.


LT’24: Stephen Song was promoted to Planning Manager, Youth & Family Empowerment Division, Human Services Department, City of Seattle.

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