Megan Kennedy & Angie Nuevacamina Elected to Board

Megan Kennedy, Director of the UW Resilience Lab, and Angie Nuevacamina, financial services professional and newly elected Redmond City Councilmember, have joined the 2024 Leadership Eastside Board of Directors.

As the Director of the UW Resilience Lab, Kennedy works to develop and evaluate systems-based approaches to wellbeing that combine applied research, education and collaborative programming across three University of Washington campuses. A resident of Kirkland, Kennedy earned her master’s degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Bastyr University and is a licensed therapist with over two decades of experience in non-profit and public sectors. Kennedy is also a long-time Leadership Eastside facilitator.

Nuevacamina is a financial services professional, a newly elected Redmond City Councilmember and a member of Leadership Eastside’s Adaptive Community Leadership Class of 2024. She recently served as a Redmond Planning Commissioner, has been a Resource Committee Member for Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, supports small businesses as they scale, and mentors several young professionals and business owners.

“Leadership Eastside is excited to have Megan Kennedy and Angie Nuevacamina join our board leadership team,” said Jeni Craswell, Leadership Eastside CEO. “Megan’s vast experience in vision setting, building collaborative relationships and creating systems-based approaches is a huge asset to our team; and the addition of Angie’s passion for her community and financial knowledge expands the depth of expertise on our board as we advance Leadership Eastside into our next season of growth.”

Kennedy and Nuevacamina join an already impressive group of strategic leaders guiding Leadership Eastside: 

·       Keri Pravitz, Community Amazon, will remain Chair

·       Yvonne Adagala, Community Leader and Coach will remain Secretary

·       Helen Banks Routon, Director of Development & Community Relations, KidVantage

·       Anne Marie Diouf, SVP & Chief People Officer, Symetra

·       Cindy Gross, Leadership Coach, Befriending Dragons

·       Carol Helland, Director of Planning & Community Development, City of Redmond

·       Sarah Langton, Partner, Langton Spieth

·       Dr. Eric Murray, President, Cascadia College

·       Mike Nesteroff, Partner, Lane Powell

·       Kavya Sarat, Community Leader

·       Adrian Shepperd, Fire Chief City of Redmond

·       Heather Trescases, Director of Development, KidsQuest Children’s Museum