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2024 Crystal Eagle Awards
The Crystal Eagle symbolizes strength, vision, and determination and represents the highest level of recognition and appreciation that our organization can bestow. The awards recognize the leadership of individuals or Organizations who work to create partnerships across cultural, economic, social, political, geographic, or educational boundaries.
Here are the 2024 recipients of the Crystal Eagle Award!
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Elected in 2012, Jay Inslee is currently the longest serving governor in the United States. Washington has seen historic economic growthover that time and has been consistently ranked as one of the best states to live, work and do business. He has helped put Washington state at the forefront of fighting climate change; put new investments in education, behavioral health and housing; and helped families by funding the Working Families Tax Credit and implementing the nation’s best paid family leave program.
community leadership
K. Wyking Garrett is a third generation community builder, social entrepreneur and current President and CEO of Africatown Community Land Trust in Seattle, WA. He designs programs and initiatives that catalyze, mobilize and activate communities for sustainable social impact. He is a co-catalyst for numerous ventures including the Africatown Seattle community development initiative, Liberty Bank Building, Umoja PEACE Center, Hack The CD, Black Dot, Umoja Fest, Africatown Center for Education Innovation and King County Equity Now. I was an inaugural member of the Seattle Music Commission and a past fellow with national advocacy organization, Green For All.
excellence in public service
Shantel Patu is the co-founder and Executive Director of Urban Family and has been instrumental in building a thriving organization dedicated to empowering Black and Brown communities. Her visionary leadership and deep understanding of community needs have led to impactful initiatives that foster safety, connection, and care for urban youth and families. Shantel’s influence extends beyond Urban Family, as she is a successful entrepreneur, sought-after life coach, and insightful writer for the Gottman Institute.
community outreach & advocacy
The youngest City Council member in Federal Way history, Jesse Johnson first took office at the age of 27 after winning the election over a 2-term incumbent. He then ran and serve as the youngest member in the Washington State Legislature, where he worked on community safety issues sponsoring the most comprehensive police accountability legislation in the nation in addition to juvenile justice reform, addressing workforce development in the trades for young people and families struggling with housing insecurity across the state. He now serves as the Director of Outreach and Community Engagement for the Office of the State Treasurer working to address wealth inequity and close generational wealth gaps for historically and currently marginalized communities.
community leadership
Loria Yeadon is President & CEO of the YMCA of Greater Seattle, where she has re-aligned the organizational structure for greater impact and efficiency, built a dream seniorleadership team, attracted diverse, multi-cultural leaders to the YGS Board of Directors, launched an Equity and Justice
for all initiative towards becoming an anti-racist organization and weaving the threads of equity and justice throughout the organization. She has a proven record of accomplishment serving on public, private and non-profit boards, managing P&Ls, leading M&A transactions, building and leading small and large global executive teams, establishing growth
strategies, raising and deploying social capital, demonstrating investment impact, and catalyzing action while consistently exceeding objectives and driving social change. She has served in many strategic roles in various industries and markets from high tech to manufacturing companies, non-profit leadership, and fund/investment management.
Excellence in equity and inclusion
Presley Palmer has served as Division Director for the City of Seattle Purchasing and Contracting since February – but has been working at the City since 1997, starting in the IT warehouse and steadily moving up the ranks. During the past 10 years, Presley has become a technical expert with a demonstrated passion for advancing equitable and effective purchasing and contracting. He works diligently to create partnerships across cultural, economic, social, political, geographic, or educational boundaries with a focus on how the City can support women- and minority-owned businesses, both from a systems level and from a one person at a time level. Recent accomplishments include leading a partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Harvard Kennedy School to transform procurement so it is easier for businesses to work with the City. He works with departments to push their WMBE spending goals to the next level; reorganized Purchasing and Contracting to elevate the WMBE Program; and is a strong advocate for critical City programs that support WMBEs – from technical assistance services to outreach and education.
Community GIVING
