The board for Leadership Eastside (LE) approved its slate of officers and directors at its June board meeting. Stephanie Mapelli (LE ’08), will be the organization’s president. Officers are Chair Drew Magill (The Boeing Company); Chair Elect Earl Bell (LE ’09 and Community Leader); Immediate Past Chair Betty Spieth (Langton Spieth); Co-Vice-Chairs Curriculum and Programs Jeni Craswell (LE ’08 and Ujamaa Consulting) and Dan Leahy (LE ’08 and Waypoint Leadership Consulting); Lynn Briody Vice Chair Year Two/Three Programs (LE ’09 and Community Leader); Vice Chair Finance Mike DePuydt (Senderra Corp.); Vice Chair Marketing Mike Nesteroff (LE ’09 and Lane Powell); Jim Hutchinson Vice Chair Fund Development (Puget Sound Energy) and Vice Chair Alumni Stu Linscott (LE ’09 and Umpqua Bank).

The board also elected six new members and two University of Washington Board Fellows, bringing the total board to 23.

The new members are: Laurene Burton (LE ’08 and Evergreen Healthcare); Scott Harrison (BarclayDean); Nancy Hawman (The Seattle Times), Monty Kilcup (LE ’11 and GLY Construction), Keri Stout (Bellevue Family YMCA), and Lourdes Salazar (City of Bellevue). The board also elected Jeff Parks and Vikas Sahdev as Board Fellows. Both begin the final year of their MBA program at the University of Washington in the fall.

LE directors returning for an additional term are Jennifer Davies (Symetra Financial), Patti Dill (The Seattle Foundation), Marilyn Mason-Plunkett (Hopelink), Eric Svaren (Groupsmith Inc.), and Tami Ware (Microsoft Corporation).

Leadership Eastside is East King County’s regional community leadership development program.