Movers & Shakers: Seattle’s Most Influential People of the Year 2019
Meet this year’s class of our Most Influential People: 35 Seattleites who are altering the fabric of our city
By Edited by Linda Morgan November 12, 2019
This article originally appeared in the November 2019 issue of Seattle magazine.
This article appears in print in the November 2019 issue, as part of the Most Influential People of the Year feature. Click here to subscribe.
We are the crane capital of the country, and that means we are still growing at an astonishing—and sometimes unnerving—rate. With exceptional growth come exceptional people, and we celebrate them here. These luminaries help elevate the city to new heights, seeking solutions to challenges that accompany transformations in housing, homelessness, city government, the environment, business, the arts and more. Our Most Influential People of 2019 differ in their backgrounds and areas of expertise, but they all share a positive vision for Seattle and our region and work tirelessly toward that goal.
Seattle Times Reporter Dominic Gates
Recompose Founder Katrina Spade
Arts Education Advocate Lara Davis
Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile
HistoryLink Executive Director and Cofounder Marie McCaffrey
Former General Director of the Seattle Opera Aidan Lang
Common Ground Music Project Founder Shontina Vernon
yəhaw̓ Curatorial Team, Satpreet Kahlon, Tracy Rector and Asia Tail
Outgoing CEO and President of the Bullitt Foundation: Denis Hayes
Ivar’s Seafood Restaurants President Bob Donegan
Southern Resident Orca Task Force
President and CEO of Visit Seattle Tom Norwalk
Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz
TransFamilies Executive Director Aidan Key
Spaceflight Industries CEO Curt Blake
Seattle NHL Team President and CEO Tod Leiweke
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith
Evergreens Founders Hunter Brooks and Todd Fishman
Social Justic Fund Interim Program Director Karen Toering
Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream CEO Molly Moon Neitzel
Homelessness and Housing Advocates Colleen Echohawk, Matt Hutchins, Nicole Macri and Paul Lambros
Africatown Community Land Trust President and CEO K. Wyking Garrett
Sightline Institute Founder and Executive Director Alan Durning
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