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Food & Drink: Donna Moodie

Food & Drink: Donna Moodie

Restaurateur and activist Donna Moodie is all about community

Donna Moodie is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   “If music be the food of love, play on,” wrote William Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night.” At Donna Moodie’s intimate Capitol Hill restaurant, Marjorie, music, food and love collide to create an alchemy of community as organic as the ingredients Chef Cheyenne…

Food & Drink: David Nichols

Food & Drink: David Nichols

Restaurateur David Nichols once had a drinking problem. He now helps others who still do.

David Nichols is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Chef and restaurateur David Nichols would like to share about the time he hit rock bottom. But he can’t remember it. He was blackout drunk, driving home after another arduous day and night of work and talking on the phone with…

Arts: Elsa Sjunneson

Arts: Elsa Sjunneson

The award-winning deafblind author and media critic is fighting ableism with an unapologetic call for representation in the media.

Elsa Sjunneson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Deafblind author and activist Elsa Sjunneson always knew she would be a writer. As a child growing up in Belltown, she spent hours of free time crafting stories and making “books” from stapled-together pieces of loose-leaf paper.  “Growing up, I knew…

Equity: Marc Dones

Equity: Marc Dones

Working tirelessly to end homelessness

Marc Dones is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   No task is too massive for King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) CEO Marc Dones.  The consummate consensus builder, the diplomatic Dones has worked toward finding a solution to Seattle’s homelessness problem with the difficult task of intergovernmental communication, coordinating federal,…

Most Influential, Equity: T’wina Nobles

Most Influential, Equity: T’wina Nobles

Community leader and lawmaker seeks to grow generational wealth in the African American community

T’wina Nobles is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Growing up in and out of foster care and homelessness with a drug-addicted mother, T’wina Nobles became familiar with social services and community needs. Now, 41, the wife, mother of four, state senator and leader of two influential organizations — the…

Media: Michael McPhearson

Media: Michael McPhearson

Taking over the ‘South Seattle Emerald’ at a crucial time

Michael McPhearson is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   The South Seattle Emerald  born in 2014, founded in a basement and funded by the savings account of Marcus Harrison Green. The online publication has come an awful long way since then, growing to fill Green’s ambition of providing a platform…

Arts: Kate Becker

Arts: Kate Becker

Growing the region’s creative economy

Kate Becker is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   Kate Becker is equally at ease analyzing spreadsheets as she is reading sheet music. The King County Creative Economy and Recovery director has combined her passion for music and film with her business acumen to build a stronger cultural and financial…

Sports: Julio Rodriguez

Sports: Julio Rodriguez

Mariners’ phenom led all rookies in virtually every offensive statistic last baseball year

Julio Rodriguez is one of Seattle’s 25 most influential people reshaping our region. #mostinfluential   At age 21, he was the youngest player at last year’s MLB All-Star Game and the runner-up in the Home Run Derby. He is strong and fast and plays baseball with an unmistakable enthusiasm. He is Julio Rodriguez, the latest phenom…

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