Authentic and inspired community leaders strengthen and transform our communities.

Program Staff

  • Laura Flores-Cailloux, MBA, EdD

    Co-Curriculum Manager

  • Brittany Knutson, PhD

    Co-Curriculum Manager

  • Tiffany Scribner, MFA

    Program Manager

Advisory Group

Alicia Dietrich, MBA, Program Alumni, Realtor, Windermere Real Estate, Langley, LW ‘21

Jessie Gunn, Executive Director, Whidbey Community Foundation, Langley, LW ‘21

Kristina Hines, Executive Director, Economic Development Council for Island County, Oak Harbor, LW ‘22

Jane López-Santillana, Library Manager, Oak Harbor Sno-Isles Library, Coupeville

Kevin Meenaghan, President of Wardroom Success Strategies, Oak Harbor

Dave Paul, PhD, Director of Community Relations at Skagit Valley College, Oak Harbor

Curriculum Team

Sherryl Christie, President/Master-Level Certified Coach, Best Practice, Inc.

Lynn Goebel, Oak Harbor School Board President, Retired Educator, LW ‘22

Mary Elizabeth Himes, Owner, Mama Bear Insurance, A Poet On Whidbey, LW ‘22

Dan Leahy, Innovative Leadership Development Specialist

Marta Mulholland, Owner, Expressive Arts Coaching & Facilitation, LW ‘22

Dave Paul, PhD, Director of External Relations, Skagit Valley College

Curriculum Team

Sherryl Christie, President/Master-Level Certified Coach, Best Practice, Inc.

Lynn Goebel, Oak Harbor School Board President, Retired Educator, LW ‘22

Mary Elizabeth Himes, Owner, Mama Bear Insurance, A Poet On Whidbey, LW ‘22

Dan Leahy, Innovative Leadership Development Specialist

Marta Mulholland, Owner, Expressive Arts Coaching & Facilitation, LW ‘22

Dave Paul, PhD, Director of External Relations, Skagit Valley College

Coaches

Sherryl Christie, Leadership Whidbey CALL Team Coaching Co-Lead & President/Master-Level Certified Coach, Best Practice, Inc.

Dan Leahy, Leadership Whidbey CALL Team Coaching Co-Lead & Innovative Leadership Development Specialist

Yvonne Adagala, Certified Adaptive Community Leadership Coach

Emily Felt, Library Manager, Coupeville Sno-Isles Library, LW ‘24

Jennifer Hasse Morris, Living the Intention, a social purpose corporation

Arwen Norman, School Farm Manager, Coupeville School Farm, LW ‘24

Program Day Chairs

Lynn Goebel, Oak Harbor School Board President, Retired Educator, LW ‘22

Kristina Hines, Executive Director, Economic Development Council for Island County, Oak Harbor, LW ‘22

Jenny Holbrook, Youth Engagement Specialist/McKinney Vento Academic Coach, Readiness to Learn, LW ‘24

Olena Hodges, Executive Director, Island Shakespeare Festival, LW ‘21