2015 "Invest in Youth" Breakfast

 

WHO: More than 900 leaders and youth from across Puget Sound.

 

WHAT: A morning of compelling stories from kids who have overcome the odds with the help of Youth Eastside Services (YES).

 

WHEN: Wednesday, March 4, 7:30–8:45 a.m.

 

WHERE: Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 (map)

 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

·         Welcome – Meeghan Black
·         Building Better Lives – Patti Skelton-McGougan, YES executive director
·         Marah’s Story – Penny LeGate
·         I Feel Like I Can Do Anything – video showcase
·         I Can Be Whoever I Want – Julianna’s story (YES client)
·         Yo Soy / “I am” – Judith, Evelyn and Placido’s stories (YES clients)
·         Call to Action – Brad Smith and Kathy Surace-Smith  Read More >>

 

SPEAKERS:

 

	EMCEE Meeghan Black is an Emmy-Award-winning broadcast journalist and communications specialist with nearly 30 years of experience hosting and anchoring daily TV programs. Meeghan has reported on everything from presidential visits and corporate mergers to natural and unnatural disasters. Meeghan has also found herself in many unpredictable and exciting situations as host of KING TV’s Evening Magazine and Gardening with Ciscoe.
	KEYNOTE Penny LeGate is an Emmy-Award-winning journalist who has held numerous broadcasting positions around the U.S. As an anchor, reporter and documentary producer, she was a regular presence in the Seattle TV and radio scene for decades. Penny now enjoys the life of a freelancer, filing stories from remote places such as Ethiopia, Uganda, India, Rwanda, Nepal, Vietnam and Bolivia. Penny keynotes events around the world, sharing her lessons from “the road” and encouraging others to use their capabilities to make the world a kinder place. Perhaps her greatest lesson to date, though, has been what she’s learned as the parent of a child who struggled with substance abuse.
	COMMUNITY CO-CHAIR Brad Smith is Microsoft’s general counsel and executive vice president of Legal and Corporate Affairs. He leads approximately 1,100 legal, business and corporate affairs professionals spanning 55 countries. Brad serves as Microsoft's senior executive responsible for the company's public policy, corporate citizenship and philanthropic program, including Microsoft YouthSpark, a company-wide, global initiative to create opportunities for 300 million youth. In Washington State, Brad has served as chair of the Washington Roundtable, a leading state business organization, and he has advanced several statewide education initiatives. In 2010 he chaired the Higher Education Funding Task Force for Governor Christine Gregoire, and in 2012 he co-chaired the transition team for incoming Governor Jay Inslee. Since 2011, Brad has chaired the Washington Opportunity Scholarship Program, the nation's first private-public funded endowment to enable more students to attend college.
	COMMUNITY CO-CHAIR Kathy Surace-Smith is Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for NanoString Technologies, a biotech company in Seattle specializing in genomic technology. Previously she served as General Counsel, for SonoSite, Inc., a medical device company in Bothell, from 2002 to 2010 and for Metawave Communications, a telecommunications equipment provider in Redmond from 1996 to 2002. She is on the boards of the United Way of King County, the YWCA of King and Snohomish Counties, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the Tateuchi Center, a proposed performing arts to serve the Eastside. Kathy and Brad served as volunteer Co-Chairs of the 2010-2011 campaign for the United Way of King County, leading efforts to raise $117 million to be invested in the greater Puget Sound community.

 

ABOUT YOUTH EASTSIDE SERVICES: YES is the leading nonprofit provider of youth mental health counseling and substance abuse services on the Eastside. Since 1968, YES has been a lifeline for kids and families, offering treatment and education/prevention services that help kids become healthy, confident and self-reliant, and their families to be strong, supportive and loving. YES accepts most major insurance providers as well as Washington Apple Health (Medicaid), but also offers a sliding scale and no one is turned away due to their inability to pay. For more information, visit www.YouthEastsideServices.org.

 

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