Melissa Stuart Runs For Redmond City Council Position 4.

 

Melissa is a non-profit leader with deep experience breaking down barriers for youth and families. She

serves as the Director of Individual Giving at Boys & Girls Clubs of King County. During the

 pandemic, she’s worked to keep students connected to school and parents/caregivers in the workforce.

 Prior to Boys & Girls Clubs, Melissa worked to create affordable access to behavioral healthcare for all

 East King County families at Youth Eastside Services. She’s also worked to ensure education success

 for youth in foster care at Treehouse, and more. She earned a Masters of Non-Profit Leadership from Seattle University.

Melissa served as a Community and Organizational Development Advisor in Moldova with the U.S. Peace Corps. During her service, she worked with community leaders to strengthen youth development programs and with international NGOs to increase the reach of human trafficking prevention programs to rural areas of the country.

On council, Melissa will be a leading voice for urgent action on climate change. She is a known environmental advocate in the city and has served as an Eastside Climate Justice Steward with the Alliance for Jobs & Clean Energy, board member at Zero Waste Washington, and volunteer member of a Sound Transit/Metro 520 Connections Sounding Board. Melissa is committed to working with other leaders so that Redmond can be a leader in climate mitigation and resilience across the region.

Melissa and her family have lived in Redmond’s Overlake neighborhood for 10 years. They love their neighborhood’s amenities such as Indian grocery stores, great transit lines, and good schools. They are very eager for the light rail stations to open, and to one day have a park in the neighborhood’s urban center.

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