Amy Lee

Amy Lee

Amy Lee, MD grew up in Austin, Texas, but now calls Seattle her home. She is the Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Seattle Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She serves as the...
Shannon Leversedge

Shannon Leversedge

Shannon grew up in Ontario, Canada and currently resides on Mercer Island with her husband and three children. With a passion for sport, she graduated with a B.A. in Sport Management from the University of Victoria. She joined crew and rowed for UVic. developing a...
Melanie Lyons

Melanie Lyons

Melanie was inspired in her teens, while working as a wilderness instructor, by the magic that happens when people discover their true potential and has never looked back.  Over the past 25 years Melanie has been working in nonprofit organizations that partner with...
Jodi McCarthy

Jodi McCarthy

Jodi grew up in a small town in British Columbia, Canada.  In 1991 she moved to Vancouver for college where she studied tourism marketing.  After graduating from college, Jodi started working for Scotiabank.  While working, she got her financial planner designation...
Sarah Morris

Sarah Morris

Born in Vancouver, BC and raised in Seattle, Sarah attended the University of Portland where she holds a B.S. in Social work, with an emphasis in Criminology and Psychology.  Sarah’s passion and education led her to a career in a variety of high...
Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee

Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee

Val is a first-generation college student with degrees from UC Berkeley (BA), Columbia University (MPA) and Wharton, University of Pennsylvania (MBA) – where she self-funded her education through scholarships and working full-time. Val spent her career in the...
Sharon Perez

Sharon Perez

Sharon grew up in Corvallis, Oregon and moved north to Salem, then Portland. After a four-year detour to Columbus, Ohio, Sharon, her husband and two sons moved back to the NW and have been Mercer Islanders for the last seven years. Sharon has a BA in history and an...
Michelle Peyree

Michelle Peyree

Born and raised in the suburbs of New York City, Michelle left her home state to attend Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia from where she graduated with her BBA. She began her career in Southern California as a consultant with CGE&Y in strategy and business...
Lesley Poole

Lesley Poole

Lesley Poole was raised on Mercer Island and graduated from Duke University. She moved to San Francisco to work in corporate retail for Gap, Inc. Lesley met her husband on a blind date in San Francisco and relocated back to Seattle in 2003. Lesley continued her work...
Lori Otto Punke

Lori Otto Punke

Lori Otto Punke leads LOP Strategies, a public affairs consulting firm. She also serves as President of the Washington Council on International Trade. Lori previously held a variety of public affairs positions at Starbucks and Microsoft and served as a senior...