APRIL 2016
THE HERALD BUSINESS JOURNAL 19
EMERGING LEADERS FINALISTS
Returning home to serve his community Faith is an important part of JJ Frank’s life. So is community. Frank, the executive director of the Marysville/North County Family YMCA, is a “homegrown man” having attended Everett Public Schools and then going to the University of Washington where he played college football. Frank came back to JJ Frank live and serve in the community where he was raised. He worked for the Everett Police Department before joining the YMCA. In 2002, Frank started the innovative Minority Achievers Program to motivate and support student of color and immigrants to achieve their higher education and career goals. It started with just 24 students in two school districts. It’s grown to six school districts serving more than 400 students countywide. Many of those students have gone to college, some with support from donations that Frank and others have been able to obtain for them.
Empowering kids one wardrobe at at time
Frank, who is African-American, helped form the Communities of Color Coalition. He’s also served on several boards in the community, including on the United Way of Snohomish County, the executive board of the NAACP of Snohomish County and Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. He’s also part of the Marysville Rotary. He’s also served as a member of the Black Prison Caucus at the Washington State Reformatory at Monroe. In the role, helped inmates learn new skills to transition back in their community. He’s also said he’s a minister at his church and is in charge of its Sunday school. “I mention this because my faith in Jesus Christ has really shaped my character as a servant leader,” Frank said. “It is not about myself but about serving others.” He said in his nomination form that wants to continue to work with likeminded organizations and serve Snohomish County in a greater capacity. “I plan to retire in Snohomish County, dedicating a lifetime of service back to the community that has given me so much,” Frank said.
Clothes mean so much children and teens. Go to school with tattered clothes or falling apart shoes and there’s a risk the kid feels out of place. And a kid who doesn’t fit in, may fall behind in the classroom or, worse, drop out of school altogether. Enter Joy Ingram. She’s the development director for Joy Ingram Clothes For Kids, a Lynnwood nonprofit that provides wardrobes for any kid in Snohomish County who needs clothing and whose family qualifies for reduced lunches. “I believe personally that empowering students is a key ingredient to build self-esteem and confidence so students can find success,” Ingram wrote in her nomination form. Clothes For Kids intentionally doesn’t have an executive director. Instead, Ingram in her role as development director works directly with the operations manager, Board of Directors, staff and volunteers to help raise funds.
She started in 2010 and in her first year she was able to double revenue for the nonprofit. Four years ago, Clothes For Kids was successful enough to be able to serve the whole county. Clothes For Kids has provided 15,000 children and teens with wardrobes. Ingram has also helped the board grow from four to nine members. She created the Transforming Lives Breakfast that has grown from 120 attendees in its first year to 260 in its fifth year. Her background includes working for the Snohomish County Boys & Girls Clubs and the Northshore Public Education Foundation. She’s active with the Lynnwood Rotary. And she represent Clothes For Kids as a member of Economic Alliance Snohomish County, the Edmonds and Lynnwood chambers. “I believe wholeheartedly in service to others,” Ingram said. “I have committed my career to working with nonprofits that serve children and families and believe strongly that success of the next generation is essential to success of our community.”
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