Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell

I must share with you a huge honor for our family. My wife Joanne Harrell is being recognized for her career and public service as one of six inductees to the 2009 University of Washington Department of Communication “Hall of Fame.” The community celebration will take place on October 29, 2009, at the University of Washington Club, starting at 5:00 pm. Link: Communication Alumni Hall of Fame 2009

Joanne has been an incredible example of how individuals and organizations should communicate effectively and transparently. She has built a successful career around converting these values into high performance. Her commitment to continued learning led her to study management and marketing at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and the Brookings Institution. While President & CEO of the United Way of King County from 1997 to 2000, Joanne led the chapter to successive national fundraising records where she grew the non-profit from the 14th to the largest United Way program in the country. She serves and has served on a host of boards, including REI, Seattle Urban League, YWCA, the Salvation Army, the Seattle Art Museum, UW’s Evans School of Public Affairs, and the International Women’s Forum. Joanne is the 1997 recipient of the “African American Achievement Award,” Omaha, Nebraska, and the 1992 recipient of the “Women of Achievement Award,” Seattle. Other honorees at this event will be H. Stuart Elway, Bruce Johansen, George Sundborg, Maggie Walker and Harold (Hal) Zimmerman. Truly these are well-deserved recipients and great community leaders.

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate each inductee, but in particular, my wife, Joanne Harrell! Our office will continue to drive policies that support open, transparent and effective communications. Now we have a Hall of Famer closely linked to us that will demand nothing less than a perfect execution of those principles.

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