731: Loria Yeadon: An Invitation to Be a World Changer

Loria Yeadon is President and CEO at YMCA of Greater Seattle and the first woman and the first person of color to serve in this role in the 146-year history of the organization. She is an electrical engineer, a patent attorney by trade and training, and an accomplished non-profit and corporate executive with over 35 years of experience leading high-performing teams, managing P&Ls, and serving the community. She champions and advocates for equity and justice for all, especially youth and families in underserved communities. Yeadon currently serves on the Governor’s Social Supports Leaders Advisory Group for the State of Washington and on the Board of Directors for the Laird Norton Company. She formerly served on the Board of Directors of TiVo Corporation, Girl Scouts of the USA, Legal Momentum, and Stolen Youth. She was recently honored as a 2021 Women of Influence by the Puget Sound Business Journal and recipient of the 2020 Female Founders Champion Role Model Award. She is also a very proud Shameless Mom to 3 grown daughters.

Listen in to Loria share:

• Her memories during segregation in Virginia and how things are not much different today
• How her mission to raise her daughters to be world leaders and worlds changers informed her career
• The impact of the pandemic on the YMCA as they recognized the importance of supporting families in deeply critical ways
• The “false choice” moms were given in the pandemic
• What happens in society when affordable childcare is hard or even impossible to access
• Possible solutions around more affordable childcare
• Her invitation to young women to move through the world more courageously
• The very special way you can support the mission of the YMCA
• The unique mission of the YMCA to be more than a building, but a movement forwarding communities

Links Mentioned: 

• Learn more about the YMCA and consider donating: www.seattleymca.org
• YMCA on FB, IG, Twitter: @YMCASeattle
• YMCA on LinkedIn
• Loria on LinkedIn
• Loria on Twitter

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