Jan Levy, Executive Director of Leadership Tomorrow

The Executive Alliance Leadership Award honors leaders whose actions exemplify EA’s mission to advance a powerful nonprofit sector, supporting a vibrant community and thriving economy.

Jan has been an active participant in Executive Alliance contributing her expertise to through numerous committees and planning groups

Leadership Tomorrow is a civic leadership training program founded by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the United Way of King County. The program’s purpose is to develop effective community leaders who work to strengthen our region. Jan is a graduate of the program and has served as its director for more than sixteen years.

Jan is a Seattle native who lived in a number of other cities before returning home in 1980. Her diverse background includes professional dance, higher education administration, and, prior to joining Leadership Tomorrow, eight years at Washington Mutual Bank, where she held positions as Assistant to the Chairman and CEO, Officer and Manager of Student Loans, and Asst. Vice President for Lines of Credit.

Jan, a self-proclaimed “leadership junkie,” has a deep commitment to community leadership development. She served on the Board of the Community Leadership Association (an international association of community leadership programs) for nine years, and completed her term as the Immediate Past Chair of the Board in 1999. In May, 2000, Jan received the “Preceptor Award” for excellence in her field from the Community Leadership Association. She has also assisted with the formation of a number of other community leadership programs in the Northwest, including Leadership Vancouver, B.C., Leadership Victoria, B.C., Leadership Kitsap, Leadership Thurston County, Leadership Skagit and Leadership Snohomish County.

Jan is a member of the Seattle Center Advisory Commission, the Visiting Committee of Seattle University’s Masters in Non-Profit Leadership Program, and the Seattle/King County Red Cross Volunteer Advisory Council. She is a former member and vice-chair of the board of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. Past memberships include serving on the boards of the United Way of King County, the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, Puget Sound Camp Fire Boys and Girls, and the American Jewish Committee. In January of 2001, The Seattle Times recognized her as one of the “Best Organizers of 2000” for the Puget Sound Region.