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2025 Emerging Leader winner Samantha Love becomes emotional after receiving her award on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Samantha Love named 2025 Emerging Leader for Snohomish County

It was the 10th year that The Herald Business Journal highlights the best and brightest of Snohomish County.

2025 Emerging Leader Tracy Nguyen (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Tracy Nguyen: Giving back in her professional and personal life

The marketing director for Mountain Pacific Bank is the chair for “Girls on the Run.”

2025 Emerging Leader Kellie Lewis (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Kellie Lewis: Bringing community helpers together

Edmonds Food Bank’s marketing and communications director fosters connections to help others.

2025 Emerging Leader Christina Strand (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Christina Strand: Helping people on the move

Community engagement specialist believes biking, walking and public transit can have a positive impact.

2025 Emerging Leader Melinda Cervantes (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Melinda Cervantes: Making sure every voice is heard

Prolific volunteer facilitates connections between Spanish-speaking public representatives and community members.

2025 Emerging Leader Natalie Given (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Natalie Given: Building trust and communicating concerns

Everett Police Department’s Public Information Officer builds relationship and better communication.

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Nichole Webber: Drawing up plays for athletes and politics

The communications director for the city of Everett believes leadership is rooted in honesty, integrity and selfless commitment…

2025 Emerging Leader Rick Flores (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Rick Flores: Learning lessons from marching band

Directs the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program at WSU Everett helps underrepresented students with tutoring, specialized courses, mentorship…

2025 Emerging Leader Scott Hulme (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Scott Hulme: Standing up for downtown

Business development manager for the Downtown Everett Association brings property owners, tenants and city leaders together.

The lumpia sub at Lasa Sandwiches & Pearls is stuffed with hearty meatballs doused in sweet chili sauce, crunchy shards of egg roll wrappers, then topped with cilantro and pickled papaya, pepper and carrot. Wednesday, June 2, 2022. (Taylor Goebel / The Herald).

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Savor the flavor during Lynnwood’s Best Bites Dining Month

City partners with local eateries to hold its first dining month

2025 Emerging Leader Anthony Hawley (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Anthony Hawley: Creating friendships and filling pantries

Since 2021, Hawley has increased donations to Lake Stevens Community Food Bank through fundraising and building donor relationships.

2025 Emerging Leader Megan Kemmett (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Megan Kemmett: Seeking solutions to any problem or obstacle

Executive director of Snohomish Community Food Bank overcomes obstacles to keep people fed.

A person walks through the lot at Kia of Everett shopping for a car on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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‘The tariffs made me do it’: Customers move fast on cars

At one Everett dealership, customers move fast on cars ahead of Wednesday’s expected announcement on tariffs.

2025 Emerging Leader DeLon Lewis (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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DeLon Lewis: Helping students succeed

Program specialist for Everett Community College believes leadership is about building bridges.

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Samantha Love: Creating a community

The autism testing specialist works with families, schools and community organizations to break barriers, end waiting lists and…

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Port of Everett seeks new bids for bulkhead replacement project

The first bids to replace the aging support structure exceeded the Port of Everett’s $4.4 million budget for…

Employees and patrons of the Everett Mall signed a timeline mural that traces the history of the 51-year-old indoor mall that was once considered the premier place to go shopping in the city. Thursday, March 20, 2025 (Aaron Kennedy / The Herald)

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Mall mural offers nostalgic trip into the past

Past and present Everett Mall employees joined customers Thursday to view an artistic timeline of the once popular…

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REI packing up Alderwood location for move to bigger store in Lynnwood

The member-owned cooperative will close its doors Sunday before reopening at new location on March 28.

FILE -- An engine on a Boeing 767 jet aircraft, at a Boeing facility in Everett, Wash., March 7, 2012. The Boeing 737 engine that failed on Southwest Flight 1380 is not the only one that has caught the eye of regulators: Engines on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and 767 have also failed, prompting questions about their design and inspection procedures. (Stuart Isett/The New York Times)

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Everett locations absorbed most of Boeing’s cuts this winter

EVERETT — Boeing facilities in Everett saw large layoffs of 1,422 employees in two worker reductions over the…

Rick Steves speaks at an event for his new book, On the Hippie Trail, on Thursday, Feb. 27 at Third Place Books in Lake Forest, Washington. (Will Geschke / The Herald)

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Travel guru won’t slow down

Rick Steves is back to globetrotting and promoting a new book after his cancer fight.