Lunch with a Leader

This quarter’s Lunch with a Leader will be in March. Details to follow.

This is a private event for Leadership Kitsap Signature Program Alumni and current class.

Monday March 17, 2025 @ 12PM

Join the LKAA’s Lunch with a Leader in March 2025. Join us in one of 12 seats the saved for LK Alumni and current class with Executive Director Cody Clark’s leadership journey and the South Kitsap Chamber their vision for our community.

Cori Kauk headshot

Cody Clark, Executive Director, South Kitsap Chamber

The next Lunch with a Leader will be held in June 2025.

Lunch with a Leader is a continuing education program for Leadership Kitsap Alumni. Join regional leaders for lunch and hear the stories of their leadership journeys. The conversations will be organic, thought-provoking, and alumni-lead.

Open to the first 12 alumni who register.

While this event is FREE to our LK alumni, if you do not show up and you do not cancel within 12 hours of the event, you will be billed $25 for your lunch. We anticipate a waiting list of others who would enjoy the opportunity to attend.

Past Lunch Leaders:

  • November 2025: Cori Kauk, Bremerton Foodline
  • February 2024: Clarence Moriwaki, City of Bainbridge Island
  • November 2023: Chad Melton, President of St. Michael Medical Center
  • August 2023: Jessica Guidry, Equity Program Manager at Kitsap Public Health District
  • April 2023: Katie Walters, Kitsap County Commissioner, District 3
  • March 2022: Lucretia Robertson, PHR, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Kitsap Regional Library
  • December 2021: Albert Verhofstadt, Executive Director Navy Region Northwest
  • February 2021: Eric Baker, Kitsap County Board of Commissioners Policy Manager (via Zoom)
  • October 2020: Kellie Letexier, SVP/COO Kitsap Credit Union (via Zoom)
  • July 2020: Alanna Imbach, CEO & Founder Vibe Coworks (via Zoom)
  • March 2020: Roxanne Bryson, Executive Director Holly Ridge Center
  • November 2019: Monica Blackwood, President & CEO West Sound Workforce
  • May 2019: Lisa Stirrett, Artist, Advocate, Small Business Owner
  • February 2019: Sam Askew, CEO Port Madison Enterprises
  • November 2018: Gary Simpson, Kitsap County Sheriff
  • July 2018: Kelly Sullivan, Executive Director Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
  • May 2018: Jill Jean, Library Director Kitsap Regional Library
  • February 2018: Clif McKenzie, CEO Watson Furniture Group