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Skagit Valley College (SVC) and EDASC are pleased to announce their continued partnership in Leadership Skagit, a program developing a network of business and community leaders. SVC President Tom Keegan and EDASC CEO John Sternlicht in January signed a new cooperative agreement formalizing their continued commitment to providing vibrant, relevant, and innovative programming to continue to serve the community’s leadership needs. Under the new agreement, SVC now provides a partial faculty position to update and manage the curriculum. EDASC will continue to operate the program. “SVC’s partnership with EDASC in Leadership Skagit is an excellent example of two organizations working together to buil...

MOUNT VERNON – The Economic Development Alliance of Skagit County (EDASC) has hired Mary Heffernan Trester as its Leadership Skagit Program Manager effective January 1, succeeding founding director Kathryn Bennett at the helm of Skagit County’s premier leadership training program. Leadership Skagit is a program of EDASC, in partnership with Skagit Valley College. Trester, an Anacortes resident, will work collaboratively with Curriculum Manager Dr. Laura Flores Cailloux to ensure the continued success and growth of Leadership Skagit. She’ll lead program fundraising efforts, manage volunteers and recruit program participants. "I am excited to join the EDASC team as the Program Manager for Leadershi...