Meet the Team
Alice Fong, Seattle, WA
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Ethical Leadership
Alice is humbled to provide leadership to shape the strategic direction, impact, and sustainability at the Center.
An avid connector, Alice is passionate and committed to promoting a healthily engaged community - focussed on the common good for all. She's dedicated to the co-creation of space that will deepen relationships, honor community wisdom, build trust, and promote collective collaboration. Alice believes we all are leaders with unique gifts to share.
Alice has been intimately involved and actively supporting the vision, mission, and operations of the Center since the beginning of 2018. She is passionate about the Center’s inclusive, values-based, leadership-development philosophy and principles, and is a champion for doing the heart work it takes to bring people together to co-create positive change. Alice played a critical role in securing a Best Start for Kids grant, and was indispensable in managing the Restorative, Inclusive School Environments, RISE Initiative pilot. That experience will lead to RISE 2.0.
Prior to being with the Center, she provided consulting and technical assistance to organizations, where one of her United Way of King County coworker's exclaimed Alice was the "Go to" when it comes to discussing how to resolve issues. She's a lifelong learner and has been involved in many leadership cohorts throughout her life: Natural Helpers, Student Access to Growth and Earning, YMCA, and Washington Stewards with the Center's Founder, Dr. Bill Grace. Alice holds her Master of Science in Management through Troy University, a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science at University of Puget Sound, and is a proud Tacoma Community College alum. Additionally, Alice received her Human Resource Management Certificate (classes are HRCI accredited) from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. LinkedIn profile.
Alice is a huge advocate for CEL's vision - a world that thrives together and aligns her free time to do just that. She was recently appointed to Pierce County Commission for Refugee and Immigrant Affairs, Washington State Public Health Advisory Board, and formerly appointed on the King County Developmental Disability Board. She supports the Prison Scholar Fund and is a member of the Eastside Race and Leadership Coalition. Alice is always open to exploring new opportunities that compliment her schedule.
Alice is excited to lead an organization that aligns so well with her own values. She looks forward to experience this exciting journey with you!
Chief Executive Officer
Center for Ethical Leadership
Alice is humbled to provide leadership to shape the strategic direction, impact, and sustainability at the Center.
An avid connector, Alice is passionate and committed to promoting a healthily engaged community - focussed on the common good for all. She's dedicated to the co-creation of space that will deepen relationships, honor community wisdom, build trust, and promote collective collaboration. Alice believes we all are leaders with unique gifts to share.
Alice has been intimately involved and actively supporting the vision, mission, and operations of the Center since the beginning of 2018. She is passionate about the Center’s inclusive, values-based, leadership-development philosophy and principles, and is a champion for doing the heart work it takes to bring people together to co-create positive change. Alice played a critical role in securing a Best Start for Kids grant, and was indispensable in managing the Restorative, Inclusive School Environments, RISE Initiative pilot. That experience will lead to RISE 2.0.
Prior to being with the Center, she provided consulting and technical assistance to organizations, where one of her United Way of King County coworker's exclaimed Alice was the "Go to" when it comes to discussing how to resolve issues. She's a lifelong learner and has been involved in many leadership cohorts throughout her life: Natural Helpers, Student Access to Growth and Earning, YMCA, and Washington Stewards with the Center's Founder, Dr. Bill Grace. Alice holds her Master of Science in Management through Troy University, a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science at University of Puget Sound, and is a proud Tacoma Community College alum. Additionally, Alice received her Human Resource Management Certificate (classes are HRCI accredited) from Lake Washington Institute of Technology. LinkedIn profile.
Alice is a huge advocate for CEL's vision - a world that thrives together and aligns her free time to do just that. She was recently appointed to Pierce County Commission for Refugee and Immigrant Affairs, Washington State Public Health Advisory Board, and formerly appointed on the King County Developmental Disability Board. She supports the Prison Scholar Fund and is a member of the Eastside Race and Leadership Coalition. Alice is always open to exploring new opportunities that compliment her schedule.
Alice is excited to lead an organization that aligns so well with her own values. She looks forward to experience this exciting journey with you!
JP Jefferson, Seattle WA
Board of Trustees, Treasurer
Radiology Partners
JP’s leadership advice is to be very open. It’s easy to be close-minded and believe that you’re always right, but especially in management and leadership, it’s always changing, so you have to be very conscious that ideas can come from anyone regardless of their position or their ethnicity or their gender. People’s experiences in life help mold them to the person they are, and everyone can benefit from other people’s experiences.
“I think it’s hard to teach leadership and management and it’s not something we do well enough at the academic level. I think it’s something that people just expect that happens. It’s the whole nature vs nurture thing. I believe that leadership is nurture, and we have to continue to nurture it, and we always have to be aware of it, being very conscious that leadership is not just something that happens to people, it’s something that’s nurtured by the people who are around them.” -- JP
JP enjoys traveling to many different parts of the world, learning about other cultures, social norms and food is very fascinating. He has been in the hospitality industry for 16 years and has learned so much from different people from all types of backgrounds. This is an exciting time to be in leadership and he is proud of the work the Center has done.
Board of Trustees, Treasurer
Radiology Partners
JP’s leadership advice is to be very open. It’s easy to be close-minded and believe that you’re always right, but especially in management and leadership, it’s always changing, so you have to be very conscious that ideas can come from anyone regardless of their position or their ethnicity or their gender. People’s experiences in life help mold them to the person they are, and everyone can benefit from other people’s experiences.
“I think it’s hard to teach leadership and management and it’s not something we do well enough at the academic level. I think it’s something that people just expect that happens. It’s the whole nature vs nurture thing. I believe that leadership is nurture, and we have to continue to nurture it, and we always have to be aware of it, being very conscious that leadership is not just something that happens to people, it’s something that’s nurtured by the people who are around them.” -- JP
JP enjoys traveling to many different parts of the world, learning about other cultures, social norms and food is very fascinating. He has been in the hospitality industry for 16 years and has learned so much from different people from all types of backgrounds. This is an exciting time to be in leadership and he is proud of the work the Center has done.
Robert Bonesteel, Chicago, IL
Board of Trustees, President
Better Impact, Inc.
Bio coming soon
Board of Trustees, President
Better Impact, Inc.
Bio coming soon
Scott Leonard, Santa Fe, NM
Board of Trustees, Secretary
Self-employed
Bio coming soon
Board of Trustees, Secretary
Self-employed
Bio coming soon