The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 91 recipients in Washington State of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program in 2011.
“Comcast is proud of its Leaders & Achievers scholarship recipients. They represent some of the best and brightest high school seniors who also demonstrate civic involvement in the communities we serve across the country,” said Charisse Lillie, Vice President, Community Investment of Comcast Corporation and Executive President of the Comcast Foundation. “We are thrilled to support their educational efforts with these scholarships.”
“These young people have worked incredibly hard to build remarkable track records of leadership and commitment to help their communities. We’re proud to honor their effort by helping to fulfill their dreams of education,” said Len Rozek, Senior Vice President of Comcast’s Washington market.
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Since the program’s inception there have been over 15,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $15.4 million.
Many of the students live in one community and attend high school in another. Here we share them by city of their person residence:
Allyn
Sabrina R. Schultz, Klahowya Secondary School
Arlington
Benjamin Joseph Mow, Granite Falls High School
Auburn
Jennifer R. Davis, Auburn Senior High School
Nghia H. Le, Auburn Mountainview High School
Bellevue
Jaemin Han, Bellevue High School
Benjamin D. Rosellini, Issaquah High School
Cody M. Stebbins, Sammamish High School
Francis T. Tran, Newport High School
Bellingham
MacKenzie R. Erickson, Meridian High School
Sarah N. Dillard, Sehome High School
Noelle A. Kogan, Squalicum High School
Chehalis
Ashley L. Nozsar, W.F.West High School
Colbert
Alexa M. Kerr, Mt. Spokane High School
Des Moines
Krishna M. Rizal, Global Connections High School at Tyee Educational Complex
Edmonds
Jenny J. Lee, Edmonds-Woodway High School
Hannah Merisko, Kamiak High School
Enumclaw
Sarah A.M. Thomas, Enumclaw High School
Everett
Betzabeth Giuliana Gamero, Lynnwood High School
Vivien Lewis-McKenney, Everett High School
Minh Phuc H. Nguyen, Mariner High School
Vietkhanh T. Vu, Cascade High School
Federal Way
Justin J. Dean, Todd Beamer High School
Albert Kim, Decatur High School
Sheila O. Ojeaburu,Thomas Jefferson High School
Ferndale
Steven D. Rauch, Ferndale High School
Freeland
Chantal D. White, South Whidbey High
Graham
Stephanie A. Jenkins-Napoli, Graham-Kapowsin High School
Grayland
Dana M. Erickson, Ocosta Junior-Senior High
Greenbank
David J. Lile, Coupeville High School
Issaquah
Paige A. Nulliner, Skyline High School
Kent
Travis Q. Tran, Kent-Meridian Senior High School
Kirkland
Destry G. Seiler, Juanita High School
Lacey
Nesley D. Bravo, Timberline High School
Lake Stevens
Juliana S. Borges, Lake Stevens High School
Lakewood
James S. Mamerto, Clover Park High School
Colette K. Moss, Lakes High School
Marysville
Ternessa T. Cao. Lakewood High School
Mercer Island
Renee L. Chiang, Mercer Island High School
Montesano
Courtney J. Rice, Montesano Junior-Senior High
Mount Vernon
Thomas D. Breckenridge, Mount Vernon High School
Mountlake Terrace
Jessica Kabriel Lim, Mountlake Terrace High School
Mukilteo
Hunter H. Coulombe, Sno-Isle Tech Skills Center
Oak Harbor
McKenzie McCormack, Oak Harbor High School
Olympia
Kathryn E. Culhane, Olympia High School
Nikhil C. Das, North Thurston High School
Alanna R. Matteson, Avanti High School
Brianne N. Wright, Capital High School
Poulsbo
Christopher D, Campbell, Olympic High School
Puyallup
Rachel M. Knight, Fife High School
Billiemarie L. Klein, Emerald Ridge High School
Redmond
Victor Hsiao, Interlake High School
Renton
Mishaal Aleem, Oliver M. Hazen High School
Ashley N. Brennan, Liberty High School
Mackenzie L. Findlay, Bellevue Christian High School
Anna T. Le, Charles A. Lindbergh High School
Christina Marie Polich, Seattle Christian Schools
Taylor Shimizu, Kentridge Senior High School
Ruston
Alexander N. Erickson, Wilson High School
Sammamish
Tian L. Kisch, Redmond High School
Stephanie Anne Matusiefsky, Eastside Catholic High
SeaTac
Brenda Karina Arellano, Odyssey the Essential High School
Seattle
Hanna T. Abaata, Ingraham High School
Selamawit Ainalem, Cleveland High School
Linda T. Ba, Health Sciences and Human Services High School
Tricia T. Bui, Renton High School
Mallory E. Cummins, Ballard High School
Louisa Celine Dunwiddie, Garfield High School
Kaitlyn F. French, Nathan Hale High School
Peter J. Haskins, Bishop Blanchet High School
Primer G. Juan, Technology, Engineering, and Communication High School
Francesca T. Liburdy, Holy Names Academy
Sedro Wolley
Jennifer G. Burke, Sedro-Woolley High
Shoreline
Mackenzie L. Bang, Shorewood High School
Angie Bonato, Shorecrest High School
Snohomish
Brady A. Coad, Snohomish High School
Zachary P. Waller, Monroe High School
Spanaway
Christian M. Booth, Bethel High School
Spokane
Carina F. Mauro, Governor John R. Rogers High School
Anthony Z. McCain, North Central High School
Thor Roald Tangvald, Joel E. Ferris High School
Spokane Valley
Savannah R. Glamp, Central Valley High School
Steilacoom
William M. Bruno, Steilacoom High School
Sultan
Fabiola Arroyo, Sultan High School
Tacoma
Michael X. Andersen, Lincoln High School
Terez F. Hubble-Brownfield, Washington High School
Tina Y. Moore, Henry Foss High School
Dalina M. Phung, Franklin Pierce High School
Thomas J. Whitham, Bellarmine Preparatory
University Place
Samantha X. Lethbridge, Curtis Senior High School
Sarah Jane Matthews, Life Christian Academy
Vaughn
HongYu Ma, Peninsula High School
About The Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation’s focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $64 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.
About Comcast in Washington
Comcast has about 3,200 employees in Washington state, including 1,000 local customer service representatives in three call centers, who serve more than 1.1 million customers in Washington. For more information about Comcast in Washington state, see http://www.comcastinwashingtonstate.com