Donna Moodie will be our keynote speaker.
Donna Moodie, owner of Marjorie Restaurant in the Central Area, brings years of engagement with both the Capitol Hill and Central District business communities to her role as Executive Director of the EcoDistrict and Executive Vice President of Community Development for Community Roots. Donna serves on several Boards, including Grist, the Seattle Foundation and Arte Noir, as well as continued engagement with advocacy for the small business community. As a consultant, Moodie has advised entrepreneurial business startups, developers and architects on diversity and inclusion. Donna’s love of food and entertaining has been a lifelong passion, seeded by her mother, Marjorie, who enjoyed hosting diverse parties, cooking and baking from scratch, and instilling in her daughter a taste for quality, craft and elegance. Born in Jamaica, raised in Chicago, and now a resident of Seattle for over 20 years, Moodie is well acquainted with the interconnectedness of social justice, community building, and neighborhood activi