News & Recognitions

Ahndrea Blue

Ahndrea Blue, '92, was presented the Washington State Bar Association’s 2010 Community Service Award at the WSBA Annual Awards Dinner in Seattle, Sept. 23. Blue has previously been honored with the WSBA Young Lawyer Division’s Thomas Neville Pro Bono Award. Among her many philanthropic endeavors, she is the founder, president and chair of the Making A Difference Foundation, a non-profit organization that among other things, builds classrooms and funds food programs in Peru, Chile, and Thailand, and distributes scholarships to underprivileged youth. Blue received undergraduate degrees in African-American Studies and Law, Society and Justice, as well as a law degree from UW.

Sokpul Chea, '01, is a counselor in the Probation Services Division of Seattle’s Municipal Court and was recently featured in a Seattle Times column by Jerry Large. Chea received a bachelor of arts in sociology from UW.

Kim L. Hunter

Kim L. Hunter, '82, is the president and CEO of LAGRANT COMMUNICATIONS, an integrated multicultural marketing communications firm specializing in African American and Hispanic consumer markets, that celebrated its 20th anniversary on Sept. 1. The firm, headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Dallas and Princeton, N.J., will mark its anniversary with yearlong community service projects that are aligned with the agency’s corporate social responsibility initiatives of education, health care, and arts and culture. Hunter received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UW.

Carmela Lim

Carmela Lim, '05, was appointed the interim board president of the Organization of Chinese Americans-Greater Seattle Chapter (OCA-GS). Lim is also a board member for UW’s Multicultural Alumni Partnership (MAP) and a marketing communications specialist with Northland Communications in Seattle. She earned a bachelor of arts in communications from UW.

Tracie Stevens