Seattle NOW chapter honors Edmonds’ Alicia Crank with Shero Award

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Edmonds-based Alicia Crank received a Shero Award from the National Organization for Women Seattle Chapter.

The award, according to the Seattle NOW website, is “an annual celebration honoring remarkable women for their excellence and advocacy for women’s rights throughout their community and beyond.”

The awards were presented virtually on Sunday, October 3rd. Other winners included State Sen. Claire Wilson and Paula Newman-Skomski, founders and chairmen of the Everett-based Peoria Home, a two-year community service that helps women victims of the sex trafficking. Prostitution and addiction.

Crank is the Chief Development Officer of AtWork !, which connects people with disabilities and employers in the community. Previously, she was in fundraising and partnership roles at YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish, CityYear Seattle and Washington Business Week.

Originally from Detroit, Crank has held several leadership positions in corporate banking, education, business, and the nonprofit sectors in Silicon Valley. She began her career in investment banking and cash management, moved into the high-tech industry and eventually into the nonprofit sector as the executive director of a community leadership program and charitable philanthropy.

Based in Edmonds since 2014, Crank is vice chairman of the Edmonds City Planning Committee and chairman of the Snohomish County / Paine Field Airport Commission. In 2019 she founded Edmonds International Women’s Day and started the online discussions Black In Edmonds in 2020.