{"id":844667,"date":"2025-04-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/business\/megan-kemmett-seeking-solutions-to-any-problem-or-obstacle\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T17:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T00:05:14","slug":"megan-kemmett-seeking-solutions-to-any-problem-or-obstacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2025\/04\/02\/megan-kemmett-seeking-solutions-to-any-problem-or-obstacle\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Kemmett: Seeking solutions to any problem or obstacle"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is one of the 12 finalists for the Herald Business Journal’s annual Emerging Leaders Award for 2025. The winner will be named at an event on April 8.<\/em><\/p>\n

Megan Kemmett, 31<\/strong><\/p>\n

Megan Kemmett said she is deeply solution-oriented, always seeking ways to overcome obstacles and create positive outcomes.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t long after starting her job as executive director of the Snohomish Community Food Bank in September that she was put to the test.<\/p>\n

In November, a “bomb cyclone” left the Snohomish Community Food Bank without power for more than two days.<\/p>\n

Kemmett worked with city officials, volunteers and local businesses to move perishable food into refrigerated spaces Snohomish PUD workers were able to restore power.<\/p>\n

“I’m very proud of the way in which I was able to utilize community support and creative problem-solving to ensure minimal disruption of services during the 52 hours that we were without power,” she said. “While this situation challenged us as an organization and myself as a new leader, I am incredibly proud to say that we were able to save all of our perishable food and provide continuity of services for our clients.”<\/p>\n

“Additionally,” she went on, “as a result of this situation, I have started a capital campaign to fundraise for the purchase and installation of a 3-phase generator with an auto-transfer switch to better prepare us for potential power outages in the future.”<\/p>\n

Kemmett’s latest assignment is to obtain more food for the food bank from community members after federal cuts to some food deliveries and assistance programs.<\/p>\n

“There are some big cuts coming, unfortunately,” she said.<\/p>\n

Kemmett said the food bank is kicking off a “grow a row” program where community members can grow an extra row of produce in their gardens and donate it to the food bank when its ready for harvest.<\/p>\n

She said the food bank will also encourage consumers shopping at the community farmers markets when they restart in May to buy two items — one for their selves and one for the food bank.<\/p>\n

“Folks can shop for themselves and the food bank at the same time,” she said.<\/p>\n

Randy Diamond: 425-339-3097; randy.<\/a><\/em><\/a>diamond@heraldnet.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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