{"id":885665,"date":"2026-03-06T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/03\/06\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T23:34:37","slug":"mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/03\/06\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukilteo Schools Foundation names new executive director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EVERETT &mdash; The Mukilteo Schools Foundation named a former Mukilteo School District communications director as its new executive director, the nonprofit announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Diane Bradford, who previously worked at the district and has 25 years of experience in public education, according to a press release, will lead the Mukilteo Schools Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money to provide grants to the Mukilteo School District, as well as scholarships to students who graduate from its schools.<\/p>\n<p>As executive director, she will lead the foundation&rsquo;s fundraising, community engagement and program initiatives, the press release from the nonprofit said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am honored to continue the Foundation&rsquo;s important work on behalf of Mukilteo School District students,&rdquo; Bradford wrote in the release. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m excited to bring my background in communication, collaboration, and community partnerships to help expand opportunities for students in our school district.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; <\/em><a href=\"mailto:william.geschke@heraldnet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>william.geschke@heraldnet.com<\/em><\/a><em>; X: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.x.com\/willgeschke\" target=\"_blank\"><em>@willgeschke<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diane Bradford, a former communications director at the Mukilteo School District, will lead the nonprofit. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":885666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1078,2,1024],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-885665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news","category-top-news","tag-mukilteo"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2026\/03\/06\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Mukilteo Schools Foundation names new executive director","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/03\/06\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/03\/06\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/41733624_web1_S-Mukilteo-Logo-EDH-220118.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/41733624_web1_S-Mukilteo-Logo-EDH-220118.jpg"},"articleSection":"Education","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Geschke"}],"creator":["Will Geschke"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":["mukilteo"],"dateCreated":"2026-03-06T09:30:00Z","datePublished":"2026-03-06T09:30:00Z","dateModified":"2026-03-26T23:34:37Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Mukilteo Schools Foundation names new executive director\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/06\\\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/06\\\/mukilteo-schools-foundation-names-new-executive-director\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/41733624_web1_S-Mukilteo-Logo-EDH-220118.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/41733624_web1_S-Mukilteo-Logo-EDH-220118.jpg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Education\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Will Geschke\"}],\"creator\":[\"Will Geschke\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"HeraldNet.com\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"mukilteo\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-03-06T09:30:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-06T09:30:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-26T23:34:37Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/heraldnet.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885667,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885665\/revisions\/885667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}