Alley Greymond, B.A. 2004 and M.A. Whole Systems Design 2007

Alley Greymond, B.A. ’04, and M.A. Whole Systems Design ’07, is a Port of Seattle document control specialist, Engineering, who has just been named the organization’s 2009 Charles Blood Champion of Diversity Award recipient. She was selected from among six finalists.

A ceremony in her honor will be held 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, at Pier 69 West Atrium in Seattle. You can also email her your congratulations at greymond.a@portSeattle.org.

According to a recent port email, “during Greymond’s tenure at the Port of Seattle, she has consistently put ‘diversity into action’ in extraordinary ways and truly modeled the Port leader competency leverage diversity by leading with her ideas, by making good things happen with energy and perseverance and by holding firm to a vision of a fair, inclusive, and productive workplace.

“When Greymond worked in Accounting and Procurement Services (now Accounting and Financial Reporting – AFR), she initiated a brown bag series for department members to speak about culture issues that reflected their personal passion.

“Additionally, she was a founding member and lead for the AFR “Enrichment and Diversity” initiative that involved creating a diversity library, providing web content, and hosting meetings between AFR and other affinity group leaders. Most notably perhaps, as part of this effort, Greymond was the project manager of the Port’s first Portwide Diversity Day Celebration.

“In her current role in Engineering, Greymond co-designed and hosted a booth that focused on communication differences and worked with staff in HR&D to facilitate four workshops on navigating transitions. These workshops added great value and gave staff hope and a sense of possibility during a time when Port employees were facing many challenges.

“As a member of the 2008-2009 Development and Diversity (D&D) Council, Greymond was a consistent and conscientious contributor with imaginative ideas. She was a skillful facilitator at one of the four “2009 Diversity Day” celebration panels and also hosted two outreach sessions as part of the council’s partnership with Executive in gaining employee feedback on the recently adopted statement of values.

“Finally, within the broader Northwest community and region, Greymond has made significant contributions to the Red Sky Poetry Center. As organizer of the 2010 series her goal is to showcase women and people of color.”