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Rebecca Lane has not only left her mark on environmental, educational, housing, business, justice, food, and health causes throughout the Pacific Northwest, her work has also demonstrated the impact of strategic leadership to nonprofits in transition. For outstanding contributions to the interim executive profession, Lane has been awarded Nonprofit Interim Executive of the Year by Third Sector Company. 

"Rebecca is particularly deserving of the award for 2023 because she was Interim Executive Director of Community School of West Seattle at the time of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting and was faced with significant workplace trauma as parents, faculty and young children dealt with the realities of a school shooting involving small children," said Jeffrey Wilcox, president and CEO of Third Sector Company, a pioneer in leadership continuity solutions for community impact organizations. 

Lane was named interim executive director at Community School of West Seattle at a time when people were redefining work and home life following COVID and the amount of gun violence taking place on school campuses was on the rise. One month after Lane assumed her position, a national tragedy unfolded at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.