Crossposted from Cultivating Connections

After over a decade with King County Department of Community and Human Services, Sheila Ater Capestany will depart the Children, Youth and Young Adult Division for an exciting new chapter as Executive Director for Start Early Washington.

Ahead of her departure, King County leaders and community members came together to recognize Sheila’s visionary leadership that ushered in one of the largest publicly funded initiatives for babies, young people and families in the country, Best Starts for Kids, and created the Children, Youth, and Young Adult Division. Read more.

Pictured: From left, Former DCHS Department Director Leo Flor, CYYAD Deputy Director Jen Tanaka, King County Executive Shannon Braddock, Departing CYYAD Director Sheila Ater Capestany, and DCHS Department Director Kelly Rider.