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- Title:
- Linda Hurley Ishem interview
- Interviewee:
- Ishem, Linda Hurley
- Interviewer:
- Hua, Joan, 1989-
- Date Created:
- 2020-02-07
- Role:
- Faculty
- Department:
- Urban Studies
- Subjects:
- Community development Ryan Petty urban planning economic development Executive Council for A Greater Tacoma Pierce County urban studies social work diversity place-bound students McCarver Elementary School Chana Lawson center for equity and inclusion MLK Jr. Unity Breakfast Black Student Union (BSU) student organization Black Lives Matter movement
- Biography:
- Linda Hurley Ishem (b. 1954) is a faculty member at the School of Urban Studies at University of Washington Tacoma and was the Assistant Chancellor for Community Engagement from 2016 to 2018. Before entering academia, she had a career in banking, during which she worked in community development lending and was the vice president of Chicago's largest African American–run bank. Her second career, which was in public administration, brought her to the South Puget Sound area. During this time, she worked for the then Washington State Department of Community Development, became the founding manager for the development loan fund in the business finance unit, and later served as the director of Pierce County's Department of Community Services for eight years.
- Description:
- In this interview, Linda Hurley Ishem offers her insight on the inception and growth of UW Tacoma and its relationship with the local South Puget Sound community, sharing her expertise in community economic development. She describes her time in public administration, from 1989 to 2000, which coincided with the period when business leaders in Tacoma advocated for the establishment of UW Tacoma in order to serve the community and strengthen the local labor force and economy. She recalls direct and indirect contacts with the key players, such as Ryan Petty of the Economic Development Board (EDB) and Bill Philip of Columbia Bank. She also details community partnerships and applied courses she leads as a faculty member, such as the McCarver Educational Partnership. In the later part of the interview, she reflects on her formal and informal advising roles with the Black Student Union and Black students on campus, as well as the meaning and challenges of representation and diversity.
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma United States--Washington (State)--Olympia
- Type:
- Sound; Text; StillImage
- Format:
- cpd
- Preferred Citation:
- University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Tacoma Library, UWTOH202006