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Regbey Melashu
She/Her/Hers
Grants & Contracts Specialist | City of Seattle, Parks and Recreation
Seattle WA
Regbey Melashu is a grants and contracts specialist in the Outdoor Activation and Mobile Recreation Unit for the City of Seattle Parks and Recreation Department (SPR). She has worked in SPR since 2017 and has been working on the grants team as of 2024. SPR grant funds focus on providing more than $1 million annually for recreation programming to communities furthest from racial, educational, economic, health and social equity. SPR grant programs are of the community, for the community and by the community to ensure that culturally relevant and responsive recreational opportunities are available and accessible in the city of Seattle. Regbey has a long history with parks and recreation, as she grew up participating, volunteering and working in many youth programs and activities throughout high school and college. She is the daughter of immigrant refugees from Tigray and, through her work, she gets to engage her own and other underserved communities.
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Regbey Melashu
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