K. Garrett

K. Garrett is a third-generation community builder, social entrepreneur, and the current President and CEO of Africatown Community Land Trust in Seattle, WA. He specializes in designing programs and initiatives that catalyze, mobilize, and activate communities for sustainable social impact. Wyking is known for co-catalyzing numerous ventures, including the Africatown Seattle community development initiative, Liberty Bank Building, Umoja PEACE Center, Hack The CD, Black Dot, Umoja Fest, and Africatown Center for Education Innovation. He has an extensive background in community-driven initiatives and social impact ventures. Wyking was one of the founding members of the Seattle Music Commission and a past fellow with a national advocacy organization, Green For All. He has received several honors, including the Center for Ethical Leadership Legacy Leadership Award, Tabor 100 Crystal Eagle Award, and recognition as Seattle Magazine’s most influential people of 2019 and Seattle Times’ thirteen most influential people of the decade.