Program Leadership

Mercer Island Launch Education Advocacy Project (MILEAP) is an independent 501(c)3 non-profit Washington Corporation established June 2018.

Stephanie Creswell

Stephanie Creswell MA, LMHC, CMHS is a Licensed Psychotherapist and school counselor who specializes in helping children, adolescents, and adults achieve their potential.  She has 16 years’ experience working in schools including the last 9 years where she served as the school counselor at St. Monica’s School on Mercer Island.  She has lived on Mercer Island with her husband and two boys for the last 26 years. 

Stephanie became passionate about helping kids through the college acceptance process when she went through the process with her own kids.  She was acutely aware of the complexity, uncertainty, and overall cost of the process and this fueled her passion to help other kids that may not have the family knowledge or financial resources to confidently navigate the journey.  As a result, she and her husband, Brad, founded the Mercer Island Launch Educational Advocacy Project (MILEAP) to help teenagers in her community.

Brad Creswell

A longtime Mercer Island resident, Brad Creswell is co-founder and managing partner of NCA Partners LLC, a private equity firm he started 26 years ago in Seattle, Washington. Brad has extensive Board experience and currently serves on the boards of two privately held portfolio companies, PTW Energy Services Ltd. and Apply-A-Line, LLC., and a Fortune 350 Financial Services Company, Thrivent Financial.  He also has experience with non profits and is currently a director and chair of the Finance Committee for the Reading Partners national board and the director and acting interim chair of the Reading Partners Seattle regional board. Brad is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.A from University of Puget Sound, and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.