Today on Local Whidbey, we’re turning the microphone around — and in the best possible way. I’ve invited someone I admire, Tiffany Scribner, Program Manager for Leadership Whidbey, to step in as our guest host. She will be interviewing community builder, Magsy.
If you know Tiffany, you know she has a gift for guiding conversations, drawing out people’s stories, and helping leaders understand not just what they do, but why they do it. Her work with Leadership Whidbey puts her at the center of community development, mentorship, and personal growth on the island — which makes her the perfect person to turn the tables and interview me today.
I couldn’t think of anyone better to help navigate my own story, my work, and the winding road that led me to Whidbey Island. So for this episode, Tiffany is taking the lead.”
Hello Listeners, I am Tiffany Scribner, todays host of Local Whidbey Podcast.
Our guest is someone you already know — the voice, the storyteller, the connector, and the creative force behind this very podcast. Magsy is a communication strategist, entrepreneur, supper-club host, and community builder whose journey winds from corporate tech to creative entrepreneurship to the heart of Whidbey Island.
Her career began as a systems engineer for EDS at Enron, where she learned how complex systems — and people — really work. After moving to Oregon with her spouses job, she moved into working with well-funded startups, in the Software as a Service industry. After moving to Spokane, WA, she launched Nosey Parker, a character brand that helped local retailers embrace digital communication long before “influencers” existed. Over the years, she’s supported more than 220 retailers, worked with self-employed, startups, and founders, and even helped entrepreneurs craft the pitch decks that opened doors to real investment. In Spokane, she also was part of team that brought ‘Start Up Spokane’ to wanna-be founders as a mentor. She would love to bring that here to the Island as well.
She later became Director of Digital Marketing for eWomenNetwork in Dallas, empowering women entrepreneurs across the country.
Alongside all of that, Magsy has lived with a rare condition called Congenital Lymphangioma — a lifelong journey that has included surgeries, nerve loss, and changes to her speech, and one she’s chosen to speak openly about as an act of leadership and compassion.
Since moving to Whidbey during Covid, Magsy has become a meaningful part of the island’s landscape — hosting over 900 people in her home through the With Magsy supper club and sharing the stories of “audacious islanders” on this very show.
Today, we get to hear her story.
Join Magsy for her local Whidbey Island Podcast, as she explores Whidbey Islands vibrant stories of the people in this community, from Audacious Islanders™, innovative minds and of course, inspiring individuals making a difference.