Biography

PERSONAL
Has lived in Vancouver, WA for 21 years
Husband: John; Two grown children

FORMER OCCUPATION
Director of Business Expansion for the Columbia River Economic Development Council
Washington State Department of Transportation, Growth Management and Development Services Manager
Exec. Director, Columbia Corridor Assn. (Economic Development)
Government Affairs Director, Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
Director of Planning and Development, C-TRAN (transit)

EDUCATION
Juanita High School - Kirkland, WA
Central Washington University, Bachelor of Science in Business Admin. (1981)
Marylhurst University, Graduate classes in Organizational Development

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Higher Education, Chair
Transportation
Education Appropriations Committee

Audit Review and Oversight Committee

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Current
Regional Transportation Committee

Pinebrook Homeowners Association

 

Former
Shoreline Committee - Vancouver
President, Downtown Vancouver Assn.
Founder and Neighborhood chair, Airport Green Neighborhood Assn
National Delegate, Girl Scouts USA
Neighborhood chair, Columbia River Girl Scouts
Daybreak Advisory Committee
Clark County Mental Health Advisory Committee

Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership Board of Directors

211-info Board of Directors

ESD 112 Citizens Advisory Committee
Clark County Skills Center Advisory Committee

 

AWARDS
Girl Scouts Volunteer Award, 1999
Southwest Washington Labor Roundtable Community Service Award, 2003
Washington State Farm Bureau Commendation, 2005
Women's Transportation Seminar "Woman of the Year," 2006
Washington Small Business Development Center network Silver Star Award, 2006

Washington State Shortline Railroad Association Representative of the Year, 2008