Jean Garber (2009)

Jean has been suburban cities caucus lead on the King County Growth Management Planning Council for 4 years; Chair of the Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee for 3 years; Newcastle’s representative on the WRIA 8 Salmon Recovery Council for 6 years; and Newcastle’s alternate on PIC for 4 years. She was recently appointed by SCA to serve on the PSRC Growth Management Policy Board. Previously she served one year on the Regional Policy Committee. She was Mayor of Newcastle in 2006 and 2007. She is currently retired from a 35-year career as a chemist, technical writer, and consultant in land use planning, solid waste management, and environmental review. (Jan 2008)

David Baker (2009)

David is Deputy Mayor of Kenmore serving in that position since 2004. He has been active on SCA’s Public Issues Committee since its inception. David also serves on the King County Solid Waste Committee, Joint Resolutions Committee, as an alternate to the Regional Transportation Committee as SCA’s representative. He also serves on the AWC Legislative Committee; NLC Information Technology Committee; SeaShore Transportation Forum and is a Board Member for Friends of Fircrest.

David has a PhD in Neuroanatomy from Iowa State University and is the owner of Vision Systems Engineering, a circuit design and machine vision corporation. He also owns an Internet-based cell phone service company that specializes in cell phone repair and accessories. He has offices in Kenmore with branches in Sevenoaks, England, and Sao Paulo, Brazil and is an engineering consultant to many corporations. (Jan 2008)

Jim Pearman (2008)

Jim is the Mayor of Mercer Island and has served on the SCA Board of Directors since 2002. He has also served on numerous boards and committees including AWC’s Legislative Board, NLC’s Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee, PSRC‘s Economic Development District, Mountains to Sound Greenway Board of Directors, and Eastside Transportation Partnership.

Jim is Vice President of ADR Options, specializing in facilitation and mediation of complicated public and non profit organizational issues. He has a Masters in Public Administration at the University of Washington and is a certified mediator through Washington Mediators Association.

Ava Frisinger (2008)

Ava has long served as a member of SCA’s Board of Directors and Public Issues Committee. She has been an SCA appointee and chair to the Joint Recommendations Committee on Community Development Block Grants since 1997. She also serves on the executive board as chair for A Regional Coalition for Housing; also as chair of Eastside Transportation Partnership; and is an alternate to the Regional Policy Committee. She serves on the King County Board of Health, the RPC, the Salmon Recovery Council, and chairs the Jail Oversight Assembly for Cities in King County. Ava’s concern for people and the environment has kept her politically involved for many years. (Jan 2008)

Margaret Harto (2009)

Margaret has been a member of the Covington City Council for 6 years. She served as Mayor Pro Tem for two years before she was elected by the City Council to a two-year term as Mayor in 2006. Prior to her City Council appointment in 2002, Margaret was one of the original appointees to the Covington Youth & Family Services Commission, serving as Chair from 1998-2002.

Margaret’s interest in human services and child advocacy is reflected in her 40 years of involvement as a community representative and board member at the local, regional and national levels of numerous organizations including United Way of King County, SKCCN, Kent Youth & Family Services, Reach Out Covington, Pacific Northwest District Kiwanis, American Cancer Society and the Washington State PTA.

Margaret is committed to bringing the message of the SCA vision and mission to local elected officials so that we might effectively address our concerns through mutual support and respect.

Lucy Krakowiak (2009)

Lucy Krakowiak was first elected to the Burien City Council in November 2003, and ran for reelection unopposed in 2007. She operates an independent business in Burien.

Lucy has represented the Suburban Cities Association on the Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) since 2005. She has also served as Burien’s alternate to the SCA Public Issues Committee (PIC) for three years. She was selected by the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) in 2007 to serve on the AWC Housing Policy Advisory Group. In the last half of 2007 she also served as the City’s alternate on the South County Area Transportation Board (SCATBd).

Pete Lewis (2008)

Pete Lewis became Mayor of Auburn in January of 2002 after having served as a city Councilmember since 1998. He is currently serving in his second term as Mayor. Currently, he serves as a Board Member for the Suburban Cities Association (SCA), Past Chair of the Public Issues Committee of SCA, Past Chair and member of the Green River Valley Flood District & current member of the King County Flood Control District Board, Past Chair and member of the South County Area Transportation Board, Vice Chair of the King County Regional Policy Committee, Past Chair and member of the South King County Human Services Forum, Pierce County Cities and Towns Forum, member of the Valley Cities Association and member of the Puget Sound Regional Council Economic Development District Board. (Jan 2008)

Michael Park (2008)

Mike was appointed to the Federal Way City Council in June of 1995 and elected in November 1995. He recently was the Mayor of Federal Way. He currently is the Chair of the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee, serves on the Federal Way Local Government Liaison Committee, serves on the Sister City Association (Ex Officio), and is on the Valley Com Administration Board. Mike represents the largest member city in SCA and he brings experienced Federal Way City Council and staff to the organization. Mike brings 13 years of local government experience to the SCA. Mike is committed to making SCA a stronger and more influential organization. (Jan 2008)

Katrina Asay (2009)

Mayor Katrina Asay brings twelve years elected office experience to the SCA Board of Directors as the representative for the South Valley Cities. She led the SCA Small Cities Sub-committee of PIC for three years and has actively represented SCA on many regional committees including PSRC's GMPB, TPB, EDD. Katrina has also served on the AWC legislative and nominating committees.

Ken Hearing (2008)

Ken was first elected Mayor of North Bend in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007. He sits on the Mountains to Sound Greenway Advisory Board and is a member of the AWC Small Cities Advisory Committee. Elected to represent the Snoqualmie Valley Cities, Ken has served on the SCA Board since 2006. He has been active in the Snoqualmie Valley Government’s Association and served for many years on the Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee. Ken has owned and operated a small restaurant business for 16 years and is a North Bend native.

Mary-Alyce Burleigh (2008)

Mary-Alyce is committed to the goals and role of SCA. From the time she was elected to the Kirkland Council she has been involved with SCA through the ICP and the Management Board. She attended the SCA 2004 retreat where the Governance Structure that is currently being implemented was created and was a member of the subcommittee on role/structure of the Public Issues Committee and served as the first Board President. She currently represents SCA on the Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board and serves as Chair of the SCA Public Issues Committee. Mary-Alyce is an AWC representative on the Shorelines Hearing Board and a member of the AWC Legislative Committee. She is also an Eastside representative on the Sound Transit Board, a Sound Transit delegate/alternate to the Trans-Lake Executive Board, a city representative on the Cascade Water Alliance Board and Eastside Transportation Partnership.

Kirkland has always had a strong commitment to SCA goals and has and will continue to commit staff resources to further SCA goals. (Jan 2008)

John Wise (2008)

John Wise was elected Enumclaw’s Mayor in 2002 now serving his second term. Honored to serve on the SCA Board of Directors as President for 2007, he also serves on several boards and committees: Regional Policy Committee (Caucus Chair), SCTBd for transportation (Chair), WRIA 9, and the KC Committee to End Homelessness. He has worked with King County council members on several issues from the Veteran and Human Services Levy to rural and urban issues. Extending his former 6 year service on a school board, as Mayor, John continues to represent his community for local improvements. (Jan 2008)

Jay Covington (2008) City Manager/Administrator Rep
Jay was elected by the City Managers/Administrators group on January 9, 2008. Since 1990, Jay Covington, Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Renton, has provided the overall administration and management of City departments pursuant to the mission, policies and guidelines adopted by the Renton City Council. He is a board member for the Renton Community Foundation and Communities in Schools of Renton. Jay also serves on King County’s Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9 Forum and Management Committee plus the Valley Com Administration Board.

He is a past board member of the Association of Washington Cities (1995-96) and the Greater Renton Chamber of Commerce, and past president and board member of the Washington City/County Management Association. Covington holds a B.S. degree in Business Finance and a Masters of Public Administration from Brigham Young University. In 2005, Jay was honored by the Municipal League of King County with the Public Official of the Year award.