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Executive Board

President Chad Eiken, AICP City of Vancouver
Past-President Vacant  
Vice President Judith Perez, AICP Southwest Regional Transportation Council, Clark County
Secretary Heather Wright, AICP City of Poulsbo 
Treasurer Nicholas Matz, AICP City of Normandy Park
President-Elect (2025 election) Anne Broache, AICP  WSP USA
Columbia Section Aaron Gunderson City of Pasco
Inland Empire Section Amy Hilland Kootenai County
Northwest Section Katie Bunge (Co-President) WSDOT 
Brad Johnson President Elect City of Burlington
Peninsula Section Larry Harala City of Tacoma
Puget Sound Section Ray Gastil, AICP  Gastilworks, LL
Southwest Section Melissa Johnston, AICP, CFM Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc.
South Sound Section Brad Medrud, AICP City of Tumwater 


Standing Committees

Awards (Joint) Jonathan Kesler, AICP (PAW) City of Snoqualmie
Anya Gedrath City of Bellingham
Communications Committee Ben Braudrick , AICP City of Port Angeles
Riya Debnath WSP, Inc.
Community Planning Assistance Team Bob Bengford, AICP Makers, Inc.
Patrick Lynch, AICP Transpo Group
Continuing Education Justin Patterson  UW MURP Graduate Student
Annual Conference Committee Nancy Eklund, AICP (Chair)

City of Tukwila
  Host City Rep (Co-chair)

Peter Huffman, City of Tacoma
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Maren Murphy, AICP City of Spokane
Gwen Rousseau, AICP City of Bellevue
Legislative Committee Robin Proebsting (Chair) Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO)
Chris Collier – Vice Chair Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO)
Membership Committee Annie Hindenlang, AICP  City of Seattle
Kirk Rappe, AICP
  Snohomish County
Nominations Judith Perez, AICP  Regional Transportation Council SW Washington
Planning Official Development Officer Erin Ishizaki, AICP, AIA, LEED, AP, ND  Mithun Architects 
Professional Development Officer Nancy Eklund, AICP City of Tukwila
Scholarship Committee Steve Butler, FAICP
 Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC)
Indigenous Committee
 Bridget Ray Washington State Department of Commerce 
Youth in Planning Stephanie Velasco (Chair) City of Seattle


Ad Hoc Committees

Climate and Sustainability Initiative  Paula Reeves, AICP (Co-chair)  WA Dept. of Health 
Rishabh Ukil, AICP (Co-chair)  MAKERS
Emerging Professionals Sarah Whitney (Co-chair) University of Washington
  Will McPherson (Co-chair) University of Washington
FAICP Nominations Committee Paul Inghram, FAICP (Co-chair) Puget Sound Regional Council
Karen Wolf, FAICP (Co-chair) Retired


Ex-Officio

Allied Professions Liaison Chris Comeau, FAICP-CTP Transpo Group
UW Professionals Council Representative Mandi Roberts  OTAK
EWU Faculty Representative Dr. Jason Scully Eastern Washington University
UW Faculty Representative Brandon Born University of Washington
Department of Urban Design & Planning
WWU Faculty Representative Paul Stangl Western Washington University
EWU Student Representative
 TBD TBD
UW Student Representative

Dalton Huey

 University of Washington
WWU Student Representative
 Jovie Anderson Western Washington University

 

APA National Task Force – WA APA Rep

APA National Task Force – WA APA Rep

 Chris Comeau, FAICP-CTP Transpo Group