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Executive Board

President	Chad Eiken, AICP	City of Vancouver
Past-President	Yorik Stevens-Wajda, AICP	City of Everett
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	Erin Braich	Benton Franklin COG
Inland Empire Section	Amy Hilland	Kootenai County
Northwest Section	Katie Bunge (Co-President) Brad Johnson (Co-President)	WSDOT City of Burlington
Northwest Section	Brad Johnson President Elect	City of Burlington
Peninsula Section	Larry Harala	City of Tacoma
Puget Sound Section	Manuel Soto, AICP, TDM-CP	Toole Design
Southwest Section	Melissa Johnston, AICP, CFM	Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc.
South Sound Section	Brad Medrud, AICP	City of Tumwater

Standing Committees

Annual Conference	Nancy Eklund, AICP	City of Tukwila
Awards (Joint)	Jonathan Kesler, AICP (PAW)	City of Snoqualmie
Awards (Joint)	Anya Gedrath	City of Bellingham
Communications Committee	Ben Braudrick , AICP	City of Port Angeles
Communications Committee	Riya Debnath	WSP, Inc.
Community Planning Assistance Team	Bob Bengford, AICP	Makers, Inc.
Community Planning Assistance Team	Patrick Lynch, AICP	Transpo Group
Continuing Education	Justin Patterson	UW MURP Graduate Student
Conference Committee	Nancy Eklund, AICP (Chair)	City of Spokane
	Host City Rep (Co-chair)	Vacant
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee	Maren Murphy, AICP	City of Spokane
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee	Gwen Rousseau, AICP	City of Bellevue
Legislative Committee	Robin Probesting (Chair)	Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO)
Legislative Committee	Chris Collier – Vice Chair	Housing Authority of Snohomish County (HASCO)
Membership Committee	Annie Hindenlang, AICP	City of Seattle
Membership Committee	Kirk Rappe, AICP	City of Shoreline
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	Kirk Rappe, AICP (Co-chair)	City of Lynnwood
Scholarship Committee	Steve Butler, FAICP (Co-chair)	MRSC
Tribal Committee	VACANT	VACANT
Youth in Planning	Steve Butler, FAICP (Co-chair)	MRSC
	Gwen Rousseau, AICP (Co-chair)	City of Bellevue
	Stephanie Velasco (Co-chair)	City of Seattle

Ad Hoc Committees

Climate and Sustainability Initiative	Paula Reeves, AICP (Co-chair)	WA Dept. of Health
Climate and Sustainability Initiative	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
FAICP Nominations Committee	Karen Wolf, FAICP (Co-chair)	Retired

Ex-Officers

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