Members

Members include representatives from all voting members of the Council in addition to representatives from Washington State Department of Transportation Regional Office, the Port of Olympia, Intercity Transit, up to three representatives of major employers or businesses, two community representatives, and one state agency representative. Any members of the Washington State House of Representatives or Senate whose districts are wholly or partly within the boundaries of Thurston County are considered ex officio, nonvoting members of TPB (2nd, 20th, 22nd, and 35th legislative districts).

• Andy Ryder, Chair, City of Lacey
• Carolina Mejia, Thurston County
• Dani Madrone, Vice Chair, City of Olympia
• John O’Callahan, City of Tenino
• Peter Agabi, City of Tumwater
• Ron Kemp, City of Rainier
• Brian Hess, City of Yelm
• Amy Loudermilk, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
• Heidi Thomas, Nisqually Indian Tribe
• Don Melnick, Intercity Transit
• Amy Evans, Port of Olympia
• Gaius Sanoy, WA State Dept. of Transportation - Olympic Region
• Kevin Dragon, WA State Dept. of Enterprise Services, State Agency Representative
• Deanna Maddux, North Thurston Public Schools
• Emeritus Representative, Pete Kmet  (selected Jan 2022 - term expires Jan 2024)  
• Kevin Pestinger, Community Representative (term expired Jan 2022 - recruitment in process)
• TBD, Community Representative 
• Renee Radcliff Sinclair, Business Representative and Second Vice Chair (term expired Jan 2022 - recruitment in process)
• TBD, Business Representative