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
• Graeme Sackrison, Vice Chair, Community Representative (term expires Feb 2022)
• Carolina Mejia, Thurston County
• Dani Madrone, City of Olympia
• John O’Callahan, City of Tenino
• Pete Kmet, City of Tumwater
• George Johnson, City of Rainier
• Tracy Wood, City of Yelm
• Amy Loudermilk, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
• Heidi Thomas, Nisqually Indian Tribe
• Don Melnick, Intercity Transit
• Joe Downing, Port of Olympia
• John Wynands, WA State Dept. of Transportation - Olympic Region
• Kevin Dragon, WA State Dept. of Enterprise Services, State Agency Representative
• Deanna Maddux, North Thurston Public Schools
• Kevin Pestinger, Community Representative (term expires Jan 2022)
• Doug DeForest, Emeritus Business Representative (term expires Feb 2022)
• Renee Radcliff Sinclair, Business Representative (term expires Jan 2022)
• TBD, Business Representative