Biography

 Jane Hague’s government service is about leadership, effectiveness and results. She is in her fourth term on the King County Council, serving since 1994. In July, 2000 she was elected as President of the National Association of Counties (NACo), serving the needs of over 2000 counties at the federal level. Prior to her election to the King County Council, Jane was a member of the Bellevue City Council while serving as Manager of King County Records and Elections Division. Jane was also president of the Washington Association of Counties and she has served as the chair of the King County Council. She has lived in King County since 1969. Jane currently represents District 6, which includes Bellevue, Kirkland, Mercer Island and Redmond.

As a member of the Metropolitan King County Council, Jane has served as chair of the Budget and Growth Management Committees, as well as the Council’s Law and Justice Committee. She was the chair of the full council in 1996 and 1997, during her first term in office. She currently chairs the Physical Environment Committee, which oversees growth management, the environment and transportation.

She has won numerous awards including local legislator of the year by the National Association of Homebuilders, Citizen of the Year by the Kirkland Business and Professional Women, and the Public Service Award by the American Society of Public Administrators. The King County Boys and Girls Clubs honored her as their Children’s Champion in 2003, and Standing Ovation, the Eastside arts umbrella, honored her efforts on behalf of the arts.

Jane has been active with a number of philanthropic endeavors including the Bellevue Rotary Club, King County Boys and Girls Clubs, Bellevue Community College Foundation, and the Youth Eastside Services. She lives in Kirkland with her husband, Ed Springman. They have climbed many of the world’s highest peaks and are long-distance cyclists.

Metropolitan King County Council (1994-present)

• Vice Chair of Council for Council Affairs (2006)
• Chair, Employment Committee (2006)
• Chair, Operating Budget Panel, Annual Budget Reconciliation and Adoption Committee (2006)
• Vice Chair, Committee of the Whole (2006)
  Vice Chair, Labor, Operations & Technology Committee (2004 & 2006)
• Policy Chair of Natural Resources, Parks & Utilities – Growth Management & Natural Resources Committee (2006)
• Vice Chair, Regional Water Quality Committee (2006)
• Member, Operations Budget Committee (2006)
• Member, Capital Budget Committee (2006)
• Member Transportation Committee (1994 - present)
• Member, Legislative Steering Committee (1997 - present)
• Chair, Labor, Operations & Technology Committee (2005)
• Vice Chair Budget & Fiscal Management Committee (2000 - 2005)
• Vice Chair, Natural Resources & Utilities Committee (2002 – 2005)
• Member, Regional Policy Committee (2005)
• Chair, Growth Management Committee (1998 & 2002-2003)
• Vice Chair Growth Management Committee (2001)
• Member, Growth Management Committee (1994 – 2003)
• Vice Chair, Utilities & Technology Committee (2000 – 2001)
• Chair, Budget & Fiscal Management Committee (1999)
• Chair, Council and Committee of the Whole (1996 & 1997)
• Chair, Law, Justice & Human Services Committee (1994 & 1995)
• Member, Labor Operations & Technology Committee (2002 – Present)
  

Other Committee Memberships

• King County Council representative to enterpriseSeattle (2006)
• King County Council Eastside Representative, Eastside Transportation Partnership
• Puget Sound Regional Council Operations Committee (2002 – present)
• Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board (2006)
• SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project Executive Committee (2006)
• PSRC Growth Management Policy Board (2002)
• Cultural Development Authority Board (2003 – present)
• King County Cultural Coordinating Council (2002)
• King County Strategic Advisory Council (2002)
• Growth Management Planning Council (1994 – 2003)
• Growth Management Planning Council, Executive Committee (2002)
• King County Council representative to Sound Transit Board (1996 – 2002)
  

Bellevue City Council (1990-1993)

• Chair, Finance Committee and the Downtown Housing Study Group
• Member, Human Services Roundtable
• Member, Metro Council
• Led the first vote on property tax reform to use less than the allowed six percent auto tax increase
• Initiated the first zero-base budget
  

Manager, King County Records and Elections Division (1986-1993)

• Initiated Election Reform Legislation, Vote by Mail Elections, and Local Voters Pamphlet

Professional Organizations and Awards

• Children’s Champion, Kirkland Business & Professional Women
• Citizen of the Year, Standing Ovation
• Recipient 2002 Smart Growth Office of the Year Award, National Association of Homebuilders
• Immediate Past President, National Association of Counties (2001-2002)
• President, National Association of Counties (2000-2001)
• President-elect, National Association of Counties (1999-2000)
• First Vice President, National Association of Counties (1998-1999)
• Second Vice President, National Association of Counties (1997-1998)
• Board Member, Washington State Association of Counties (1994-present)
• President, Washington Association of County Officials (1991-1992)
• Member, Bellevue Downtown Rotary Club (1989-present)
• King County Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Appreciation Award (1993)
• Who’s Who of American Women (1991 & 1996)
• American Society of Public Administrators Public Service Award (1988)
• Bellevue Planning Commission (1986-1989)
  

Community Service & Professional Activities

• Board of Directors, King County Boys & Girls Club (1999 – present)
• Member, Act One Guild, Performance Arts Center Eastside (PACE) (2004 – present)
• Chair, Kids Auction, Boys & Girls Clubs of King County (2005)
• Board Member, Bellevue Community College Foundation (1991-1993)
• Advisory Committee, Youth Eastside Services (1998 – present)
• Board of Trustees, the Overlake School) 1994-2000)
• Board Member, Eastside Sexual Assault Center for Children (1991-1992)