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GMPC: Membership

The Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) is a formal body. The GMPC currently consists of elected officials from King County, Seattle, Bellevue, other cities and towns in King County, special purpose districts, and the Port of Seattle, as well as staff members

King County

Dow Constantine - CHAIR
King County Executive
dow.constantine@kingcounty.gov
206.296.4040

Claudia Balducci
King County Councilmember
claudia.balducci@kingcounty.gov
206.477.1006

Rod Dembowski
King County Councilmember
rod.dembowski@kingcounty.gov
206.477.1001 

Teresa Mosqueda
King County Councilmember
teresa.mosqueda@kingcounty.gov
206.477.1008

Sarah Perry*
King County Councilmember
sarah.perry@kingcounty.gov
206.477.1003

5th Council Seat - Vacant 

Seattle

Bruce Harrell
City of Seattle Mayor
bruce.harrell@seattle.gov
206.684.4000 

Tammy Morales*
City of Seattle Councilmember
tammy.morales@seattle.gov
206.684.8802

Dan Strauss**
City of Seattle Councilmember
dan.strauss@seattle.gov
206.684.8806 

Alternate

Maritza Rivera  
City of Seattle Councilmember
maritza.rivera@seattle.gov
206.684.8804 

Bellevue

Jared Nieuwenhuis
City of Bellevue Councilmember
j.neiuwenhuis@bellevue.gov
425.452.7810 

Sound Cities Association

Kelli Curtis
City of Kirkland Mayor 
kcurtis@kirklandwa.gov 
425.587.3007

Syd Dawson
City of Maple Valley Councilmember
syd.dawson@maplevalleywa.gov 
425.413.8800   

Ryan McIrvin
City of Renton Councilmember
rmcirvin@rentonwa.gov
425.430.6501 

Satwinder Kaur
City of Kent Councilmember
skaur@kentwa.gov  
253.856.5712 

Salim Nice
Mayor
City of Mercer Island
salim.nice@mercergov.org
206.275.7997 

Kent Treen
City of Sammamish
Councilmember
ktreen@sammamish.us 
425.295.0500 

 

 

Alternates:

Lydia Assefa-Dawson
City of Federal Way Councilmember
lydia.assefa-dawson@auburn.gov
253.835.2401

Larry Brown
City of Auburn Councilmember
lbrown@auburnwa.gov
253.258.1898

Melissa Stuart
City of Redmond Councilmember
mstuart@redmond.gov 
425.588.6550 

Susan Torguson
City of North Bend Councilmember
storguson@northbendwa.gov
425-998-3413

 

Special District

Ryan Stokes
Assistant Superintendent,
Snoqualmie Valley School District 
stokes@svsd410.org
425.831.8011   

Nav Otal Commissioner
Sammamish Plateau Water
nav.otal@spwater.org
425.392.6256   

TBD Port of Seattle

King County Staff

Ivan Miller
GMPC Staff
King County PSB
Countywide Planning
ivan.miller@kingcounty.gov
206.263.9649 

Andy Micklow
King County Council
Senior Legislative Analyst
andy.micklow@kingcounty.gov
206.263.3226

Seattle Staff

Michael Hubner, AICP
Long Range Planning Manager
michael.hubner@seattle.gov 
206.684.8380 

Eric McConaghy
City Council
Legislative Analyst
eric.mcconaghy@seattle.gov 
206.615.1071 

Bellevue Staff

Thara Johnson
Comprehensive Planning Manager
thara.johnson@bellevuewa.gov   
425.452.4087 

Sound Cities Association Staff

Brian Parry
Sound Cities Association
Senior Policy Analyst
brian@soundcities.org 
206.499.4159

Angie Mathias
Renton Long Range Planning Manager
amathias@rentonwa.gov 
425.430.6576 

Carroll Helland
City of Redmond Director
Planning and Community Development
chelland@redmond.gov
425.556.2107

Evan Maxim
City of SeaTac
Director of Community and
Economic Development
emaxim@seatacwa.gov
206.973.4832

Mike McCarty
City of North Bend
Senior Planner
mmccarty@northbendwa.gov 
425.888.7649 

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