Position 1: Marie Haynes

Marie Haynes was elected to her first term as commissioner. Commissioner Haynes is a retired teacher who taught at elementary and high schools in Washington County, Seattle, Washington, and Hanau Germany. She was sworn in at the July 2007 Board meeting and is completing the two year term vacated by the passing of former commissioner Gordon Martin.

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Position 2: Dick Schmidt

Dick Schmidt was born and raised on a farm between Albany and Lebanon, Oregon. He served four years in the United States Navy from 1963-1967 and worked for 30 years in special weapons laboratories and analytical laboratories specializing in water and wastewater. Presently, he works for the City of Portland, Office of Sustainable Development regulating the 54 garbage haulers permitted by the city and deal with the problems our garbage and recycling customers face. He's been married to his beautiful wife, Donna for over 20 years. She is a Program Manager for the Westside Transportation Alliance. He has one son, Brian who is pursuing his education.

Position 3: Jim Duggan

Jim Duggan is a registered professional engineer specializing in civil and environmental engineering. He is employed by the City of Beaverton. A Board member since 1993 and a life-long resident of the district, Jim currently is the TVWD representative to the Regional Water Providers Consortium Board. Jim believes the district must be continually vigilant and actively pursue partnerships with the other water providers in the region to assure emergency supplies, explore economic efficiencies, and properly plan for growth. Jim thinks the district must also maintain its focus on consistently providing excellent service to all our customers.

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Position 4: Richard Burke

Richard Burke is our current board President. Richard runs a small business providing internet services and is the Executive Director of Oregon's third largest political party. Richard worked on a variety of water issues in the 2001 legislative session and has served as the Secretary of Washington County's CPO#1 citizen organization. Richard has been elected to two Local School Committees and has worked on a variety of regional planning issues. "I'm most concerned with the basics: TVWD must continue to secure safe drinking water, limit rate increases to 3% per year, phase out our remaining property tax base and enhance our water delivery infrastructure."

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Position 5: Jim Doane

Jim Doane is a retired professional engineer. For over 30 years, Jim specialized in water resource engineering and civil engineering. Jim believes that the Board faces a number of critical issues associated with the continued delivery of an abundant quantity of high quality, affordable water to the residents of the district. Jim also wants to make sure that the district does everything it can to promote conservation and sustainability.

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