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Ben Varon
2006 - 2009

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Ben Varon
Mayor
Position #6
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Term of office: 01/01/2006 to 12/31/2009
Time in office: Elected in 2001 for 4 years.
                            Re-elected in 05 for 4 years.
                            Served as Deputy Mayor from 2001 to 2002


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Occupation: Real Estate Agent.

Family: Married to Julie for 15 Years , Kids Sarah, Rachel and Samuel.

Hobbies: Golf, Tennis, Cooking, Travel, Family.

Current local, regional, State Committees, Commissions, Boards, Activities: Herzog Memorial, Finance, Salary & Benefits, Jail Over Assembley, Alt. Eastside Transportation.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Member of National Association of Realtors, So King County Assoc. of Realtors, Newcastle PTSA, Hazelwood PTSA.

 
Dan Hubbell
2006 - 2009

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Dan Hubbell
Deputy Mayor
Position #5
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Term of office: 1/1/2006 to 12/31/2009
Time in office: Elected in 2005 for 4 years.

 

 

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Occupation: Program Manager - Microsoft Corporation

Family: Wife Kendra, Daughter Sabrina, Son Devon
Cycling, snowboarding, bowling, photography

Current local, regional, State Committees, Commissions, Boards, Activities: Newcastle Compensation Committee.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Licensed Amateur Radio Operator (Ham) Callsign: KE6TPA

Other notes:
Dan was born and raised in Modesto, California and moved to Puget Sound in 1997. He and his wife Kendra moved to Newcastle in late 2000.

At 30 years old, Dan has a diverse work history that includes some time as a Radio DJ, a technology consultant, an assistant editor of a trade magazine and his current position as a Program Manager at Microsoft. Aside from his full time career, Dan also enjoys working as freelance photographer.

Dan and his wife are currently living in the Windtree neighborhood of Newcastle where they are raising their 2 children Sabrina and Devon. In his spare time, Dan enjoys a number of outdoor activities including snowboarding a

nd cycling. He can frequently be seen riding around Newcastle in his Microsoft Jersey.

 
Lisa Jensen
2008 - 2011

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Lisa Jensen
Position #1
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Term of office: 2008 - 2011
Time in office: Elected in 2007 for 4 years.

 


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Occupation: Website Designer & Business Owner.

Family: Married to John Jensen.

Hobbies: Cycling, Walking, Reading, teaching indoor SPINNING classes.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Newcastle Chamber of Commerce: Member, board member and former President; Newport Way Library Association Board of Trustees; Lake Heights YMCA PR Committee;  Newcastle Elementary PTSA; Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer;  King County Friends of CASA board member.

Other notes: Lisa has lived in Newcastle since 2000.  Prior to starting her own business she spent 13 years working in the software industry and 5 years as an Industrial Engineer in the aerospace industry.  Her experience includes human resources management, financial systems consulting, and managing sales teams and budgets for multi-million dollar transactions.

 
Carol Simpson
2008 - 2011

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Carol Simpson
Position #2
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Term of office :1/01/2008 to 12/31/2011
Time in office: Elected in 2007 for 4 years.

 


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Occupation: Wife/mother/homemaker; Newcastle City Council member; community volunteer; Architect, retired

Family: Married for 25 years; husband is a real estate appraiser; one child - son is a student at McKnight Middle School.

Hobbies: Family activities, travel, scrap booking, knitting.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Newcastle Chamber of Commerce; Newcastle Trails; Hazelwood PTSA; Newcastle PTSA; YWCA Benefit Luncheon Committee; Benefit Luncheons Table Captain; Church group.
 
Steve Buri
2008 - 2011

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Steve Buri
Position #3
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Term of office: 1/01/2008 to 12/31/2011
Time in office: Elected in 2007 for 4 years.

 


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Occupation: Vice-President of a non-profit public policy center.

Family: Wife - Angelica, Children - Caitlin and Joshua.

Hobbies: Sports, Camping, Travel.

Current local, regional, State Committees, Commissions, Boards, Activities: Co-Founder and Board Member of Stewardship Partners, a non-profit conservation organization.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Hazelwood PTSA; Member - Newcastle Chamber of Commerce; Member - WSDOT Property Task Force, City of Newcastle (2003).

Other notes: Graduated from Washington State University in 1994 with a double major in Political Science and Criminal Justice. Born and Raised in Colfax, Washington.

 
Sonny Putter
2008 - 2011

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Sonny Putter
Position # 4
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Term of office: 01/01/2008 to 12/31/2011
Time in office: Elected in 1994 for 20 months.
                            Re-elected in 1995 for 4 years.
                            Re-elected in 1999 for 4 years.
                            Re-elected in 2003 for 4 years.
                            Re-elected in 2007 for 4 years.
                            Served as Mayor from 2000 to 2001.

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Occupation: Registered Investment Advisor

Family: Married to Ann Marie Putter for 36 years, One adult son, Jonathan.

Hobbies: Walking, reading, genealogy, politics.

Current local, regional, State Committees, Commissions, Boards, Activities: Sonny Putter was a Commissioner of King County Fire District No. 25, which previously served the Newcastle area. In 1993, he was instrumental in coordinating the campaign to incorporate the City of Newcastle.
Sonny has been active in local and regional government for the past 14 years. He is one of Newcastle's two representatives to the Eastside Transportation Partnership, of which he was formerly Vice Chair. He is also Newcastle’s representative on the I-405 Corridor Program Executive Committee.

From 2002 to 2004, Sonny was elected by his peers in other cities to serve as Co-Chair of Suburban Cities Association's Intercity Cooperation Policy Board and as a member of the organization’s executive committee. In 2005, he was elected Vice Chair of the Suburban Cities Association's Public Issues Committee. Sonny currently represents all King County cities outside Seattle on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Executive Board and on the Metropolitan King County Regional Policy Committee. He served in the same capacity as a member of the Metropolitan King County Regional Water Quality Committee, the Regional Transit Committee and the King County Jail Advisory Committee.
At the State level, Sonny served on the Legislative Committee of the Association of Washington Cities. He also earned accreditation as a Certified Municipal Leader from the Association.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Sonny is a founding board member of the Greater Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. He has been an officer and board member of several local charitable organizations. Professionally, Sonny is a Certified Public Accountant and owner of Friedman, Putter and Company, an Investment Advisory firm registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sonny Putter is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound with a Master of Business Administration degree. He also graduated from McGill University with a Master of Science (Applied) degree. Sonny was the recipient of the Elijah Watt Sells National Accounting Award and the Jack and Charlotte Spitzer Young Leadership Award. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society, a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and a Fellow of the Geological Society of Canada.

 
Jean Garber
2006 - 2009

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Jean Garber
Position #7
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Term of office: 1/3/2006 to 12/31/2009
Time in office: Elected in 1997 for 4 years.
                            Re-elected in 2001 for 4 years.
                            Re-elected in 2005 for 4 years.
                            Served as Mayor form 2006 to 2007


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Occupation: For past 30 years, consultant in environmental review, land use planning, and solid waste management.

Family: Husband Clyde, and two grown daughters

Hobbies: Reading, creative writing, hiking, biking (mountain and road), and backcountry skiing.

Current local, regional, State Committees, Commissions, Boards, Activities: Suburban Cities lead on King County Growth Management Council, Chair of Metropolitan Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee, Vice Chair and Management Committee of WRIA 8 Salmon Forum, City of Newcastle alternate to Suburban Cities Association Public Issues Committee.

Affiliations/Associations/Community Service: Focusing on city work currently. Taught classes in environmental review at the University of Washington for several years and was active member of Solid Waste Association of North America. Former tutor for Eastside Literacy and foster parent for two teens.

Other Notes: Graduated with honors with a B.S. in chemistry from Penn State University. Before coming to Seattle, worked on the east coast as a chemist for the Nuclear Power Division of the Navy and later as a technical writer.

 






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