Founding members of Olympia 2012 are citizen volunteers. We are young and old, long time residents and newcomers, liberals, conservatives, progressives and moderates. We are employers and employees, retirees, and parents. In short, we are Olympia! We are deeply passionate about improving our unique downtown. Our current Steering Committee includes the following individuals, and as we identify specific talent necessary to strengthen the Committee, we will invite them to join.
Troy Bussey, Jr.
Chemical engineer and geological engineer who has worked on cleaning up contaminated properties and other environmental issues since 1994. Olympia resident since 2000.
Holly Gadbaw
Enid Layes
Trade association executive director, director of governmental affairs, business lobbyist, and public policy facilitator, now retired. Olympia resident for 32 years.
Katherine Mahoney
Bio Coming…
Maureen Morris
State and local government policy and budget manager, now retired. Olympia-area resident for 30 years.
Mike Ryherd
Bio Coming…
Jackie Barrett-Sharar
Raising our four children in Olympia since 1993. Retired, nationally regarded health care executive, business development, sales, marketing, strategic and quality improvement planning and operations. Married to Michael J. Barrett, a biomedical engineer at St. Peter’s.
Peter Stroble
Director of Sales & Marketing for a national manufacturing organization based in Shelton, WA; 4-year citizen of Olympia; husband and father of three children ages 0-5 years.
