David Baker
Mayor, Position 5

David is a 66-year-old husband and father of three. He and his wife Sheri live in Kenmore. David owns Vision Systems Engineering, Ltd. A machine vision, video inspection company as well as an Internet based cell phone service company that specializes in cell phone repairs and accessories.

David was raised in Los Angeles and educated in Los Angeles Public Schools. He moved to Nebraska in 1972 and received a RN degree in 1974 from Iowa Western Community College. He attended the University of Nebraska and received a BS in 1978 and a Masters of Science in 1979. David moved to Kenmore in 1995 after receiving a Ph.D. from Iowa State University. (More)

          Milton Curtis
Deputy Mayor, Position 1

Milton Curtis and his wife Jeannie have lived in Kenmore since 1991. Milton has two married children and four grandchildren. Milton has been a Family Medicine Doctor for 26 years. For the past nine years, he has been practicing in Kenmore.

As a Kenmore City Councilmember, Milton's two primary concerns include transportation and development. To improve transportation, Milton hopes to work to gain funding to improve Bothell Way and to work with Metro and Sound Transit to improve public transportation. Milton encourages development of a vibrant downtown where residents can proudly take out  of town guests to shop, relax and enjoy the views. He also would like to work on maintaining Kenmore's present neighborhood feel through development of infill regulations governing entire areas rather than individual properties. Milton always wants to maintain open communication between citizens and the City Council.

Milton served on the Kenmore Downtown Planning Commission from 2001 to 2003 and the Kenmore Downtown Task Force from 2004-2007.

Bob Hensel
Councilmember, Position 4

Biography to be submitted.

 
Laurie Sperry
Councilmember, Position 2

Laurie and her family have lived in Kenmore since 1991. Her husband Van grew up in Kenmore during the 50’s and 60’s and remembers a Kenmore where open fields and forest were more common than houses.

Laurie grew up in a military family and lived all over the United States including in Alaska and Hawaii. She went to college in Eugene, Oregon and moved to the Seattle area in 1979 to begin her career in healthcare. She worked at University Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Children’s Homecare before “retiring” in 1998. Since 2000, Laurie has worked in education, most recently at Kenmore Jr. High.

Laurie has served as a councilmember since 2006.  She also serves on a number of regional committees including: Eastside Transportation Partnership, Water Resource Inventory Area 8 (Salmon Recovery), Northshore Parks and Service Area (Senior Center, poss. Aquatic Center), and the Kenmore Library Advisory Board.

 
John Hendrickson
Councilmember, Position 3

 
Glenn Rogers
Councilmember, Position 7

Councilmember Glenn Rogers was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon graduating in 1970 with a Political Science degree. After serving in the Air Force between 1970 and 1974, he moved to Seattle with his family and entered the Bon Marche' management program. After five years he moved to the Boeing Company, serving there for the last 29 years in procurement.

Glenn and Ruth, his wife of 38 years, raised two boys during the 25 years they have resided in Kenmore. Glenn has been involved in Kenmore's grassroots process as co-founder and past chairman of the Kenmore North Neighborhood Association and past chairman of Citizens for a Better Kenmore leading a successful campaign to limit gambling in our City. Glenn is aware that many challenges face Kenmore, the most urgent of these include a renewal of trust and real time communication with our citizens, economic growth, traffic, the implementation of a viable downtown plan and pedestrian safety.

Glenn's 34 years of experience leading and building teams in the corporate setting will be invaluable in helping to maintain a family friendly community for our citizens and continuing to develop a business friendly city.

 
Allan VanNess
Councilmember, Position 6

Allan Van Ness has been a resident of Kenmore since 1975. He was born on the East Coast and moved to the Seattle area at age 7. He graduated from Roosevelt High School and the University of Washington with degrees in Zoology, Dentistry and then served in the US Navy from 1966 to 1970 in the Dental Corps. He returned to the UW to receive his Master of Science degree and began his orthodontic practice in Bothell. He has recently retired from clinical orthodontic practice, but continues to teach in the Orthodontic Department of the UW School of Dentistry. He has been active in the Kenmore community through his family's participation in Northshore Schools and youth sports. He is a past president of the Northshore Rotary and the Washington State Society of Orthodontists. He was a founding member of Citizens for a Better Kenmore leading the effort to limit the growth of gambling in our city.

He was elected to Kenmore City Council in November, 2005, filling the vacated Position Six in December, 2005 and began his four year term in January, 2006. As a relatively new city, Kenmore has many challenges. When we incorporated, we inherited a rural infrastructure from King County. Several years of planning are now resulting in improvements in our traffic, sidewalks, parks, storm drainage and downtown redevelopment. Allan's vision for Kenmore is a family and business friendly community that will grow and develop in a fiscally responsible manner. He encourages citizen input in the governing process through participation on our various boards and commissions as well as in Council and community meetings. He values the trust the public has placed in him by electing him to serve.