John Doyle
Experience Summary
John Doyle is a retired La Conner Town Administrator and Planning Director. John has held a variety of State and Local management positions with an emphasis on land use, environmental and energy policy.
Elected Experience
- Skagit County Sewer District #1 Commissioner, Chairman (1995 to 2001, 2021-Present)
- Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board, Skagit County (2005 to 2010)
- Skagit County Fire District 13 Commissioner (2021-Present)
Other Professional Experience
- Served as the Town Administrator and Planning Director for the Town of La Conner for 16 years.
- Worked for the Washington State Energy Office on the development and implementation of the first Washington State Energy and Indoor Air Quality Codes for 11 years.
Education
- BA in Biological/Ecological Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, 1972.
Community Service
- Skagit County Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board
- Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors, President 2019
- Volunteer Firefighter/EMT, La Conner and FD 13 (17yrs)
- Skagit Bay Search and Rescue, Training Officer
- Fire District 13 Commissioner (Current)
- Sewer District 1 Commissioner (Current)
Dr. Mark B. Nihart
Dr. Mark B. Nihart is a retired IT Professional who focused on Business Management, Process Management, Organizational Development, Data Management and Strategy side of IT while working at Boeing for 24 ½ years. He has a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership, A Master of Science in System Management, A BA in Business, A BA in English and an AAA in Computer Programming. Prior to working at Boeing he worked for PM Northwest at the local refineries as a pipefitter welder, commercially fished, and had a business in Anacortes. He is currently on the Evergreen Islands Board and serves on a Skagit Land Trust Committee as a volunteer.
Bill Turner
Bill Turner has been on Fidalgo Island for 50 years, arriving from college in Nashville Tn. and moving into Anacortes in 2003. In 1980 he formed Mt. Erie Construction Inc and has built 50+ homes including developments, until retirement in 2016. Bill was president of Skagit Habitat for Humanity 2019-2021, helping to build 4+ homes. I lobbied City of Anacortes with John Doyle, a past president of Habitat, to begin preparation for Affordable Homes here in Anacortes, as a volunteer.
Our own 2016 Comp plan had included the required, by State law, Housing Action Plan but City failed to fully implement it until 2024 even after John and my lobbying. Bill has been on numerous boards as a private citizen to create environmental law and to create affordable housing, a very long, slow movement to today. Now Bill and others have created a non profit, Smart Growth Anacortes (SMGA), in order to be more affective in forcing City to follow the existing environmental protections we have and to move housing issues forward.
