Trustees
The WCC currently has 3 vacancies on its board of trustees. If you’re interested in getting involved, please email » Brian Turnbull or email » Per Johnson.
Brian Turnbull serves as president of the WCC. Brian, his wife, and their two boys have called Wedgwood home for the last five years. Brian is a missional pastor of a house church movement in Northeast Seattle, and owns a landscape company called Green House Landscaping. Brian enjoys people and the outdoors, which are two great assets we have here in Wedgwood. As the chairperson of Events Committee, Brian enjoys coordinating our annual Outdoor Cinema and Business Trick or Treat. email »
Per Johnson serves as 1st Vice President of the WCC. Per is a life-long Seattleite and is currently working as a biologist with a local environmental consulting firm. Shortly after moving to the neighborhood, the neighbors introduced themselves and welcomed Per and his wife with open arms. Per especially enjoys the walkability of Wedgwood and hopes to improve upon this with his role as chair of the Land Use Committee. email » Per is also currently serving as the WCC’s project manager for the Hunter Farm Gathering Place project for the WCC. email »
Keeley Hughes serves as 2nd Vice President of the WCC. Keeley is a fourth-generation Wedgwoodian, living in a home her great-grandfather built in 1924. Her professional background includes nonprofit, government and communication work, but outside of the office she enjoys traveling, eating at new restaurants and playing with her cat. You can usually find Keeley and her husband walking through the neighborhood to enjoy a white chocolate mocha at Café Javasti. Keeley chairs the Communications Committee email »
Patti Wilma serves as the secretary and treasurer of the WCC. Patti has lived in Wedgwood since 2007, having moved from her Queen Anne Hill home of 18 years. Patti and her husband, Mike Bergstrom, chose Wedgwood because of its unique combination of natural and urban setting and the scale, approachability, egalitarian ambiance, and “attitude” of the neighborhood. Patti’s interest in becoming a trustee stems from her professional life as a city planner for Bellevue and training as an architect. Her past community involvement includes membership on the Queen Anne Community Council and the Queen Anne Design Review Board. email »
Gretchen Bear has spent the last 20 years in Seattle, has a background in marketing, but is currently working as a free-lance writer. She’s recently completed a screenplay which has been optioned by a producer in Los Angeles. Gretchen and her husband have an 11-year old daughter and 9-year old son. She also has experience working on sidewalk and pedestrian safety improvement projects with the City. Her most recent project, “Arterials First” was fully awarded by SDOT and will be constructed in 2012. email »
Bill Dock first moved to Wedgwood in 1996 and enjoys living here with his wife and young daughter. He works at the University of Washington as IT Staff for the School of Drama, as well as at Ryther Child Center on NE 95th Street as a Grant Writer. Bill enjoys writing fiction, sailing, and the Seattle Sounders. Bill has taken it upon himself to establish an Emergency Preparedness Committee for the WCC. If you are interested in helping, let him know! email »
David Grant is a native Washingtonian who moved to Wedgwood five years ago with his wife Jennifer. They were attracted to the neighborhood’s schools, the character of the homes, and all of the wonderful trees. They now have a two year old son named Benjamin who loves playing in the neighborhood parks. David is a landscape architect and urban designer who works on issues related to transit, walkability, open space, and habitat. His hobbies include hiking, bicycling, photography, and skiing.email »
Randy Barnett was born in Tokyo and raised overseas but regularly visited Seattle throughout his childhood and permanently moved when he enrolled at the University of Washington. When he and his wife, Lisa, started a family they searched for the best place to live in Seattle. The results landed them in Wedgwood! His family loves the neighborhood. Recently, Randy was the WCC’s project manager for the Vision Plan which was released in July 2010. email »
Katie Traverse is editor of the Wedgwood Echo newsletter. Katie and her husband have three young children. She has a particular interest in creating safe walking routes for students around Wedgwood Elementary School. In her former life Katie was a litigation attorney at Perkins Coie. For the 2011-12 school year Katie will be PTA president at Wedgwood Elementary. email »
Additional Contacts
Valarie Bunn grew up in Wedgwood and is the WCC’s volunteer historian and co-secretary. She writes a history column in the WCC’s Wedgwood Echo newsletter, and does a display about Wedgwood history every year in February at the Northeast Branch Library. email »
Ellen Blackstone is the communications coordinator for the Wedgwood Wide Block Watch. email »
Kevin Rack is our Seattle Police North Precinct Advisory Committee representative. email »
Brian Swanson is a past president of the WCC and has recently begun to reform the Wedgwood Chamber of Commerce. Brian writes the Wedgwood Grapevine column in the Wedgwood Echo and loves to receive news tips, celebrity sightings, etc. email »