Our team

Rodney has lived in the South Rose Hill Neighborhood of Kirkland since 2008. Prior to that, he grew up in Renton and graduated from the University of Washington. He works in Kirkland as a systems engineer.

Outside work, he loves to learn about the systems that impact our quality of life, learning about how they work, how they fail, and how they can serve our neighbors more effectively.

He volunteers as as weekly host at the Safe Parking Program in his neighborhood, which allows homeless women and families a safe place to sleep in their car. He's been a regular all-weather bike commuter since 1993, and plays the double bass in the Seattle Rock Orchestra Social Club.

Kurt lives in the Everest Neighborhood of Kirkland and works in Kirkland as a software engineer. He was born in Western Washington and moved to Kirkland in 2009. In between he’s lived in Arizona, California, Hawai’i, Kansas, and Texas (twice).

He's a vegetarian and his hobbies include running, music, travel, home brewing, board games, learning American Sign Language, cake baking, pizza making, and riding personal electric vehicles.

Jennie lives in the Juanita Neighborhood of Kirkland. A few of the hats she has worn include: writer, editor, project manager, amateur naturalist, and parent of two teens. She has always been interested in bringing together people and ideas, science and compassion, to make a better world.

Recently, she has focused on removing barriers to addressing the housing crisis; in 2022, she co-led grassroots community support of successful state legislation to end "Community Municipal Corporations" (HB 1769 to end the Houghton and East Bellevue community councils).

Bev is a Seattle transplant, who moved to downtown Kirkland in the Moss Bay Neighborhood seeking walkability, dog friendliness, proximity to parks and water, and a sense of community.

In 2021, she became involved in the grassroots effort to end the inequitable Houghton and East Bellevue community councils, which were sunsetted by state legislation in 2022. She’s a fan of corner stores and mixed-use development and hopes to see some of that infused into our growing city.

Aaron lives in the Lakeview Neighborhood of Kirkland. He is a data scientist by day and holds a Master of Science in Data Science from the University of Washington as well as a double degree in Computer Science & Software Engineering and Law, Economics, & Public Policy from the University of Washington Bothell.

Charlie lives in the Totem Lake Neighborhood of Kirkland. He was born in Eastern Canada and has worked in the Pacific Northwest for ten years. He gets around the Eastside entirely by electric bakfiets, cargo bike and scooter, rain or shine. He's an advocate for safe and connected micromobility infrastructure.

Outside work, he's involved in maker culture, backyard bees and finding the best cafés in Kirkland.

Forrest lives in the Moss Bay Neighborhood of Kirkland. Hailing from Florida, he moved to Kirkland in 2023 and works as a software engineer. He is passionate about complete neighborhoods, walkability, transit, and building great communities. His other interests include travel, trivia, history, and animals of all sorts. You can frequently find him walking and daydreaming on the CKC.

Rachael lives in downtown Kirkland in the Moss Bay Neighborhood. Originally from Florida, she was drawn to Washington for the mountains and cooler temperatures. Growing up in a suburban area without transit access, and seeing the challenges that presents, she’s developed an appreciation for complete communities and efficient transportation.

She works in tech and is passionate about STEM education. She has been a volunteer Python instructor for underserved schools and founded a women-in-computing chapter, through which she developed a mentorship program for new students.

She enjoys vegan food, tabletop games, and making things (frequently from fabrics).

Brad has lived in the Market Neighborhood for over 30 years. He grew up in Iowa and studied geography in Santa Barbara. In 1992 the software industry brought him and his wife to another beautiful city on the water, Kirkland. After getting a Master’s Degree in Sustainable Transportation at The University of Washington in 2019, he now advocates for safe and effective transportation locally and regionally and researches and writes about the interaction of people and place.

When not advocating for a more livable Kirkland, he likes to walk, read, swim, cook, play piano, and kayak to O. O. Denny Park to care for baby native plants with Green Kirkland.