WHC Advisory Board Member
Representative Mary Skinner
Republican — 14th Legislative District, Yakima
Personal: Mary and her husband, Harlow are longtime Yakima residents.
State Government Experience: State Representative, 14th District, serving her fifth term Washington State Board of Education, 3rd Congressional
District member, 1986-1988.
Boards and Commissions: Legislative representative, Washington State Arts Commission; Oral History Advisory Committee;
Community Economic Revitalization Board; Past Chair, Committee on Aging, Council of State Governments-WEST; Member, Capitol
Furnishings Preservation Committee; Board member, Capitol Theatre Board; Founding member, Yakima County Health Care Coalition;
Advisory board member, Yakima Schools Foundation.
Past Community Involvement: Member, Yakima Valley Community College Board; Member, Yakima Valley Community College Foundation
Board; Vice president, Yakima Schools Foundation; Member, St. Elizabeth Hospital Community Board, Yakima; Member, Heritage College Board;
President, Washington State Medical Association Auxiliary; co-founder, Washington State Medical Association Auxiliary Foundation; representative,
Monitored Treatment Program Advisory Committee; Communications Strategy Committee, West Valley School District, Yakima; Class president,
Leadership Yakima, Class of 1993; Member, Program Board, Lecture Committee, Washington Athletic Club; Branch president, American
Association of University Women, Walla Walla and Olympia; Chairman, Washington State Open Horse Show, Yakima; Chairman, Dining-In,
Dining-Out Section, Annual Auction KYVE Public Television, Yakima; Member, Yakima Junior League; Co-founder, Olympia Junior League;
Member, PEO, Chapter BX.
Awards & Honors
- Heavy Lifter Award, Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce - June 2001
- Named Grant Recipient, American Association of University Women - May 1985
- Distinguished Service Award (first woman recipient), Walla Walla Jaycees - 1979