Spokane Transit Board of Directors
STA is overseen by a regional board that provides the policy and legislative direction for Spokane Transit’s CEO, and approves its actions, budgets, and long-term plans. It also has the authority to levy taxes as authorized by state law (with voter approval).
The Board of Directors is composed of nine voting and four non-voting elected officials from Spokane County and cities in the Public Transportation Benefit Area, which include Airway Heights, Cheney, Medical Lake, Millwood, Liberty Lake, Spokane, and Spokane Valley, and a non-voting representative of labor member.
Members
![A professional portrait of a smiling bald man with a beard, wearing a Spokane Transit uniform and a white shirt, against a light gray background.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Chris-Grover2018WEB.png)
Mayor Chris Grover
Chair of the Board
City of Cheney
(Appointed by Airway Heights)
609 Second Street
Cheney, WA 99004
![A professional portrait of an older woman with short brown hair, smiling warmly, wearing a black blazer over a purple Spokane Transit uniform top, against a plain white background.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Lori-Kinnear2018WEB.png)
Council Member Lori Kinnear
Chair Pro-Tempore
City of Spokane
808 West Spokane Fall Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201
![Commissioner Al French.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Al-French2018WEB.png)
Commissioner Al French
Chair Planning & Development Committee
Spokane County
1116 West Broadway Avenue
Spokane, WA 99260-0100
![Council Member Pamela Haley.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pam-Haley2018WEB.png)
Council Member Pamela Haley
Chair Performance Monitoring & External Relations Committee
City of Spokane Valley
10210 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
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Council Member Dan Dunne
Ex-Officio
City of Liberty Lake
22710 E. Country Vista Drive
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
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Council Member Dan Sander
Ex-Officio
City of Millwood
9103 E Frederick Avenue
Millwood, WA 99206
![Council Member Don Kennedy.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Don_Kennedy.png)
Council Member Don Kennedy
Ex-Officio
City of Medical Lake
P.O. Box 369
Medical Lake, WA 99022
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Council Member Veronica Messing
Ex-Officio
City of Airway Heights
(Appointed by Airway Heights)
1208 South Lundstrom
Airway Heights, WA 99001
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Council Member Betsy Wilkerson
City of Spokane
808 West Spokane Fall Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201
![Council Member Tim Hattenburg .](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tim-HattenburgWEB.jpg)
Council Member Tim Hattenburg
City of Spokane Valley
10210 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
![Council Member Karen Stratton.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Karen-StrattonWEB.jpg)
Council Member Karen Stratton
City of Spokane
808 West Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201
![Rhonda Bowers.](https://beta.spokanetransit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Rhonda-Bowers-WebV.jpg)
Rhonda Bowers
c/o Spokane Transit
Labor Representative: Non-Voting
1230 West Boone Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Please direct correspondence for Board Members to the Clerk of the Authority, Dana Infalt at 325-6096.