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
Mayor Chris Grover
Chair of the Board
City of Cheney
(Appointed by Airway Heights)
609 Second Street
Cheney, WA 99004
Council Member Lori Kinnear
Chair Pro-Tempore
City of Spokane
808 West Spokane Fall Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201
Commissioner Al French
Chair Planning & Development Committee
Spokane County
1116 West Broadway Avenue
Spokane, WA 99260-0100
Council Member Pamela Haley
Chair Performance Monitoring & External Relations Committee
City of Spokane Valley
10210 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
Council Member Dan Dunne
Ex-Officio
City of Liberty Lake
22710 E. Country Vista Drive
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
Council Member Dan Sander
Ex-Officio
City of Millwood
9103 E Frederick Avenue
Millwood, WA 99206
Council Member Don Kennedy
Ex-Officio
City of Medical Lake
P.O. Box 369
Medical Lake, WA 99022
Council Member Veronica Messing
Ex-Officio
City of Airway Heights
(Appointed by Airway Heights)
1208 South Lundstrom
Airway Heights, WA 99001
Council Member Betsy Wilkerson
City of Spokane
808 West Spokane Fall Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201
Council Member Tim Hattenburg
City of Spokane Valley
10210 East Sprague Avenue
Spokane Valley, WA 99206
Council Member Karen Stratton
City of Spokane
808 West Spokane Falls Blvd.
Spokane, WA 99201
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.