| Sally J. Clark | |
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| Member of the Seattle City Council for position 9 | |
| In office 2006 – present |
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| Preceded by | Jim Compton |
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| Residence | Seattle, WA |
| Occupation | Seattle City Councilmember (Position 9) |
| Website | http://www.seattle.gov/council/clark/ |
Sally J. Clark is a member of the Seattle City Council, appointed to fill the vacant seat formerly occupied by Jim Compton in January 2006.[1] She was elected to a one-year term in November 2006 and a four year term in 2007. Clark chairs the Planning, Land Use, and Neighborhoods committees.[2]
She used to be a legislative aide to former City Councilwoman Tina Podlodowski, and worked as a legislative aide to King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson before joining Lifelong AIDS Alliance as director of community resources. At Lifelong AIDS Alliance Sally oversaw public policy and advocacy, HIV prevention education, volunteer recruitment and training, and insurance premium payment assistance.
Clark was an editor for the Seattle Gay News and has written for The Advocate.[3] She is an open lesbian.[2]
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Sally J. Clark's career includes non-profit social services and government work. She started her career as a print journalist and soon put her skills to work as the Communications Manager for Chicken Soup Brigade, a non-profit agency that provided practical support to people living with AIDS in King County. In 1997 she left Chicken Soup Brigade to join the office staff of former Seattle City Councilmember Tina Podlodowksi. In Tina's office Sally worked on a range of issues including neighborhood development, public safety and technology. In 1999 she joined the city's Department of Neighborhoods as Neighborhood Development Manager for Southeast Seattle. In this role Sally linked neighborhoods, city staff, non-profit groups, businesses and developers to help implement the neighborhood plan recommendations.
At Seattle City Council Sally chairs the Committee on the Built Environment, serves as vice chair of the Housing, Human Services, Health, & Culture Committee, and is a member of the Public Safety & Education Committee. Sally is also a member of the Council's Labor Policy Committee. She serves also on the King County Board of Health, the Puget Sound Regional Council Operations Committee , the Growth Management Planning Council Executive Committee, Labor Management Leadership Committee, and the Regional Policy Committee.
In her spare time Sally rows with Conibear Rowing Club. She is an avid bicyclist and has completed the Seattle-to-Portland ride twice. Sally lives in the Brighton neighborhood of Southeast Seattle near Seward Park. Her partner, Liz Ford, was a labor attorney and instructor at Seattle University and is now an assistant dean at the University of Washington School of Law. They have an 85-pound Kuvasz named Bill and three cats (Delilah, Abigail and John).