Rep. Marcie Maxwell’s Biography

PERSONAL
Renton resident. Two grown children.

EDUCATION
- Seattle Public Schools, K-12
- Highline College – Business and Real Estate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Realtor and small-business owner for 20+ years
- Prior career in banking branch management and lending for 16 years

PREVIOUS PUBLIC SERVICE
- Elected Renton School Board Director, 2001 – 2009
- King County School Boards’ Legislative Representative to the Washington State School Directors
Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Renton Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman
- Rotary Club, Past President
- Renton Area PTA Council, Past President
- Kennydale Neighborhood Association, Past President and founding board member
- Renton Community Foundation, founding board member
- Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, business member
- Renton Blue Ribbon Council
- Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
- Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce
- Issaquah Chamber of Commerce
- Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Seattle Business Association

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS
- Washington School Administrators Outstanding Community Leadership award
- National PTA Life Membership award
- Washington State PTA Outstanding Service & Outstanding Advocate awards
- PTA Golden Acorn
- Renton Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Citizen award
- Renton Citizen of the Year
- Seattle-King County Association of Realtors Community Service award
- Washington State PTA Friend of Children Award

CURRENT HOUSE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
- Community Development & Housing
- Education
- Education Appropriations & Oversight
- Rules

CURRENT STATUTORY ASSIGNMENTS
- Quality Education Council
- Joint Select Committee on Education Accountability

LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
- Adequately funding our K-12 education system and re-defining education to better prepare our children with skills they’ll need to participate in the global marketplace.
- Encouraging a diverse, skilled employment base, and attracting and keeping good jobs and successful businesses in our state.
- Reducing congestion through infrastructure improvements and giving commuters more options.
- Promoting Washington’s leadership for success in green industries that will improve our environment and create jobs at the same time.