Meet Your City Council Members

Deputy Mayor Dexter

Bio coming soon.

Term: January 2018 - December 2021

Position #4 

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Mike French was born and raised in Port Angeles, and graduated from Peninsula College and Central Washington University, earning a Bachelor's degree in Music. He owns and operates a restaurant downtown, and is actively involved in the local business community, serving on the board of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife Karissa have two young boys.  Mike has been the Vice President of the Hamilton Elementary PTO for over two years.

Mike is passionate about the local artistic community, and both he and his wife have performed in the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, as well as many local musical theatre productions.

Mike is an active member of the Port Angeles Business Association, Port Angeles Downtown Association, and serves on the board of Volunteers in Medicine in the Olympics.

Term: January 2018 - December 2021

Position #2 

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Councilmember Kidd is a native of Port Angeles and a third generation member of the Kidd family in Port Angeles. She is a graduate of Port Angeles High School and attended Peninsula College. Her business background includes working for Fortune 500 Companies including First Financial Management, Sprint, KPMG, and Egon Zehnder International.

Councilmember Kidd has run two successful companies of her own including national speaking tours with Success Seminars. In cooperation with her husband, Bob Forsberg, they own a local mini-storage facility, AAA Affordable Storage, and U-Haul. 

Councilmember Kidd is the former chair of the Port Angeles Planning Commission. She is a past president of the noon Kiwanis Club. This is a special honor because her father, Ray Kidd, was also president of this club.

Councilmember Kidd is an active member of the Port Angeles Business Association, the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce, Soroptimist International, and serves on the boards of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, Clallam County Economic Development Council, Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Salvation Army. She also taught "Excellence in Customer Service" classes for WorkFirst at Peninsula College. 

Terms: January 2008 - December 2011 and January 2012 - December 2015 and January 2016 - December 2019

Position #7 

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Councilmember Merideth

Terms: January 2016 - December 2019

Position #5 

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Councilmember Moran is a native of New Jersey. He attended Seton Hall University earning a Bachelor‘s degree majoring in accounting. After graduating he entered the military and was trained as a helicopter pilot serving a tour in Vietnam flying helicopters. Upon returning from overseas he went back to school and earned a Master’s degree in HR from Pacific Lutheran University.

Councilmember Moran was hired by a large east coast financial firm and served as the district manager in Seattle for a number of years. He left this company to start his own firm specializing in pension administration. The day-to-day operation of his company is currently being run by his junior partner.

Councilmember Moran moved to Port Angeles with his wife Marie in 2008. He became very active in the community serving on numerous boards and committees. He is the past-president of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as treasurer of the Port Angeles Senior Center, the Clallam County Historical Society and the Olympic Peninsula Rowing Association. Councilmember Moran was also active with the North Olympic Peninsula Basketball Officials Association serving as the Director of Training. For his work in officiating, he was awarded the prestigious Washington Officials Association Meritorious Service Award. 

Term: January 2018 - December 2021

Position #1

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Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin works as a lawyer, focusing on constitutional law issues of government authority and accountability. He earned a J.D. summa cum laude from Gonzaga University, and is licensed to practice law in Washington State Courts, as well as the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Eastern District of Washington, and Western District of Washington.

Previously, Councilmember Schromen-Wawrin earned a B.A. from Oberlin College, studying systems ecology, environmental studies, and chemistry.

He worked as a field science educator for over seven years, including one year as an AmeriCorp volunteer.

Councilmember Schromen-Wawrin was born and raised in Port Angeles, and attended Hamilton Elementary School, Stevens Middle School, and Port Angeles High School.

The people of Port Angeles elected Councilmember Schromen-Wawrin in November 2017; he began his term on the Council in January 2018.

Term: January 2018 - December 2021

Position #3

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