Maggie Fimia

Maggie Fimia is a community organizer and former King County Washington Councilmember, City of Shoreline Council Member and Shoreline Deputy Mayor.
==Early career==
Originally from Queens NY, she got her start in community organizing as a young VISTA volunteer stationed in North Georgia in 1971. She was elected to the King County Council (1994 to 2001) and served on several committees including: the Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Committee and Co-chaired their first Transportation Pricing Task Force. She also served on the State Commute Trip Reduction Task Force; the County Law, Justice and Human Service committee and Regional Water Quality Committee. She successfully lobbied for neighborhood traffic calming, clean diesel buses , significantly more & better bus service, low fares, & bus rapid transit. Following a “No” vote by the public, she worked to minimize public financing of the new baseball stadium. As a Shoreline City Council member (2003-2007), she brought historically opposing groups to increase public participation, reduce overhead, fund basic infrastructure and increase environmental protection of sensitive areas. She has been the Co-Chair of CETA, the Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives since 2001. The group is now called Smarter Transit, www.smartertransit.org. 
In 2010 she was inducted into the University of Washington Department of Communication Hall of Fame. http://www.com.washington.edu/uwcomm-alumni/hall-of-fame-list/#2010
The Metro Council was responsible for the King County Metro Bus System and the Sewer Treatment Plants up to 1994. After that, the King County Council took over responsibility for those two functions in our region.
==Education==
1992		Masters in Public Administration, University of Washington
				
1989		BA in Speech Communication, University of Washington
1974		Certificated Lamaze Childbirth Instructor
				
1970	 	Associate of Applied Science, Registered Nurse Degree, 
		Nassau Community College, New York		
==History==
2014 - 2015 & 
2018 - 2019		Volunteer with several Edmonds City Council Races
2011 - Present 	Owner of Welcome Home Family History Services
Winter Qtr, 2009 	Guest Instructor, Political Science 120, Puget Sound Early College Program, Highline Community College
2001 - Present 	Co-Chair and Founding Member of CETA, the Coalition for Effective Transportation Alternatives, a non-profit organization, now called Smarter Transit.
2001 - 2009 		Founded & help lead the Shoreline Coalition, a broad based group of people and organizations that came together to create positive change in Shoreline, Washington
2006 - 2007 	Deputy Mayor, City of Shoreline (Pop. 53,000) (2 Years)
2004 - 2005		Council Member, City of Shoreline (2 years)
				 
1994 - 2001	 	Metropolitan King County Councilmember, (Pop. 1.3 million) full-time elected official. Chose not to run for third term**
1993 – 1994 Board Member, Center for Human Services, Shoreline WA
1988 - 2007		Founding Member and Former Coordinator for Westminster Triangle 		 Neighborhood Network, Shoreline WA
1992 - 1994		Appointee, Puget Sound Regional Council
1989 - 1991		Appointee, Shoreline Governance Committee 
1991 - 1992 Internship, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle
1991 - 1992			Master’s Degree Project, Shorecrest High School: Analysis of community 		service requirement, Shoreline WA
1988 - 2007		 Member 32nd District Democrats
1970 - 1982 			Registered Nurse, Buffalo, New York; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, & 			Spokane, Washington 
1974 - 1981 		Certified Lamaze Instructor, Hood River, Oregon and Vancouver, 	Washington 
1975 - 1976			Initiated & Coordinated first "Choices: Childbirth, Childrearing 		 Educational Fair," Clark County Washington 
1971 - 1972		Vista Volunteer/Parent Coordinator-Head Start Program, 
				Toccoa, Georgia, 
Category:Nassau Community College alumni
Category:University of Washington alumni
Category:Community organizing