Kathy Gill (Snohomish County Charter Review Commissioner Board Council District 3, Washington, candidate 2025)

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Kathy Gill

Nonpartisan

Candidate, Snohomish County Charter Review Commissioner Board Council District 3

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 4, 2025

Education

Bachelor's

University of Georgia

Graduate

Virginia Tech

Personal

Religion

Non-practicing

Profession

Communications

Contact

Campaign website

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Kathy Gill ran for election to the Snohomish County Charter Review Commissioner Board Council District 3 in Washington. She was on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.^[source]

Gill completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kathy Gill provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on October 6, 2025:

• Birth place: Albany, GA, Georgia
• Associate: Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College
• Bachelor's: University of Georgia
• Graduate: Virginia Tech
• Gender: Female
• Religion: Non-practicing
• Profession: Communications
• Incumbent officeholder: No
• Campaign slogan: Experience Counts.
• Campaign website
• Campaign endorsements
• Campaign Facebook

Elections

General election

General election for Snohomish County Charter Review Commissioner Board Council District 3

The following candidates ran in the general election for Snohomish County Charter Review Commissioner Board Council District 3 on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Janelle Cass (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Alicia Crank (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Patrick Decker (Nonpartisan)
		Kathy Gill (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Selena Killin (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Aurora Lehr (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Carol McMahon (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Colin McMahon (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Mpiima Mugambe (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	David Preston (Nonpartisan)

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Kathy Gill completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gill's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Every 10 years, Snohomish County voters elect three nonpartisan commissioners from each county council district to serve as the Charter Review Commission. I am a passionate educator dedicated to shaping a fair and understanding community and ensuring that our charter (constitution) reflects community growth and values.

I have the needed skills to represent you on the Commission, such as effective listening (we hold public hearings), synthesizing information (public comments and Commission research) and communicating technical information in lay person terms (our recommendations will appear on the 2026 November ballot).

My work experience crosses government, academia and industry. In each role, my goal was to ensure that customer (student) concerns were integrated into organization processes and communication. I will do the same with the Commission.

I am running because I want to use my skills to continue making SnoCo a thriving, vibrant, diverse community where everyone’s voice is heard. I hope you visit my website to learn more and consider voting for me in November.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Enhancing voter effectiveness, such as ranked choice voting
• Limiting local and county office holders to one position at a time
• Promoting sustainable growth while expanding affordable housing

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Enhancing voter effectiveness and ensuring all have a voice and are heard

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

In Washington state politics, I look up to former Gov. Christine Gregoire. I worked with her in the 1990s when she was the head of the Department of Ecology. She convened a Water Resources Forum composed of squabbling groups of citizen groups and charged us with crafting experimental projects to resolve a massive water rights application backlog. Her leadership, trust that the squabbles could be transformed to cooperation, and perseverance (it took three years) remains an inspiration. Moreover, she persisted! She became state attorney general and then governor.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Transparency, an open mind, truthfulness and a commitment to represent the entire community.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Charter Review Commissioners need to be skilled in listening to diverse voices, both in public hearings and public comment. They need to be able to balance competing points of view and chart a path that benefits the community as a whole. The Charter needs to be viewed as a living document that changes to reflect a growing and diverse community.

Commissioners also need to study how other local governments -- not just in Washington -- have approached similar challenges, such as expanding affordable housing. That issue is much bigger than a single county can resolve. By acting collectively, progress will happen. I am a pragmatic optimist who understands that sometimes change happens incrementally. The Charter should make such opportunities clear and possible.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

After graduate school (Virginia Tech, master of science in agricultural economics), I worked for the Virginia Water Resources Research Center. I analyzed data related to the then-fledgling federal flood insurance program and completed a status report to fulfill grant requirements. Congress passed the flood insurance program because of the paucity of private flood insurance plans. Congress also hoped to reduce the cost of disaster payments after floods.

I worked for the Center for two years, then moved to Pennsylvania to manage communications for a regional dairy cooperative (not unlike Darigold in the Pacific Northwest). Most of my career can be broadly described as public service.

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

As a professor, I initially struggled with understanding that my courses might not be the most important thing in a student's life! I loved the subjects and wanted my students to do so also. Maybe a class was required, and they were in my classroom not of their free will. Also, unlike my life as an undergrad, many (most?) of my students had a job or were entering the university several years after high school. I had a far greater mix of international students than I experienced as an undergrad. Student challenges of balancing "life" with "school" required that I focus on empathy, patience and understanding. I'm still in touch with students from the 2000s, suggesting that I may have been successful as I focused on personal growth and student needs.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Fair Vote, Washington; 32nd District Democrats; Cindy Black; Dale Hartman; Margaret Achterman; Michael and Michele Miller.

What is an accomplishment that you are proud of?

For 20+ years, I taught newbies how to ride motorcycles in the state basic motorcycle rider course. In doing so, I like to think that I've helped reduce the number of motorcycle crashes and fatalities in Washington.

I also served as a role model for the women who took the class, since most riders (and instructors) are male. I had only one incident where a student required that I call 9-1-1 ... and my first aid skills were accessible when needed.

I finished my tenure as the chair of the state motorcycle safety advisory board to the Department of Licensing. There, the board and I succeeded in convincing the legislature to expand the size of our board and focus on ensuring that board members represented both eastern and western Washington.

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