Board of Directors
The District is governed by a five-member Board of Directors elected to three-year terms by the patrons of the district. The Board of Directors are:
Division #01 Vincent Shawver, President 12/31/27
Division #02 Dallas "Bo" Ayde,Vice President 12/31/25
Division #03 Neil Martin, 12/31/25
Division #04 Marilyn Dickenson, 12/31/2026
Division #05 Sherri Thackham, 12/31/26
A five-member board of directors has ultimate responsibility for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the District.
The directors are landowners elected to alternating three-year terms. The Board hires a Secretary/Manager to carry out the CID policies and general management of operation.
Director Divisions
The district is made up of five divisions, each represented by one director.
The Divisions are:
Division #01 From Wanawish Dam to Valley View Road
Division #02 From Valley View Road to Washington Street
Division #03 From Washington Street to South Oak Street
Division #04 From South Oak Street to Haney Road
Division #05 From Haney Road to Columbia River
Board of Directors Election Information
Pursuant to RCW Title 87 the annual election will be held the second Tuesday in December for Division 1. Petitions for nomination are due the first Monday in November at the District Office. Terms are for three years, beginning January 2025. If you are 18 years old, a U.S. Citizen, a resident of the state and hold title or evidence of title to lands within the District, you qualify as an elector and may participate in District elections. Qualified electors may run for election as a Director for their respective division within the District. Information on elections and other legal notices are advertised in the Tri-City Herald
District Leadership History
At Large Directors
H.S. Hughes 1918-1921
L.E. Johnson 1918-1920
A.S. Goss 1918
James Johnston 1919-1943
Lewis Tweedt 1921-1926
George Finley 1922
Ed Frauen 1923-1924
C.G. Hitchcock 1925-1929
J.B. Slaugenhaupt 1927-1932
C.J. Dahlin 1929-1930
W.T. Elliot 1931-1933
Henry Piert 1934-1936
Ole Brue 1936-1946
Ed Frauen 1937-1943
Tom Carratt 1943
A.J. Thompson 1944-1952
H.N. Hampton 1944-1949
John H. Smith 1946-1950
A.A. Lucke 1949
Raymond Marsh 1951-1958
Robert Tweedt 1953-1961
Ernest Sherry 1953
H. Neil Anderson 1954-1955
Doyle O. Mowry 1955-1960
Everett Dague 1958-1968
W.I. Eggers 1961-1963
F.W. Brown 1962-1966
John N. Wilson 1964-1966
Frances Zarndt 1967-1977
Kenneth Pride 1969-1974
Wadus Tate 1967-1970
Fred Albertin 1971-1974
Ken Allen 1975-1993
Wadus Tate 1975
Kenneth Pride 1975-1979
Troy Ivey 1977-1990
Allen Sterns 1980-1985
Guy Williams Jr. 1986-1990
Donald "Budd" Eggers 1990-1993
Dennis Wilson 1991-1993
Divisional Directors
Division 1
Jeff Dawson 1994-2009
George Janicek 2009-2013
Vince Shawver 2013-
Division 2
Ken Allen 1994-1995
James Moran 1995-1996
Jerry Sleater 1997-2016
Dallas "Bo" Ayde 2016
Division 3
Dennis Wilson 1994
Jim Gose 1995-2004
Ron McKinsey 2004
David St. John 2004-2010
Jim Berger 2011
Neil Martin 2012
Howard Ellison 2013-2016
Neil Martin 2016-
Division 4
Melvin Keller 1994-1999
Thom McVeigh 1999-2002
Darvin Fales 2003-2004
Jim Gose 2004-2021
Marilyn Dickenson 2021-
Division 5
Donald "Budd" Eggers 1994-2008
Gary Hutchcraft 2009-2014
Matthew Morrell 2014-2017
Sherri Thackham 2018-
Managers
M.M. Moulton 1918-1919
Chester Edwards 1919
Fred D. Pyle 1920-1922
W.C. Muldrow 1922-1931
Frank Maupin 1931-1942
Jean Mitchell 1942-1943
Vera Franklin 1944
Frank Mason 1945-1959
Arnold Mansky 1960-1966
Claude McCormick 1966-1968
Ingval Sunford 1968-1989
Timothy Mainwaring 1989-1995
John Miller 1996-2001
Larry Fox 2001-2009
Keith Martin 2009-2012
Joel Teeley 2012-2015
Howard Ellison 2015-2018
Clancy Flynn 2018-2021
Curt Strifert 2021-