Hello, Beaverton neighbors.
I am running to serve the City of Beaverton on the Beaverton City Council.
Think of this: Beautiful Beaverton. Bold Beaverton. Generous, Visionary, Successful, Desirable, Innovative, and Proud Beaverton. Some of these adjectives fit our community like a glove. Others we’re just growing into. But we should be working to deserve all of these ambitious descriptions, because Beaverton is a great community with great potential for more. The many citizens who participated in the city’s recent visioning sessions – including me - had a chance to step back and reflect with an open mind about the city. What great assets do we have? What do we want to have in the future? How do we get there?
When you take the time to think about these questions, without cynicism or prejudice, you will see, as I and many others have, that this city is bursting with opportunity. I think we’ve earned the right to be proud – now we need to show it.
I have lived or worked in Beaverton for most of the 18 years I've lived in Oregon. Throughout those years I've contributed time and energy as a volunteer to help improve my community. I've served Beaverton residents in a number of ways - on the Planning Commission, the Committee for Citizen Involvement, and lately as a representative to the Joint Water Commission. I help my NAC, I help the Chamber of Commerce, and I help the city and its partners with a number of its public events and projects. I do this because I love Beaverton, and am very happy to give my time.
Experienced and Ready for Change
Beaverton has elected a new Mayor, and now will elect a new Councilor. I want to serve as your new Councilor because there are many important goals, projects, and issues for Beaverton to tackle in the next few years, and I am prepared to get the vital work done. I offer the experience and leadership skills gained over my long professional and volunteer career. I believe leaders and citizens alike have to work together, even when they have real differences of opinion about issues. I listen, I gather facts, I work to get people talking through the issues. Leadership often requires coming to conclusions that aren't your own first choice. Leadership requires constant focus on the goal.
Beaverton has a storied and outstanding history. I will respect that history as we build a new future for the city. We have great neighborhoods, great schools, great parks, and a great new vision for the heart of our community. I’ll work to achieve the vibrant core that we all hope to see realized in Beaverton. I’ll insist on high quality development, and will work to attract good new employers that add to our quality of life while respecting our environment. At the same time, we must pay careful attention to improving transportation, to maintaining robust infrastructure, and to enhancing our popular places.
Committed to Beaverton's Future
I love living and working in the City of Beaverton, and I love the whole of Washington County. This is one of the finest places in the country to live, and I will work to my utmost to keep it that way. I commit to continuous improvement in Beaverton's efficient government, safe neighborhoods, jobs and economy, arts and social culture, transportation, and environment.
I look forward to adding my experience to that of our new Mayor and the other Councilors. The people of Beaverton deserve elected leaders who do their work with responsibility, professionalism, and a thoughtful eye toward the future. I will be that kind of leader for Beaverton. It will be good, hard work, and I relish the prospect.
Please lend me your support and your vote in the November 4 election. Thank you!
Marc San Soucie
Community Support
This list just keeps growing every day. Thank you to everyone who has offered their support and encouragement.
Rob Drake, Mayor of Beaverton
Denny Doyle, Beaverton City Councilor
Catherine Arnold, Beaverton City Councilor
Cathy Stanton, Beaverton City Councilor
Karen Cunningham, Beaverton School District Board
Clark Balfour, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue District Board
Joe Blowers, Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District Board
Tom Brian, Chair, Washington County Board of Commissioners
Dick Schouten, Washington County Commissioner
Suzanne Bonamici, State Senator
David Kamin, 5 Oaks Triple Creek NAC Chair
Charles Wilson, Central Beaverton NAC Chair
Alton Harvey, Sr., Neighbors Southwest NAC Chair
Bill Young, former Beaverton Mayor, Highland NAC Chair
F. Ray Bowman, Denney Whitford/Raleigh West NAC Chair
Jim Persey, Greenway NAC Chair
Rhonda Coakley, Sexton Mountain NAC Chair
George Russell, South Beaverton NAC, former Deputy Superintendent, Beaverton School District
Sharon Dunham, Sexton Mountain NAC
Karin Olson, West Beaverton NAC
John Hooson, 5 Oaks Triple Creek NAC
Jim McCreight, Past President, Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce and Beaverton Arts Commission
Ramona and Bob Crocker
Bill and Wendy Kroger
David G. Bishop, Beaverton Police Chief
Forrest Soth, former City Councilor
Dan Maks, Planning Commission Chair
Eric Schmidt, Committee for Citizen Involvement Chair
Don Walton, Budget Committee Chair
Jolene Guptill, Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Chair
Stephen Thompson, Beaverton Arts Foundation Board
Eric Johansen, Planning Commission
Jack Platten, Planning Commission
Ric Stephens, Planning Commission
Scott Winter, Planning Commission
Ian King, Budget Committee
Chris Harker, State Representative, CEO of Cayuse Software
Randy Goodrich, co-founder, Passport Online, Inc.
Todd Sheaffer, Specht Development, Inc.
Beaverton Community Experience
Beaverton Planning Commission, Jan 2007 to present
Joint Water Commission, Commissioner representing Beaverton, Jul 2008 to present
Beaverton Committee for Citizen Involvement, At-large member, Jan 2006 to present
Beaverton Urban Renewal Charter Amendment Task Force, Chair, Jul-Aug 2008
Beaverton Development Code Advisory Committee, Planning Commission representative, 2007
Beaverton Downtown Parking Strategy Study, Planning Commission representative, 2007
Beaverton CCI representative to County Committee for Citizen Involvement,
Jan 2006 to present
Beaverton 5 Oaks / Triple Creek NAC - Member, 2005 to present
Washington County Experience
Washington County Planning Commission,
Sep 2006 to present, Chair Jul 2008 to present
Washington County Committee for Citizen Involvement,
Member, 1993-1995, Co-Chair 1994-1995
CPO-7, Bethany/Rock Creek, Member 1990-present
Washington County Capital Projects Committee, Chair, 1994-1995
Professional Experience
San Soucie Consulting; Principal, Mar 2007 - present
Passport Online, Inc., Beaverton; Vice President, Engineering and Content, Sep 2001 – Mar 2006
ShareThis, Inc., Portland; Vice President, Engineering, Jan 2000 – May 2001
GemStone Systems, Inc., Beaverton; 1990-2000; Chief Technology Officer and Engineering Manager
Wang Laboratories, Inc., Lowell MA; Software Engineer and Manager, 1980-1990
Education
B.A. Physics and Music, Dartmouth College, 1978
M.A. Music Composition, University of California, San Diego, 1980
