Position 3
Term Expires: 12/31/09
mburleigh@ci.kirkland.wa.us
425-587-3001 (Council Office)
425-587-3019 (Fax)
Mary-Alyce Burleigh has served on the Kirkland City Council since January 2002. Previously, she served a two-year term as Mayor starting January 2004.
After earning a B.A. in History and Education from Washington State University in 1964, Ms. Burleigh began teaching high school history/government at Burlington-Edison High School. She moved to Redmond High School in 1966 where she spent the rest of her teaching career before retiring in 1995, with the exception of 1977-78 which she spent teaching in London, England as a Fulbright Scholar.
Since moving to Kirkland in 1974, Council Member Burleigh has been very active in the Kirkland community. She was a two-term member and Chair of the Kirkland Planning Commission, founder and first President of the North Rose Hill Neighborhood Association, as well as founder and co-Chair of the Kirkland Alliance of Neighborhoods. Her other activities include past President of the Board of the Northshore Senior Center, Chair of the Northshore Adult Day Center Advisory Board, member of two Kirkland Park Bond Committees and member of the I-405 Citizens Committee.
Current Committee Assignments: Public Safety Committee, Legislative Task Force, Solid Waste/Houghton Transfer Station Task Force, Bridle Trails Park Foundation liaison, Northshore Health & Wellness Project liaison, and Senior Council liaison.
Regional Representation: Sound Transit Board, Sound Transit Finance Committee, Suburban Cities Association Board and Chair of the SCA Public Issues Committee, Cascade Alliance Board, Eastside Transportation Partnership, Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board, Association of Washington Cities Representative to the Shorelines Hearings Board, AWC Legislative Committee Chair, AWC Community Safety and Justice Committee, AWC Representative on the House of Representatives Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Working Group.