Council Member Denise McCluskey

Email Council Member McCluskey

Born in: Ontario, California

Family: University Place resident since 1989; married for 33 years with two grown children and four grandchildren.

Schooling

• AA in Arts and Business
• BA-Organizational Leadership: Chapman University
• MS-Human Resources Development: Chapman University
• AWC Elected Official and Advanced Elected Official trainings/certifications

Personal Interests

• Family
• Friends
• Politics
• Yoga
• Archery
• Art

Work-Related Leadership

• Achieved several company awards for project management and HR development that went above and beyond the call of duty for work that was completed in an exceptional manner
• Voted into the RMHS' Employee Excellence Hall of Fame
• Member of the National Association of Professional Women
• Member of the Strategic Human Resource Management Association with certification - Professional Human Resources (PHR)
• Former Regional Manager for RMHS
• Founder and President of Yoga Trek
• Vice-chair for Zoo Trek Authority
• Council representative for Pierce County Regional Council
• Yoga instructor for YMCA

Community Services

• Directions: Homeless Committee Member
• Yoga Instructor for Community Connections Place
• Girl Scout Woman of Distinction - 2017
• Business Examiner Woman of Distinction - 2013
• After-School Enhancement Instructor for drawing and ceramics (UP Primary)
• Awarded a City Proclamation for volunteerism from University Place
• Board member for Dance Theatre Northwest
• Boy Scouts 10 years (Leader, Committee Member, merit badge counselor)
• Business Advisory Committee for Pierce College (2 years)
• Chair of Capital Strategy Task Force in University Place (1 year)
• Conservation Futures Board Member
• Curran Cider Squeeze Volunteer
• Employee Excellence Hall of Fame - Richard Milburn High School
• Established a Servant Leadership Day Proclamation for teens earning their organization's highest awards
• Fund Raiser that sent Scouts on to extended excursions
• Gilda Club Fund Raiser
• Girls Scouts 22 years (Leader, Service Unit Manager, Gold Committee Member)
• Hess Park Committee PARCs Liaison (1 year)
• Homestead Park Volunteer
• PARK Commissioner for University Place (6 years)
• Parks Appreciation Day Facilitator (3 years)
• Planning Commissioner for University Place (3 years)
• Preservation Committees for Kobayashi, Colgate and Curran House
• PTSA Secretary
• Regional Center Advisory Committee member for University Place
• Skate Park and Ball Fields at Cirque Park
• Steering Committee to select the University Place Fire Chief
• Tahoma Audubon member
• Toastmasters (President, VP of Education and Area Leadership)
• United Way Fund Raiser