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Council Member Denise McCluskey
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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