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Betty Sue Morris' Biography

Elected/Business Experience

  • High School Teacher (four years)
  • Monthly Newspaper Editor (five years)
  • News Reporter - The Oregonian (three years)
  • Community Affairs Director, Southwest Washington Medical Center (two years)
  • District Assistant, U.S. Congressman Don Bonker (five years)
  • Washington State Representative, District 18 (eight years):
    • Chair, Corrections Committee two years
    • Ranking Minority on Finance (two years)
    • Vice-chair Fish and Wildlife Committee, 1989-1992
    • Governor’s Revenue Forecast Council
    • Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission
  • Commissioner District 1 - Clark County Board of Commissioners Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 2004
    • Past President, Washington State Association of Counties
    • C-Tran Board
    • Chair, Regional Transportation Council
    • Clark County Board of  Health
    • North Country Emergency Services Board
    • Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board
  • Wife, Mother, and Homemaker (40 years)

Awards

  • Woman of Achievement 2005, YWCA/Clark College
  • Citizen of the Year 2004, Clark County Realtors Association
  • Outstanding Local Elected Official of the Year 2004, National Home Builders Association  
  • Named one of Clark County's Most Powerful Women, 2007

Community Activities

  • Vancouver Rotary
  • Vancouver Symphony Board of Directors
  • Clark County League of Women Voters
  • First United Methodist Church

Former Activities

  • Columbia Art Center Board of Directors
  • SWIFT Board of Directors
  • Southwest Washington Medical Center Foundation Board of Directors

Education

B.S. in Education
University of Missouri

Masters in Education
University of Portland


Betty Sue Morris Biography (PDF - 9K)

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