About Christine

In addition to being Representative for the 23rd District, Christine is a wife and mother of two school-aged daughters. She and her husband, Leonard, an attorney, moved to Kitsap County in 1992 and purchased a historic farmhouse on Bainbridge Island.

Prior to being elected to the State Legislature in 2006, Christine was twice elected to the Bainbridge Island City Council and served two terms as council chair. Christine served as the City’s representative to the Kitsap County Regional Council and the Kitsap County Board of Health; and, as a Kitsap County alternate on the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Puget Sound Economic Development District. Christine's public service includes a 2005 appointment to the Kitsap County Public Facilities District and a role on the Citizen Advisory Board of the Kitsap County Community Development Block Grant Program (2002-2004).

In the early 1990's, Christine worked as an open space program coordinator and watershed planner with the Kitsap County Department of Community Development.  With a background in both economics and environmental policy, Christine is consistently able to bring together diverse points of view to create viable, commensense solutions.

Christine counseled Northwest businesses and organizations on humanitarian assistance and commercial opportunities overseas as a business development officer with the United States Agency for International Development.  Christine also served in the United States Embassy in Moscow during her tenure with the United States Agency for International Development. 

Christine earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Christine continues to be active member of the community and is dedicated to giving time to young people and working to improve and preserve the quality of life in Kitsap County.  She is involved with Girl Scouts, teaches Sunday school at Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, and volunteers at her daughters' schools.  She serves on the Board of Kitsap Community Resources and the Advisory Board of Washington Community Assisted Self-Help Program (CASH), a non-profit dedicated to promoting new small businesses. She is a member of the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Kitsap League of Women Voters, and the Navy League.  Additionally, she is a member of the Peninsula Conservancy and Bainbridge Island Land Trust.