Making Democracy Work

About the League

What is our mission? How are we structured? What is our history?

What We Do  Our Mission  Officers and Board of Directors  Committee Charters  Member Handbook

What We Do

See this background about the League of Women Voters of Tacoma-Pierce County and our 2017-18 program. Back to League 2017

We are organized as shown here to achieve our goals. Click here to see a larger version of this diagram. Take a look at this for more information.

Our Mission and Roles

The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government. It influences public policy through education and advocacy. We never support or oppose any political party or candidate.

The League of Women Voters has two separate and distinct roles.

  • Voters Service/Citizen Education: we present unbiased nonpartisan information about elections, the voting process, and issues.

  • Action/Advocacy: we are also nonpartisan, but, after study, we use our positions to advocate for or against particular policies in the public interest.

To conduct our voter service and citizen education activities, we use funds from the League of Women Voters Education Fund, which is a 501(c)(3) corporation, a nonprofit educational organization. The League of Women Voters, a membership organization, conducts action and advocacy and is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation.

Our Vision, Beliefs, and Intentions guide our activities.

Officers and Board of Directors

Officers:

Cynthia Stewart, President, stewdahl@comcast.net, 2017-2019

Charlene Franz, First Vice President, csffranz@yahoo.com, 2017-2019

Jacki Skaught, Second Vice President, jskaught@harbornet.com, 2018-2020

Julie Offner, Secretary, offner.julie@gmail.com, 2017-2019

Sharon Peace-Doane, Treasurer, hrdoane@comcast.net, 2018-2020

Directors:

Judy Payne, Education Fund Treasurer, judyann.payne@gmail.com, 2017-2019

Nancy Dahl, nancy.dahl@comcast.net, 2018-2020

Lyz Kurnitz-Thurlow, lyzkurnitz@harbornet.com, 2017-2019

Roxanne Miles, milespurpose2@comcast.net, 2017-2019

Ginny Peterson, ginnypete_1897@msn.com, 2018-2020

Julio Quan, julioquan1@gmail.com, 2018-2020

Our Committees

League members are encouraged to join one of our operating committees and engage in the work of our League. See the list of committees here. To join, notify League President Ruth Ann Hatchett, ruthann6257@msn.com, and let her know which committee you are interested in.

Member Handbook

This handbook, published annually, provides valuable information to members, including LWVT-PC bylaws, local positions, and more. Member Handbook