• Anacortes School System
• Anacortes High School Graduate
• BS University of Washington Sigma Nu Fraternity
• Advanced Certificate of Municipal Leadership AWC

Community Service

• Past Chairman of the Skagit Council of Governments
• Past Member Anacortes Lions Club
• Anacortes Reserve Police Officer 1981-1983
• Anacortes Board of Adjustment 1984-1987
• Service on the Anacortes City Council Appointed in 1986 – Ward 3
• Elected in 1987 to a four-year term – Ward 3
• Elected Mayor of Anacortes – four year term November 1993
• Ran unopposed and was elected to second four-year term of office November 1997
• Elected to a third four-year term of office November 2001
• Elected to a fourth four-year term of office November 2005. Current term ends 2009
• Chairman of the Skagit Council of Governments and the Skagit Regional Transportation and Planning Organization
• Skagit Transit Board of Directors
• Advisory Board – Skagitonians to Preserve Farmlands
• Board of Directors for Boys and Girls Clubs of Skagit County
• Skagit County's Elected Representative to the Coalition to End Homelessness

Mayor

Dean Maxwell