Résumé

Legislative Assistant, Office of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Washington, DC.

Legislative Assistant, City of Seattle, Utilities Committee, Seattle, WA, 1977-1978.

Legislative Analyst, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 1978-1980.

Policy Director, City of Seattle, Legislative Department, Seattle, WA, 1980-1983.

Executive Directory, City of Seattle, Legislative Department, Seattle, WA, 1983- 1987.

Director, City of Seattle, Solid Waste Utility, Seattle, WA, 1987-1992.

City Budget Director, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, 1992-1995. She worked in this position under Mayor Norm Rice (born 1943), who was Mayor of Seattle between 1990 and 1997.

Superintendent, City of Seattle, Water Department, 1995-1996.

Director, City of Seattle, Seattle Public Utilities Department, Seattle, WA, 1997-2002. As noted on the Seattle Municipal Archives web site: "Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) was created in 1997 when the water, solid waste, drainage, and wastewater utilities from the Engineering and Water departments were merged with the Engineering Services Division of the Engineering Department and the Customer Service Call Center and Construction Engineering Sections of City Light." (See Seattle Municipal Archives.gov, "City Officials," accessed 02/21/2020.) She resigned when Mayor Greg Nickels (born 1955) took office in 2002. Gale was succeeded by Charles C. Clarke, who served from 2002-2009 in this position. .

Teaching

Senior Lecturer of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, Seattle, WA

Senior Lecture Emeritus of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, Seattle, WA

Professional Activities

Recipient, Wellesley College, Alumnae Achievement Awards, Wellesley, MA, 1993.

Recipient, Governing Magazine, one of America’s Public Officials of the Year award, Washington, DC, 11/17/1998.

Member, Washington State Recycling Association (WSRA), Hall of Fame, 2002.

College

B.A., History and Political Science, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 1963.

M.U.P, University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA.

Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1981. Gale worked with Prof. John Hancock, among others, while at the UW. He doctoral dissertation was entitled: The Politics of School Finance Reform in Washington State, 1975-1979.

Spouse

Gale has married twice. She first married Dr. James Gale. He was an epedemiology professor at the University of Washington.

She wed Jerry Hillis in 2001. Hillis worked as a land-use attorney.