Steve Stuart

Background

About Steve Stuart

Steve Stuart joined the City of Ridgefield as City Manager in April 2014, after ten years serving as a Clark County Commissioner. For more than two decades, his career has focused on public service – especially helping communities manage the challenges and opportunities of growth – around the Pacific Northwest. As a City Manager, Steve participated as Association of Washington Cities representative on multiple workgroups discussing reforms to WA Growth Management Act (AWC Housing Solutions Workgroup, WA Growth Policy Reform Taskforce) and is currently serving on the WA State Comprehensive Climate Action Plan Advisory Committee. Recognition of Steve’s work for healthy communities include the 2002 statewide award for leadership promoting growth management for a better Washington, the 2013 Southwest Washington Statesman of the Year Award, and the 2018 Daily Journal of Commerce Public Official of the Year. Steve holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Business and Sociology from Linfield University, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oregon with a Certificate in Environmental and Land Use Law.