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Charting a course

for success

 

 

Pete Butkus

Professional History

  • Butkus Consulting, Inc, Vice President
  • Assistant City Manager, City of Sammamish
  • Administrative Services Director, City of Sammamish
  • Executive Director, Washington State Public
    Works Board (Public Works Trust Fund/Drinking Water State Revolving Fund)
  • Mayor, City of Pullman
  • Police Officer, City of Pullman

Education

  • Strategic Leadership for State Executives, Harvard University
  • Cascade Public Management Program, University of Washington
  • Master of Adult and Continuing Education, Washington State University
  • Batchelor of Science, Criminal Justice, Washington State University

Instructor/Lecturer/Panelist

Pete has worked with many professional and government service delivery organizations.  His work includes a broad range of environmental finance, public process, innovation and creativity, capital finance, customer service focus, governance models, and financing options under interlocal agreements.  

    Organizations include:

  • American Water Works Association
  • Washington State Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Council
  • American Public Works Association
  • US EPA/Environment Canada/World Bank
  • Cooperative Extension Service, USDA  
  • US Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR)
  • Local governments in Washington State
  • King County Police Oversight Committee ( King County and 12 Cities, contracting for police services)
  • Kitsap County Regional Coordinating Council

Awards and Recognitions

  • Teamwork Incentive Award, State of WA, 2000
  • Public Works Leader of the Year, American Public Works Association – WA Chapter, 1997
  • Governor’s Distinguished Sustaining Leadership Award, State of WA, 1995
  • State and Local Government Innovations Award, Semi-Finalist, The Ford Foundation and Harvard University, 1990
  • Innovations Award, Council of State Governments, 1988
  • Intergovernmental Relations Award, American Public Works Association – WA Chapter, 1988

Publications

  • “Financing Small Water Systems in the 21st Century,” Journal of the American Water Works Association, with Beth Ytell Kang, February 2000
  • Aide Memoir, Management Practices and Recommendations for Strengthening (of the) Russian National Pollution Fund.  US EPA in cooperation with Environment Canada and the World Bank.  May 1993
  • Capital Improvement Planning Manual, Washington State Department of Community Development, with Alice Lee, February 1987 .

Personal

  • Washington State native
  • Has lived and worked on both sides of the state
  • Enjoys fishing, hiking and amateur astronomy

 

 

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