Leadership Experience & Community Involvement
Kathy has a long history of leadership & public service to Sebastopol and Sonoma county.
Dog Park at Ragle Ranch Park and formed a Board to see it completed. They worked 6 years to see it come to fruition. As an avid dog lover, many know Kathy as the originator of the Doxies on Parade, now in it’s 19 year, in the Apple Blossom Parade.
- Mayor in 1997
City Council from 1996 – 2000. - Planning Commission from 1992 – 1996
- Design Review Board in 1992.
- Business Representative for the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District’s Advisory Board from 1994-1998 and was Chair in 1998.
Dog Park at Ragle Ranch Park and formed a Board to see it completed. They worked 6 years to see it come to fruition. As an avid dog lover, many know Kathy as the originator of the Doxies on Parade, now in it’s 19 year, in the Apple Blossom Parade.
Painting by Kathy Austin
Besides being an architect Kathy is a fine artist and member of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Visual Arts Committee. She has shown her work locally as well as in other venues across the county. She is looking forward to working with the Visual Arts Committee on exhibits in the new home of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts at the Veterans Building.