Always passionate about community and youth, Connie Ladenburg has consistently found ways to address these two subjects. Connie served two terms on the Tacoma City Council. She held the position of Deputy Mayor in 2005, and served on several Council Committees—as Chair of the Public Safety, Human Services and Education Committee and a member of the Community and Economic Development Committee, Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joint Municipal Action Committee. She represented the City of Tacoma on the Washington State Traffic Commission, the Puget Sound Economic Development District Committee, the Tacoma / Pierce County Board of Health, the Pierce County Law and Justice Council, the Executive Board of the Family Justice Center, the “Road Home” Leadership team (10-year plan to end chronic homelessness), and a member of the National League of Cities, as well as an alternate for the Law Enforcement Support Agency board and the Greater Seattle Trade Alliance.