Mari Leavitt

Reps. Mari Leavitt and Christine Kilduff at bill signing for House Bill 1137, compensation increase for Washington National Guard members for wildland fire response. State Representative and Mari Leavitt is a mom, small business owner, education, former PTSA leader, and strong supporter of Washington’s military families. As a child of a military family and former human services administrator, Rep. Leavitt is well aware of the pressing needs for service-members, veterans, and their families including housing, child care, licensing for spouses to get to work, health care and behavioral health services, and other supports. Rep. Leavitt currently serves as Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and as a member of the National Committee for State Legislatures’ National Task Force for Military and Veterans Affairs. Mari joined the Washington State Legislature in January 2019 and immediately began working on priorities for her district. Her first law was a pay increase for Washington National Guard members who are called in for wildland fire response—the first pay increase for those Guard members who do that work in 30 years. She also established a cost of…