City Council Experience 1990 to 2004

• Richland City Council – 1990 - Present
• Mayor Pro-Tem - 1994 – 1996
• Mayor (two successive two-year terms) - 1996 - 2000 

Larry Haler’s City Council Board and Commission assignments have been and currently are:

• Board of Directors Community Action Council 1990 – 1993
• Council Liaison Economic Development Board 1990 - 1993
• Board of Directors Tri-Cities Science Park 1990-1992
• Vice Chair, Benton-Franklin Council of Governments 1994 -1996,
• Benton-Franklin Board of Health, Board Member 1992- 1996 and 2000-Present
• Chair, Benton-Franklin Health Board 1995 - 1996,
• Chair, Benton County Growth Management Policy Committee 1994- 1995
• Richland Parks & Recreation Commission, Council Liaison 2002 - 2004
• Member of the City Council Sub-Committee on Capital Improvement Projects 2002,
• City of Richland and City of Kennewick Sub-Committee on consolidation of municipal services and cooperation on economic development projects 2003 – Present
• Member of the City Council Sub-Committee on Line Item Budget Review 2004,
• Council liaison Richland Planning Commission 2004- Present 
• Yakima Salmon Recovery Board 2001 – 2004
• Chair, Hanford Communities 1996 – 2000 and 2002 - Present

 Larry Haler has served and continues to serve on the following local, regional, and National committees that promote sound economic growth and development.

• TRIDEC Board of Directors 1998- 1999
• Chamber Alliance Legislative Group – Olympia, Washington – February 2003
• Chair, Richland Central Business District Partners 1996 - 2001
• National League of Cities Community & Economic Development Steering Committee 1994-2000
• Chair, National League of Cities Community and Economic Development Steering Committee – 1999
• National League of Cities Board of Directors 2000 – 2002
• National League of Cities Advisory Council 2002 to Present
• National League of Cities Board of Directors and Advisory Council Liaison to the Community and Economic Development Steering Committee 2000 to Present  
• Chair, Public Finance Panel - National League of Cities – 2003
• Public Finance Panel member – 2004
• Democratic Governance Committee member – 2004

 Community and Church Service

• Atomic City Kiwanis Club, 1989 to Present
• President, Atomic City Kiwanis Club, 1994-1996 
• Board of Directors, Shalom Ecumenical Council 1996 - 1997
• United Way Campaign Chair for Fluor Hanford Company 2001
• Richland Chamber of Commerce
• Co-Chair, Eastern Washington Water Summits I & II - 1999 and 2000
• Board of Directors Member, Eastern Washington Water Alliance 2000 to Present
• Selective Service Board (A09) – Appointed by Governor Lock and President Bush 2002
• Board of Directors, Richland Lutheran Church Foundation 1996 to Present
• Chair, Richland Lutheran Church Foundation 2003 to Present

Education

Larry Haler graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Liberal Arts. 

 He has a Masters Degrees in Business Administration (MBA) from City University, which he received in 2001. 

 Professional Background

Larry Haler has 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry.  Larry currently is employed by the Fluor Hanford Company working in the Spent Nuclear Fuels Project as a Senior Training Specialist and Operations Engineer. 

 Personal

Larry and his wife Jenifer (Leitz) Haler have lived in the Tri-Cities for 30 years.  Jenifer Haler has taught in the Richland School District as an elementary school teacher for 30 years and was named “An Outstanding Educator” in 2003 by the West Richland Chamber of Commerce.  Jenifer is a life long Richland resident and her family ancestry includes being part of one of eastern Washington States’ Pioneer families who settled the Palouse region of our state.