Mayor Victoria Woodards

As Mayor of Tacoma, Victoria Woodards is an equity champion focused on transformational efforts that improve public engagement and trust in government and highlight the livability of Tacoma. She has brought focus and resources to local community while expanding her involvement in regional and national efforts related to homelessness and affordable housing, public safety, support for youth and families, growing local business, and the creation of family wage jobs.

Under her leadership, the City appointed members to its first Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, launched Compassionate Tacoma to recognize acts of compassion and service in our community, established the South Sound Housing Affordability Partners to regionally address affordable housing, and started a paid Introduction to Healthcare Apprenticeship Pathways pilot that guides equitable workforce development to this day. She has also worked to more fully engage the City’s youth in community decisions that impact them every day, by expanding Student Government Day and establishing the City’s first Youth Commission.