Cassie Franklin

Cassie Franklin has an extensive work experience in various roles and organizations. Cassie started their career as Assistant to the Director at Lewis and Clark College in Munich from 1993 to 1998. Cassie then worked as a Program Specialist at Northwest Network for Youth from 2000 to 2002. After that, Cassie served as the Development Director at Northwest Organization for Animal Help from 2002 to 2004, and as the Development Manager at PAWS - Progressive Animal Welfare Society from 2004 to 2005. Cassie then joined Cocoon House as the Director of Development and Community Relations from 2005 to 2009. Cassie also worked at Wonderland Developmental Center as the Development Director from 2010 to 2011. Cassie then became the Deputy Director at Cocoon House for a few months in 2011 before being promoted to the position of CEO, which they held until 2016. Finally, Cassie Franklin joined the City of Everett, WA, where they initially served as a City Council Member from 2016 to 2018 before being appointed as Mayor in 2018.

Cassie Franklin completed their Bachelor's degree in Psychology and German Studies at Lewis & Clark College from 1989 to 1993. Cassie then pursued their Master's Studies in Psychology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München from 1993 to 1999.