Term Date
January 2024 to December 2027
City Council Service Boards
- Northwest Clean Air Agency (NCAA) Board of Directors
- City of Oak Harbor ARPA Ad Hoc Committee
Biography
A resident of Oak Harbor since 1985, Tara Hizon is a graduate of Oak Harbor High School and has been an active community volunteer since her early teens.
Tara is currently serving her second term on Council, where she encourages a high level of communication and community involvement. Her leadership philosophy is to embrace technology and cultivate responsible, long term solutions through proactive planning. She is certified in Advanced Municipal Leadership.
Tara is employed full-time at Island County Human Services as the Community Coalition Coordinator for the Oak Harbor Youth Coalition, which focuses on substance abuse prevention. She holds a certification in Prevention Science and serves on the Interpersonal Abuse training workgroup, WA Association for Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention, and the Youth Marijuana Prevention and Education Program strategic planning committee.
In addition to advocating for local youth, Tara volunteers for a number of organizations and events, including:
- Driftwood Days
- Hydros for Heroes
- Island County Department of Emergency Management
- National Night Out
- Oak Harbor Public Schools
- Oak Harbor Music Festival
- Point in Time homeless count
- Queer Pride on Whidbey
- Seattle Pride Foundation
- United Way of Island Co
Passionate about youth, the environment and the arts, she can frequently be found both on and off stage at the Whidbey Playhouse, participating in beach clean-up efforts, or beachcombing with her two nieces.