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Committee confirms Martin Morris to Museum of Flight Authority board
Summary
The Government Accountability and Oversight Committee voted to forward proposed motion 2024-0399 confirming Harry M. Martin Morris to the Museum of Flight Authority board for a partial term ending Dec. 31, 2026; Morris said he wants to increase access to aviation for underrepresented youth.
The Government Accountability and Oversight Committee voted on Jan. 14, 2025 to recommend confirmation of the executive's appointment of Harry M. Martin Morris to the Museum of Flight Authority board of directors (proposed motion 2024-0399). The committee moved the appointment onto the council’s consent agenda for full council signature.
Gene Paul of council staff summarized the appointment materials and the authority’s structure, saying the appointment would fill a partial term expiring Dec. 31, 2026 and that the Authority is an independent legal entity governed by its charter and bylaws. He noted the Authority’s seven-member board includes three at-large appointees, three nominees from the Museum of Flight Board of Trustees and one nominee from the Board of Directors.
The appointee, Harry M. Martin Morris, told the committee his interest is rooted in using the museum and aviation to expand opportunity. “The main reason is for the very thing you just stated, the importance of aviation in this community,” Morris said, adding that he has worked to “get young people of color into private pilot ground school for free” through a charitable trust and that he is a pilot himself.
Paul and Linda King, vice president of finance and administration at the Museum of Flight, described Morris's background: a long career in software development at Boeing (including customer-support software tools), service as an elected member of the Seattle School Board from 2007 to 2015, and current roles on the Washington State Board of Education, the Washington State Charter Schools Commission and the Boeing Employees Flying Association Charitable Trust.
Linda King told the committee the Museum of Flight is beginning a 10-year strategic planning process that emphasizes access and education, and she said Morris served on the museum’s task force that shaped that plan. “Access is a very big portion of all that,” King said, describing the strategic-plan work and characterizing Morris as a contributor to that effort.
Council member Balducci praised Morris’s focus on outreach and job pathways and moved approval. The motion was recorded as moved by Council member Balducci; a second was not specified in the committee record. The clerk called the roll; Council member Balducci voted “Aye.” The committee recorded approval and moved the item forward subject to signature.
Committee members discussed potential regional outreach and agreed to consider a future briefing for the regional policy committee about the Museum of Flight’s education and workforce development work. No committee amendments or conditions were imposed on the appointment.
The committee’s action will be forwarded to the full county council on the consent agenda for signature.
