The Normandy Park City Council has elected William ‘Clarke’ Brant to serve as mayor for 2012 – 2013.

Brant was first elected to the City Council in 2006 and, in November 2009, re-elected for a second term. He has served as mayor pro tem the past two years. Mr. Brant is a Navy veteran, a former patrol plane commander, aviation safety inspector-Air Carrier Operations-FAA, and is now retired from Delta Air Lines.

Brant earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington and a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound, School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law.) He is a former member of the A.L.P.A. Board of Directors and a past member of the Washington State Bar Association.

Brant and wife, Nancy, have lived in the community since 1979 and raised their two sons in Normandy Park.

The City Council also elected Doug Osterman to serve as mayor pro tem for 2012 – 2013.

Osterman was elected to the City Council in 2008 and recently re-elected for a second term. He is employed by King County as the watershed coordinator for the Green River, Duwamish River, and Central Puget Sound Salmon Habitat Recovery Team located in Seattle.

He holds a bachelor of science in Fish and Wildlife Management, Montana State University; a bachelor of science in Agricultural Land Resources, Montana State University and a master of regional planning, Washington State University.

Osterman and wife, Julie, have lived in Normandy Park over 15 years and have two sons, Mitchell and Anders.