E-mail address: illaheeportthree@gmail.com

Jeffrey Rupert
First appointed 10/12/22 to fill the remainder of Amer Bartz’s term. – term expires December 31, 2029

E-mail address:  illaheeport2@gmail.com

Eric Hall
Elected 11/20/22  – term expires December 31, 2027

E-mail address: illaheeportone@gmail.com

Commissioners’ Biographies

James Aho

• I moved to Kitsap County in 1969 and 10 years later decided I wanted to live in Illahee and have been here ever since.
• I am a professional engineer having worked for the Navy and as a consultant for over 40 years, and am now retired.
• I am an active member of the Illahee Preserve Stewardship Committee, and board member of the Illahee Forest Preserve and the Illahee Community group (both non-profits).
• I have been an advocate for Illahee beginning when commercial fish pens were approved north of the dock (and successfully appealed). When high zoning densities became an issue I volunteered to be an Illahee Citizen Advisory Group member and helped write the Illahee Community Plan. I help promote the film “Illahee – Saving Puget Sound One Watershed at a Time”, and volunteer to keep up the Illahee Preserve and help acquire adjacent properties to the Preserve when they become available.
• I am also a regular contributor to the illaheecommunity.com website that was created by the Port of Illahee years ago to provide a place where Port and Illahee Community information can be shared.

Jeffrey Rupert

Jeffrey Rupert Bio

Eric Hall

Born and raised amidst the steel mills and bridges of Pittsburgh, I joined the US Air Force in 2006. In three years, I quickly rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant amid numerous destinations from Japan to Afghanistan as a Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory technician. I left in 2014 to pursue my own path.

In 2017, I was drawn by the allure of the booming tech industry in Seattle. I already had a large group of friends that lived out here and they all couldn’t stop raving about the area. The vast waterways, Mt. Rainier, and mountain sports were other big factors in why I wanted to move out here. I moved to Illahee in 2020 as a way to get out of the city and get back to my outdoor roots. During my time in the Air Force, I embraced my love of computers and programming and focused on learning as much as I could about computer programming. I’ve now turned that into my career and I’m fortunate that I get to work from home where my dog, Dexter, sits by my side while I work on database code at City University of Seattle.

But life isn’t all algorithms for me. When I step away from the keyboard, I find solace in the simple pleasures. Exercising with my dog, snowboarding in the mountains, and traveling around the world with my girlfriend are among my favorite things to do.

I hope to be a conduit for this district’s residents and raise their concerns to whoever might listen. I believe Illahee has a chance to prosper as one of the great small ports if we can build the proper infrastructure to support it. I will work tirelessly to enact that vision and provide this community with the resources to succeed.