David Rymph

David has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, spending his professional career in public service, working at every level of government, including municipal urban planning agencies, a regional mental health provider, a state level research center on life in Appalachia, and 20 years in federal service working for the Peace Corps, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. For several years, David was an active leader in the Society for Applied Anthropology and the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists. Since retiring in 2003, David has lived in Port Townsend, Washington with his wife Dr. Linda Little, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist. During that time, he continued his public service by focusing on the problem of affordable housing, first as a member of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity, then as a Commissioner for the Housing Authority of Jefferson County, as Chair of HAPN (the Housing Action Plan Network, a city task force on affordable housing) and now as a Commissioner for the Peninsula Housing Authority serving both Clallam and Jefferson Counties. David is an active member of the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Port Townsend. A central tenet of his faith is a belief that this year the Seattle Mariners will make the playoffs