November 11th: Speaker Mo Malakoutian

Speaker: Mo Malakoutian

About the Speaker

Mo Malakoutian serves as mayor, a role his City Council colleagues elected him to in January 2026. First elected to the council in November 2023, he served as deputy mayor for 2024 and 2025. He previously served one and a half terms on the Planning Commission, including as chair. Mo immigrated from Iran in 2008 to earn a doctorate in structural engineering at the University of Washington, and he holds an MBA from UW's Foster School of Business. With over 20 years in construction, engineering, academia, and tech, he is executive director of the UW Consulting and Business Development Center and serves on the board of Wellspring Family Services.