Joan Probala

Joan is a community volunteer, activist and business owner who has spent many years working with city, state and federal officials to promote the interests of the business community. As President of the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce, she worked with community and business leaders to foster a relationship with the city to strengthen the economic vitality of the community.
For her work on many projects she was recognized as Issaquah’s Business Person of the Year.
She presently serves as the Chair of the city’s Planning Policy Commission and, until recently, Chair of the Arts Commission. As a member of the City’s Sister Cities Commission, Joan joined the city’s delegations to Morocco and to Norway which sought to build business and educational opportunities between the countries. Across Cultures is an organization which seeks to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of reciprocal cultural, professional, and educational exchanges. Joan was honored to be among the delegations to the Baltics and to Egypt to foster relationships and to provide guidance to women in the beginning stages of creating women owned businesses.
Joan has been a Realtor for 25 years and was honored to serve as President of the 6000 member Seattle King County Association of Realtors. Serving on the Realtor Legislative Steering Committee has opened opportunities to take business concerns directly to state legislators as well as directly to our representative in Washington DC.
As a Board member of the Downtown Issaquah Association, Joan is working to find creative ways to stimulate business in the core of the city while providing guidance to ensure the safety of the community.