On Tuesday, November 14, Snohomish County Auditor Carolyn Weikel was presented with the Executive Director's Award by the Washington Association of County Officials (WACO) at their board meeting in Seattle. The award was presented to Weikel for actively seeking input from WACO members in an effort to bring cohesion to the organization. Her efforts resulted in securing resources for WACO's legislative advocacy efforts and improving WACO's membership communication strategy which included a restructuring of the WACO webpage and a resurrection of the Courthouse journal. She also worked to elevate and improve the WACO organization by supporting funding for new education opportunities for WACO members.