Deputy Mayor Rose Clark was first elected to the Burien City Council (Position 5) in November 1999, serving one term through 2003, elected to another term in 2005, and re-elected in November 2009. She has been elected by her fellow Councilmembers to serve her seventh term as Deputy Mayor in 2010.

Rose’s community service prior to the Council includes two years on the Burien Planning Commission, from 1995 to 1997. She is also a King County Landmarks Commissioner and served as a Service Area Vice President of the Highline Council PTSA. Rose was the founder and is currently a member of the Des Moines Memorial Drive Restoration Committee. She also has been an environmental activist for more than 30 years.

Rose has lived in the Burien area for more than four decades and while raising her children she volunteered in soccer, Little League, Girl Scouts, Blue Birds, and Boy Scouts. She currently works as a library technician at Tyee High School.