Mary Jo Newhouse served as the President of the King County Law Library Foundation from 2019-2021. She received her law degree from the University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) and spent her career practicing law in Seattle, primarily focusing on health care. Prior to law school, she earned her BSN from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and worked as a nurse at Children’s Hospital in Seattle. She and her husband live in Montlake, where they raised their three children. Mary Jo enjoys spending time with her adult children and grandchildren, as well as reading, baking (especially fruit tarts and pies), photography, and sewing.