Issaquah Mayor

Turning Your Business Idea into Reality Every so often, someone will stop me at a community event, after a meeting or while I’m out around town and ask how I ended up owning a small business. For those that don’t know, for the past 15 years, much of my professional life outside public service has been in the restaurant industry, focused on what I like to call the “healthy food groups.” I own five Ben & Jerry’s ice cream stores, a pizza restaurant and a coffee shop.

The Mullet family from left to right: Caroline, Isabel, Riley, Mark, Kelley, Davis, Eloise and Penelope. I still remember my first visit to Issaquah Highlands in 2005. I knew we had found our future home when I discovered a community that combined access to the outdoors, walkable retail and a great elementary school. Issaquah Highlands might be the largest homeowner association in the State of Washington, but it still feels like a small village to our family.