• Mo Malakoutian

    Councilmember 1/1/24-12/31/27
    Deputy Mayor 1/2/24-12/31/25

    Mo Malakoutian was elected to the City Council in November 2023, for a four-year term starting in 2024. At his first meeting, his colleagues elected him deputy mayor for 2024 and 2025.

    The council member served one and a half terms on the Planning Commission, from 2018 until he took office as a member of the council. He chaired the commission at one point. In 2008, Mo immigrated to Washington from Iran to earn a doctorate in structural engineering at the University of Washington. He moved to Bellevue in 2013.

    Mo’s priorities include affordable housing, public safety, efficient transportation options, sustainability and equity. His council assignments include representing the council on the King County Cities Climate Collaboration and the Mental Illness Drug Dependency steering and advisory committees. He is Planning Commission and Youth Link Board liaison.

    Mo has over 20 years of experience in construction, engineering, academia and the tech industry. He is a senior program manager at Amazon and an affiliate assistant professor (part-time) at the University of Washington, in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department. He also serves on the board of Wellspring Family Services.

    In addition to his doctorate in engineering, Mo also earned an MBA from UW's Foster School of Business.

    Council Assignments and Appointments

    • King County Cities Climate Collaboration
    • Sound Cities Association Deputy Mayors/Council Presidents
    • Mental Illness Drug Dependency Steering Committee
    • Mental Illness Drug Dependency Advisory Committee
    • Planning Commission Liaison
    • Youth Link Board Liaison

    Community Service

    • Planning Commission (2018-2023)
    • Wellspring Family Services Board

    Employment

    • Senior Program Manager, Amazon 
    • Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering
    • Inwestco LLC, Owner
    • Alisaz International Co., Manager

    Education

    • University of Washington Foster School of Business, Master of Business Administration  
    • University of Washington, Doctor of Philosophy, Structural Engineering 
    • Amirkabir University of Technology, Master of Science, Structural Engineering
    • K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering