Community Action has lost one of its first Executive Directors.  Peter Simpson died suddenly on Thursday, April 16th at his home in Port Townsend.   He was 74.

 

Peter Simpson, to some, may be more known for his dedicated involvement with the Port Townsend Film Festival, but to Community Action, he was one ours.

 

After he and his wife, Pat, moved to Port Townsend in 1959, Peter became the first executive director of the Clallam-Jefferson Community Action Council (now OlyCAP), leading the organization from 1966-1968.  Inspired by the cataclysmic events of 1968, Peter was inspired to serve at the national level. He took a job with the Head Start program, and his family relocated to the Washington, D.C., area. After 10 years they returned to Port Townsend, where Peter once again assumed a leadership position at the Community Action Council, becoming its executive director for a second time, serving from 1981 to 1991.

 

As a man who truly believed in helping people and changing lives, Peter will be missed by all who knew him.

 

To read more about the life of Peter Simpson, click here.