About the Board
The Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board (CAB) was established by the City Council (Ordinance 125324) to advise and make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on programs and services supported by the Sweetened Beverage Tax (SBT). To learn more about our work, click on the links below.
- CAB 2025 Workplan (last updated 5/8/2025)
- 2024 Briefing Book (history of the SBT, role of the CAB, and program highlights)
- CAB Rules, Policies, and Procedures (last updated February 2023)
- CAB Vision, Values, Budget Principles, and Meeting Agreements (last updated February 2023)
CAB Members
The Sweetened Beverage Tax Community Advisory Board is composed of 11 members who are passionate about race and social justice and committed to centering communities most impacted by health and economic inequities when advising the City and developing budget recommendations on programs and services supported by SBT revenue. Members must live or work in Seattle and are appointed by the Mayor or City Council into one of the following types of positions as defined in Ordinance 125324 (Section 4):
- Three members have experience implementing community-based programs dedicated to expanding healthy food access and food security;
- Two members represent populations who are disproportionally impacted by diseases related to the consumption of sugary drinks, with preference given to a parent of a student in the Seattle School District or a child in a Seattle-based early learning program, or a youth representative aged 16-24;
- Four members have expertise in public health and nutrition with experience managing, researching, or evaluating programs related to the health effects of consuming sugary beverages, particularly among children and their families;
- Two members have expertise in education and early learning, with an emphasis on learning from birth to age five.
Current Members:
| Name | Position No. | Position Title | Term Begin Date | Term End Date | Appointing Authority |
| New Appointment in Process | 1. | Food Access Representative | 9/1/2021 | 8/31/2025 | Council |
| Barbara Baquero | 2. | Food Access Representative | 9/1/2019 | 8/31/2023 | Mayor |
| New Appointment in Process | 3. | Food Access Representative | 9/1/2023 | 8/31/2027 | Mayor |
| Bilan Aden |
4. | Community Representative | 9/1/2019 | 8/31/2023 | Mayor |
| Tanika Thompson* | 5. | Community Representative | 9/1/2019 | 8/31/2023 | Council |
| New Appointment in Process | 6. | Public Health Representative | 9/1/2023 | 8/31/2027 | Council |
| New Appointment in Process | 7. | Public Health Representative | 9/1/2021 | 8/31/2025 | Council |
| Jen Moss*^ |
8. | Public Health Representative | 9/1/2021 | 8/31/2025 | Mayor |
| Barbara Rockey |
9. | Public Health Representative | 9/1/2021 | 8/31/2025 | Mayor |
| New Appointment in Process |
10. | Early Learning Representative | 9/1/2019 | 8/31/2023 | Council |
| Dan Torres^ | 11. | Early Learning Representative | 9/1/2021 | 8/31/2025 | Mayor |
*Co-chair
^Second term