Commissioner Jean Pond began her term as a Commissioner in 2018. She and her family have been residents of Spokane – and Whitworth Water District #2 - since 1989. She has taught at Whitworth University since 1990, with courses including cell biology, anatomy and physiology, general microbiology, and infectious disease.

Commissioner Pond has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, and a doctorate in microbiology from the University of South Dakota. She has an on-going interest in water quality as it intersects with general environmental concerns, and regularly has her students make observations of the natural, microscopic inhabitants of the Little Spokane River. Outside of the biology classroom, Commissioner Pond serves as the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Passages Family Support, a local non-profit group. She also teaches private lessons in both modern and New Testament Greek.