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MI City Council honors Yuan as Community Member of the Year

Published 9:30 am Thursday, May 21, 2026

By Andy Nystrom anystrom@soundpublishing.com

Mercer Island City Council formally recognized Fan Yuan as the 2025 Community Member of the Year at its May 19 regular meeting. She receives the award “for her exceptional leadership and dedicated volunteer service,” according to the city. Yuan, who is the president of the Mercer Island Chinese Association, has partnered with the city to host the successful Mercer Island Lunar New Year celebration and the Mid-Autumn Festival. She was a Mercer Island Preschool Association board member, serves on the Northwood Elementary School PTA board, contributes to the Friends of Dragon Park community group, is a King County Library System Foundation board member and runs Mandarin Storytime at the Mercer Island Library. “Thank you to the many kind friends I’ve made here on this island whose warmth and friendship have shaped my sense of belonging, and to this community for seeing me, welcoming me, and embracing me for who I am. I think it’s that quality — the ability to truly see and understand one another — that unites us,” she said. Yuan is pictured with her husband Brian Sloan and their two girls, Kara and Rya Sloan (all in the center), along with councilmember Julie Hsieh, Mayor Dave Rosenbaum and Deputy Mayor Daniel Becker. Story to come. Photo courtesy of the city of Mercer Island

Mercer Island City Council formally recognized Fan Yuan as the 2025 Community Member of the Year at its May 19 regular meeting. She receives the award “for her exceptional leadership and dedicated volunteer service,” according to the city. Yuan, who is the president of the Mercer Island Chinese Association, has partnered with the city to host the successful Mercer Island Lunar New Year celebration and the Mid-Autumn Festival. She was a Mercer Island Preschool Association board member, serves on the Northwood Elementary School PTA board, contributes to the Friends of Dragon Park community group, is a King County Library System Foundation board member and runs Mandarin Storytime at the Mercer Island Library. “Thank you to the many kind friends I’ve made here on this island whose warmth and friendship have shaped my sense of belonging, and to this community for seeing me, welcoming me, and embracing me for who I am. I think it’s that quality — the ability to truly see and understand one another — that unites us,” she said. Yuan is pictured with her husband Brian Sloan and their two girls, Kara and Rya Sloan (all in the center), along with councilmember Julie Hsieh, Mayor Dave Rosenbaum and Deputy Mayor Daniel Becker. Story to come. Photo courtesy of the city of Mercer Island

Mercer Island City Council formally recognized Fan Yuan as the 2025 Community Member of the Year at its May 19 regular meeting. She receives the award “for her exceptional leadership and dedicated volunteer service,” according to the city. Yuan, who is the president of the Mercer Island Chinese Association, has partnered with the city to host the successful Mercer Island Lunar New Year celebration and the Mid-Autumn Festival. She was a Mercer Island Preschool Association board member, serves on the Northwood Elementary School PTA board, contributes to the Friends of Dragon Park community group, is a King County Library System Foundation board member and runs Mandarin Storytime at the Mercer Island Library. “Thank you to the many kind friends I’ve made here on this island whose warmth and friendship have shaped my sense of belonging, and to this community for seeing me, welcoming me, and embracing me for who I am. I think it’s that quality — the ability to truly see and understand one another — that unites us,” she said. Yuan is pictured with her husband Brian Sloan and their two girls, Kara and Rya Sloan (all in the center), along with councilmember Julie Hsieh, Mayor Dave Rosenbaum and Deputy Mayor Daniel Becker. Story to come. Photo courtesy of the city of Mercer Island

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