Schneider and Jalo lead in park board races in Bend and Redmond

Published 8:39 pm Tuesday, May 20, 2025

: This photo shows a view of Alpenglow Park on SE 15th Street in Bend in May 2022.

Cary Schneider appears to be defeating his opponent, Austin Mazzolini, in the only contest race for the the Bend Metro Park & Recreation District board, according to early results from Tuesday’s special district election.

Schneider, the incumbent, had 77% of the vote in early returns. Nathan Hovekamp and Deb Schoen ran unopposed for two other seats, and were elected.

Schneider had also served on the park district budget committee.

Mazzolini had previous experience on a park district board in Texas.

In Redmond, Katie Jalo was leading David Cosper for the only contested seat on the Redmond Area Park & Recreation District board. As of 8:10 p.m., Jalo had secured 53.6 percent of the vote while Cosper had 46 percent. Mercedes Cook-Bostick and Kevin Scoggin ran unopposed and were elected.

Jalo is a loan servicing coordinator and has experience with Habitat for Humanity and as an AmeriCorps volunteer. Cosper has experience as a public works director in California.

About Noemi Arellano-Summer

Noemi Arellano-Summer is schools, youth and families reporter at the Bulletin. She previously reported on homelessness and the 2020 eviction moratorium with the Howard Center of Investigative Journalism through Boston University. She was raised in Long Beach, California, where she started her journalism career reporting for her high school newspaper. In her free time, she can be found meandering through a bookstore or writing short stories.

She can be reached at noemi.arellano-summer@bendbulletin.com and 541-383-0325.