Doug Harms
Stanislaus County Assessor

Doug Harms was first elected as Stanislaus County Assessor in 2002 and was re-elected in 2006. 

Doug began working in the Assessor’s office in 1978 and held several positions in the office before being elected Assessor.  He has an advanced appraiser certificate from the California State Board of Equalization.  

He is a member of the California Assessor’s Association and the International Association of Assessing Officers. 

Doug is a member of the Modesto Rotary Club and the Modesto Chamber of Commerce.  He served on the Board of Directors, and is the past president, for the Stanislaus County American Heart Association.

He has been honored to receive the United Way Community Service Award and in 2007 he was presented the Stanislaus County Annual Equal Rights Award.       

Doug was born and raised in Modesto and attended both Downey High School and Modesto Junior College.  He graduated from San Jose State University in 1973 and did graduate studies at Ohio University. 

Before joining the Assessor’s office Doug worked for the Salvation Army and prior to that he was in the Peace Corps building drinking water systems in the western region of Nepal. 

Most importantly, he is married to Kathy Harms, a first grade teacher at Moon School in Waterford.