Strategic Policy Advisor, City of Seattle - 2002 to present
Focus on Seattle City Light finance, debt, and rate structure.
Consultant, Pacific Research Group, Seattle - 2001
Worked for the Manufacturing Industrial Council and other clients on freight mobility and finance issues.
Director, World Trade Organization Accountability Review Committee, Seattle - 2000
Worked under a consulting contract with the Seattle City Council to manage its investigation of the events surrounding the WTO meeting in Seattle. Supervised a staff of twelve.
Publisher, Marine Publishing Inc., Seattle - 1989-1999
Managed a Seattle-based publishing company with magazines, newsletters and directories covering West Coast ports, shipping and international trade. Edited the Marine Regulatory Bulletin, the most authoritative source for coverage of maritime environmental issues, Marine Digest, and various trade directories.
Vice President, Prudential Bache Capital Funding, Seattle - 1985-1989
Investment banker in the Seattle office of Prudential Bache Capital Funding. Worked on developing business in Northwest states with electric utilities, water utilities and cities. Served as financial advisor to the City of Seattle. Wrote the Comprehensive Financial Plan, including a review of utility debt policies, for the Seattle City Council.
Vice President, Rainier National Bank, Seattle - 1980-1985
Responsible for public sector financing including municipal debt issues for cities and utility districts. Had primary responsibility for the bank finance portion of Seattle City Light’s Lucky Peak Dam acquisition. Worked with other municipal utilities and Public Utility Districts around Washington State.
Africa Representative, Crossroads Africa, New York - 1977-1979
Worked in West, Central and North Africa as a liaison with government officials nominated to participate in government exchange programs in the United States.
Publisher, Seattle Sun, Seattle - 1973-1977
Responsible for all aspects of a paid-circulation weekly newspaper covering Seattle’s urban neighborhoods.
Consultant, Thomas H. Miner & Associates, Chicago - 1972-1973
Worked in the Common Market countries on a contract to study a location for a building materials-manufacturing facility and on market studies for other industrial suppliers.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University - Masters in Public Administration - 1980
University of Washington, History Department - Non-degree graduate work - 1973
Centro Intercultural de Documentacion, Cuernavaca, Mexico - Studied Latin American history and politics - 1971
Yale University - B.A. History - 1971
Yale-Carnegie Five-Year B.A. Program - Spent a year between sophomore and junior years working for Crossroads Africa in West and Central Africa.
Town Hall - (downtown non-profit venue for cultural and political events) - board member (current)
Sanctuary Art Center (University District programs for homeless youth) - former board member
Elevated Transportation Company (original monorail board - governor appointment) – board member and chair of finance committee - 1999-2001
Evergreen Community Development Association - small business lender and economic development organization - board member and chairman - 1983-1993
Country Doctor Community Clinic, Environmental Works, Metrocenter YMCA
Board member of each organization between 1979 and 1985
Married; two children; enjoy skiing, sailing and camping, and youth soccer.