Mayor-elect Jenny Durkan released the full roster of her 61-member transition team today.
As Durkan announced last week, Plymouth Housing Executive Director Paul Lambros, Transportation Choices Coalition Executive Director Shefali Ranganathan, and former King County Executive and Deputy Secretary of HUD Ron Sims will co-chair the committee. Ranganathan will also become a deputy mayor in Durkan’s administration, as will Mike Fong, <a href=”https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/jenny-durkan-names-full-team-for-transition-to-seattle-mayor/
“>the Seattle Times reports. Fong worked as former mayor Ed Murray’s chief of staff before going to work for the county.
Like her campaign, the transition team includes representatives of business and labor. Amazon Senior Manager Eileen Sullivan, Vulcan Executive Vice President Dave Stewart, and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce CEO Maud Daudon will be on the team. So will several labor representatives, including Teamsters 117 Organizing Director Leonard Smith and SEIU 775 President David Rolf. (Sims, Daudon, and Rolf also served on Murray’s transition team in 2013.)
A few other notable members of Durkan’s transition team: Lieutenant Seattle Police Department Lieutenant Adrian Diaz, Public Defender Association Director Lisa Daugaard, ACLU of Washington Executive Director Kathleen Taylor, NW Immigrant Rights Project Executive Director Jorge Barón, and University of Washington researcher Caleb Banta-Green.
Daugaard has advocated for police reform and diversion programs for low-level drug offenders. The ACLU of Washington is currently suing the city over its sweeps of homeless encampments, which Durkan has said she would continue. Banta-Green sat on the regional heroin task force that last year recommended a long list of actions to address the opiate crisis, including opening safe consumption sites.
The list is majority people of color and women, according to Durkan. (See the full list below.)
The group will meet twice before Durkan becomes mayor on November 28 and once in December. Members will “further develop short-term policy solutions focused on housing, homelessness, affordability, and many others,” according to the announcement from Durkan.
Here’s the full list:
Adrian Z. Diaz
Lieutenant, Seattle Police DepartmentAngela Stowell
United Way, Campaign Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Stowell RestaurantsAnne Lee
TeamChild, Executive DirectorAsha Mohamed
Women’s Advocacy Center, Co-FounderBehnaz Nelson
PTE Local 17, Executive DirectorBill Hallerman
Catholic Community Services of King County, Agency DirectorBrianna Ishihara
Community MemberCaleb Banta-Green
University of Washington, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, Principal Research ScientistCharlene Strong
Washington State Human Rights Commission, ChairCharles Royer
Former Mayor of SeattleCherry Cayabyab
Community ActivistColleen Echohawk
Chief Seattle Club, Executive DirectorDave Gering
Manufacturing Industrial Council, Executive DirectorDave Stewart
Vulcan, Executive Vice President and General CounselDavid Della
Former Seattle City CouncilmemberDavid Rolf
SEIU 775, PresidentDiane Sosne
SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, PresidentEileen Sullivan
Amazon, Senior Manager, U.S. State Public PolicyEileen V. Quigley
Clean Energy Transition, DirectorEmilio Garza
The Washington Bus, Executive DirectorEzra Teshome
Community LeaderGordon McHenry, Jr.
Solid Ground, President & CEOHelen Howell
Building Changes, Executive DirectorJan Drago
Former Seattle City CouncilmemberJerry Everard
Capitol Hill and Belltown Business OwnerJordan Royer
Pacific Merchant Shipping Association, VP for External Affairs, Manufacturing Industrial Council Board Member, and Washington CeaseFire Board MemberJorge L. Barón
NW Immigrant Rights Project, Executive DirectorJuan Cotto
El Centro de la Raza, President of the Board, and Board Member of Sound Mental HealthKathleen Taylor
ACLU – Washington, Executive DirectorLauren McGowan
United Way, Sr. Director, Ending Homelessness & PovertyThe Honorable Leonard Forsman
The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, President and Suquamish Tribe, ChairLeonard Smith
Teamsters 117, Director of Organizing & Strategic CampaignsLinda Di Lello Morton
Greater Seattle Business Association, Board Member, and Terra Plata, OwnerLisa Daugaard
Public Defender Association, DirectorLouise Chernin
Greater Seattle Business Association, President & CEOLt. Kenny Stuart
Seattle Fire Fighters Union, IAFF Local 27, PresidentMarcos Martinez
Casa Latina, Executive DirectorMariko Lockhart
National Coordinator, 100,000 Opportunities Initiative – Demonstration Cities, The Aspen Institute’s Forum for Community SolutionsMartha Kongsgaard
Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation, PresidentMarty Hartman
Mary’s Place, Executive DirectorMary Jean Ryan
Community Center for Education Results, Executive DirectorMaud Daudon
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, President & CEOMohamed Sheikh Hassan
East African Community LeaderMonisha Harrell
Equal Rights Washington, ChairMonty Anderson
Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council, Executive SecretaryNicole Grant
M. L. King County Labor Council, Executive Secretary TreasurerNorm Rice
Former Mayor of SeattleOllie Garrett
Tabor 100, PresidentPatrice Thomas
Rainier Beach Action Coalition, StrategistPaul Lambros
Plymouth Housing, Executive DirectorRiall Johnson
De-Escalate Washington, Campaign ManagerRon Sims
Former King County Executive and Former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentRoxana Norouzi
OneAmerica, Deputy DirectorRuthann Kurose
Community LeaderRyan Calo
University of Washington School of Law, Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Associate ProfessorShefali Ranganathan
Transportation Choices Coalition, Executive DirectorSheila Edwards Lange, Ph.D
Seattle Central College, PresidentStephan Blanford
Education ResearcherTaylor Hoang
Ethnic Business Coalition, Executive DirectorThatcher Bailey
Seattle Parks Foundation, President and CEOTrish Millines Dziko
TAF, Executive Director
