Michael Alvarez Shepard
What this job does: Your district's one senator in the Washington Senate (49 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the budget, and confirm the governor's appointments. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Port Commissioner (third term)
- Occupation
- Anthropology instructor; port commissioner
Background
- Port commissioner in his third term; former Democratic precinct committee officer. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Western Washington University anthropology faculty member and instructor in a prison education program; former eLearning director at Whatcom Community College. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of British Columbia; M.A. and B.A., Western Washington University. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Board member of the Whatcom County Economic Investment Board and Kulshan Community Land Trust. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Bring down costs and build good jobs source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Invest in pre-K, K-12 and postsecondary education source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Public safety, environmental sustainability and protecting public lands source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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