Rod Dembowski
Rod Dembowski | |
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| Member of the King County Council from the 1st district | |
| Assumed office February 11, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Ferguson |
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| Born | December 14, 1971 |
| Spouse(s) | Lynna Song |
| Education | Georgetown University (BS) University of Washington (JD) |
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Rodrick J. Dembowski (born December 14, 1971) is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the King County Council from District 1, which includes the communities of Bothell, Kenmore, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park, North Seattle, Shoreline, and Woodinville. He was appointed on February 11, 2013, to fill the seat vacated by Bob Ferguson when he became attorney general of Washington.[1] He was later elected to the position, receiving over 75 percent of the vote.[2] He serves as chair of the council for 2019. Previously, he chaired the Committee of the Whole and the Transportation, Economy, and Environment Committee.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Born in King County, Washington, Dembowski and his brother Dave were raised by their father, Al Dembowski, a Korean War veteran and small business owner. Dembowski graduated from Oliver M Hazen High School in Renton in 1990 and worked his way through Georgetown University, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a minor concentration in government. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 2001. While in law school, he served on the Moot Court Honor Board and was admitted to The Order of Barristers.
Career[edit]
After earning his undergraduate degree, Dembowski worked as a policy analyst for then-King County Executive, Gary Locke, as a marketing, operations, and credit analyst for Paccar. He was also a White House intern. After earning his law degree, he worked for the Seattle law firm Foster Pepper, where he focused on real estate, land use, municipal and business matters, as well as advising government and private clients on ethics laws, open public meetings act and public records act requirements. He has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics.[4]
Dembowski was elected chair of the King County Council for 2019. He previously served as chair of the Committee of the Whole, and chair of the Transportation, Economy and Environment Committee.[5]
Dembowski has supported legislation to increase funding for untested sexual assault kits, expanding voting access, creating the King County Youth Action Plan, writing the legislation to convert Metro Transit to a zero-emissions fleet, preventing proposed reductions of nearly 400,000 annual service hours to Metro Transit, working to save critical open space and expand parks, passing oil train safety legislation, investing in energy efficiency and other practices to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from operations, requiring a living wage be paid to county employees, and authoring nation-leading legislation that guarantees twelve weeks of paid parental leave for King County employees.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Feb. 11: King County Council appoints Rod Dembowski to fill vacancy in County Council District 1
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Feb. 25: Dembowski to chair County Council’s Regional Transit Committee
- ↑ Rod Dembowski for King County Council District 1 - Biography
- ↑ "As Expected, King County Council Names Rod Dembowski to Fill Vacant Seat". The Stranger. Retrieved 2021-10-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ [2]
External links[edit]
- http://vote4rod.com/index.php Campaign Website
- http://www.kingcounty.gov/Dembowski.aspx King County Council Website
- https://ballotpedia.org/Rod_Dembowski
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