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Washington State Redistricting Commission
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“The most informed and fair decisions will be made if people come to the table and offer their ideas.”
Graham Johnson is chairman of the redistricting commission. He was selected by the four voting commissioners. Mr. Johnson, a Spokane native, served as executive director of the Public Disclosure Commission, 1974 to 1993. Among other professional accomplishments, he was the Volunteer Services Coordinator with the state’s Office of Community Development, 1972 to 1974, and Director of Public Services at Eastern Washington University, 1964 to 1972.
“A representative legislature is based on fair and equitable district boundaries”
Richard Derham, Senate Republican appointee to the commission, is a retired attorney formerly with the Seattle law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine. Mr. Derham recently served as president of the Washington Institute Foundation. In 1986, he served on the Presidential Task Force on International Economic Justice. In 1969 and 1971, he was legal counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the state House of Representatives.
“It’s essential that the public be involved in the redistricting process.”
Dean Foster is the former Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, 1973 to 1984, and Co-Chief Clerk,1979 to 1981 and, again, in 1999. Mr. Foster, who lives in Olympia, is the House Democratic appointee to the commission. He previously served in Gov. Booth Gardner’s administration. Mr. Foster was raised in Carnation, Washington, and graduated from Tolt High School.
“Redistricting is democracy’s way of ensuring that everyone has an equal voice.”
John Giese, House Republican appointee to the commission, is senior counsel with the Rockey Company, one of the Northwest’s oldest public relations firms. Mr. Giese, who lives in Bellevue, served as chief of staff to Congressman Ron Chandler, 1983 to 1988, and as senior advisor to Gov. John Spellman, 1981 to 1982. In the past 30 years, he has worked on public policy issues as diverse as health care, land use regulation, transportation and forest practices.
“The Commission has a huge and humbling responsibility. It’s a job I take quite seriously.”
Bobbi Krebs-McMullen is the Senate Democratic appointee. Ms. Krebs-McMullen, who lives in Mount Vernon, is a long-time community leader and presently sits on the Skagit County Planning Commission. From 1993 to 1998, she served as the state Lands Commissioner’s designee on the Shoreline Hearings Board. Ms. Krebs-McMullen has a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Washington.