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2004 - 2006 Officers

Officer Contact Info

Elected Officers

Chair: Susan Sheary
Susan has served as an officer in three legislative districts in the Seattle area (including Chair of the 33rd and 11th Districts), Vice-Chair-Finance, Event Chairperson, and Secretary of the KCDCC organization, and Secretary of the Washington State Democratic Central Committee (WSDCC) - Chairs organization. With involvement in every Presidential election since 1960, her passion is the Democratic Party.
In January 2001, Susan retired from The Boeing Company after 36-1/2 years of service, the last fifteen as a member of computing management. Since then, she worked briefly in property management and then set up a home business, Suzie’s Shelf, for consulting, notary and general business services.

1st Vice-Chair (Communications and Membership Retention): Rob Dolin
Rob moved to Seattle in Spring 2001 to work in the high tech industry where he is a Program Manager on Microsoft Publisher. Rob also DJ's and runs a small DJ company called Wuxx Events. Rob is proud of his Democratic party leadership experiences in the King County Young Democrats (Chair), Institute for a Democratic Future (class of 2002), Young Democrats of Washington (past Communications Director), and Young Democrats of America (Finance Committee Chair). He has also served as a PCO for the Champaign County (IL) Democrats, 36th LD Democrats, and 43rd LD Democrats. Rob volunteers with the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, the UW Alumni Interfraternity Council, and SeattleWorks. 

2nd Vice-Chair (Membership Recruitment and Community Outreach): Rob Holland

2nd Vice-Chair (Membership Recruitment and Community Outreach) Rob Holland is a native Washingtonian and grew up in rural Kitsap County. Rob is a PCO and currently serves on the 37th District's Executive Board as minority outreach chair. In addition, he is a citizen lobbyist for the American Farmland Trust passionately advocating for farmland preservation.
Rob spent five years as a youth minister building Social Justice Community outreach programs for high school aged youth. In this position, he directed an after-school tutoring program in partnership with Madrona Church, Madrona Middle School and Central Area Youth Association.
Currently, Rob works for Horizon Lines Shipping Company (former
Sea-Land) in additional to serving on maritime-related industry boards.
Rob has a B.A. in communications from Washington State University and a Master in Public Administration from Seattle University and was awarded Maritime Studies Fellow at the ENO Transportation Foundation in Washington D.C. Rob studied at the University of Washington's School of Marine Studies.

3rd Vice-Chair (Finance): Sharon Mast

4th Vice-Chair (Elections and Endorsements): Gurine Nordby

WA State Democratic Central Committee Male Representative: Javier Valdez

WA State Democratic Central Committee Female Representative: Pat Taylor

Secretary: Angela Henry

Treasurer: Charles Laney

Appointed Officers

Chair Sheary has proposed these appointments. These people are currently serving in an acting capacity until review by the King County Democrats board at its next meeting.

Legislative Action Committee: Tina Shamsheldin

Process and Procedure Committee (ByLaws, Platform, Resolutions/Issues): Joel Ware

Program Committee: Jean Amos

Candidate Recruitment: Judith Hine

Sergeant-At-Arms: Juan Martinez

Counsel: Robert Gaudet
Rob works on plaintiff's class action litigation against some of the world's largest corporations as an associate at the national headquarters of Hagens Berman LLP. As Thoreau once said, "build your castles in the sky, that is where they should be but, now, go put the foundations underneath them" (paraphrase).

Counsel: Paul Schneiderman

Audit: Jenson Hagen
Jenson Hagen lives in Oregon now but will continue to help out his home state of Washington by working to build interstate networks and lending assistance when needed. Since moving to Portland in 2002, Jenson has reorganized and reenergized an inactive Young Democrats of Oregon club. The agenda for 2005 will include advancing the Oregon Youth Movement and the Western Coalition of Young Democrats, both focused on creating networks of young minds. By day, Jenson works under his own company, Navacent, bringing quality business solutions to small businesses in Washington and Oregon.

This page last updated: 12/22/2005

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