Gerry Pollet's Biography
- State House (WA) - 46 Position 1, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
438A Legislative Building
Post Office Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
10212 5th Avenue Northeast
Suite 255
Seattle, WA 98125
Full Name:
Gerry Pollet
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Janet; 2 Children: Eileen, Hank
Birth Date:
1958
Home City:
Seattle, WA
JD, Law, University of Washington Law School, 2000-2003
Bachelors, Government/Science Technology and Society/Economics, Clark University, 1976-1980
Representative, Washington House of Representatives, District 46 Position 1, 2011-present
Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives, District 46 Position 1, 2022
Candidate, Washington House of Representatives, District 46 Position 1, 2008
Member, Appropriations Committee
Member, Education Committee
Chair, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
Member, Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Member, Rules Committee
Former Member, Education Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Environment Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Higher Education Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Higher Education, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Local Government Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Adjunct Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law, 2019-present
Faculty/ Clinical Instructor, Evans School for Public Policy and Governance and School of Public Health, University of Washington, 2014-present
Program Director, Environmental and Open Government Law Student Summer Internship, present
Executive Director, Heart of America Northwest, 1987-present
Board Member, Washington Coalition for Open Government, present
Commissioner, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, present
Former Chair, Hanford Advisory Board, United States Department of Energy
Vice Chair, 46 District Democrats, 2002-2012
Awards:
Community Service Award, University of Washington School of Public Health, 2010;
Awarded the top annual award for peace and environmental work, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility 2005;
Legislator of the Year, Washington Student Association, 2014, 2015;
Sunshine in Government Award - League of Women Voters of Washington, 2014
National Grassroots Activist of the Year, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
Favorite Book:
"Parting the Waters", Taylor Branch
Lord of the Rings
Unsafe at Any Age
anything by James Lee Burke
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Racewalking