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2004-2005 KING COUNTY
DISTRICTING COMMITTEE

Committee Membership

COMMITTEE CHAIR

Steve Ohlenkamp is a partner in The Communications Group, a local business and public affairs consulting firm. He previously served as Chief of Staff to both the Metropolitan King County Council and to King County Executive Tim Hill, and observed the original Metro-King County merger and the subsequent redistricting process. He was a recent member of the Metropolitan Parks Task Force, and serves on the boards of the Center for Human Services, the Cascade Land Conservancy, and the Alki Foundation.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Steve Dennis of Bellevue is the retired president of the Quadrant Corporation. He has served on the boards of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Council of Seattle & King County. On Nov. 12th he received the Hall of Fame Award from the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.

Joann Francis of Seattle is an attorney-at-law and owner of the Francis Law Office. She previously served as chief administrative officer of Sound Transit and has served as a top official with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice.

Michael Mann of Seattle served on the most recent King County Districting Committee in 2001. He has consulted on numerous civic initiatives and now serves as Deputy Director for the Seattle Office of Policy and Management.

Skip Rowley of Sammamish, a lifetime resident of King County, is CEO and Chairman of Rowley Properties and has worked in the property management business for many years.

DISTRICTING MASTER

John Schlosser is founder of Schlosser Geographic Systems, Inc. He served as Districting Master for two previous King County redistricting processes, in 1996 and in 2001, and has more than 15 years experience with analysis of geographic information systems (GIS).

The King County Charter specifies the process by which the County Council appoints an independent Districting Committee to redraw boundaries. The Council appoints four people to represent each of the two major political parties. Those four then choose a fifth member to serve as Committee Chair. The Commitee then selects an expert consultant to serve as their districting master.