Senator Phil Rockefeller
23rd District Kitsap County

Official Senate Biography

Democrat: Term expires 2009.

Leadership: Assistant Majority Floor Leader, 2005.

Boards and Committees: Legislative: Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB), Council of State Governments-WEST Western Water and Environment Committee, Joint Subcommittee on the Statutory Duties of the State Board of Education, Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC), National Conference of State Legislatures Clean Energy and Air Quality Working Group, National Conference of State Legislatures Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Puget Sound Partnership, Statute Law Committee. Non-Legislative: Kitsap Area Agency on Aging board member, Kitsap Community Resources board member

Awards: 2007 Legislator of the Year, Washington Conservation Voters

Community Involvement: Bainbridge Public Library, past board member; Bainbridge Island Land Trust, past officer; Bainbridge Performing Arts, past board member.

Employment: US Department of Education, Retired 1994; Education Aide to Gov. John Spellman; Legislative Assistant, U.S. House of Representatives.

Education: B.A. Yale University; J.D. Harvard Law School.

Personal: Wife: Anita; Daughters: Rebecca, Melissa, and Erika.

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