When our lobbyist, Mike Ryherd, retired last summer the search was on for a replacement.
We knew this would be a difficult task given Mike's long history advocating for the houseboat community but, after many interviews with some great candidates, we were lucky to hire Nick Federici. Nick has been hard at work for us since October, lobbying both at the City and State level.
A graduate of the University of Washington, Graduate School of Public Affairs, Nick has served as the Washington State Board of Health's liaison to the Legislature, a government relations specialist to the Washington State Nurses Association, a legislative research analyst for the Washington State Health Care Authority, and also worked for Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska. Nick represents organizations in the areas of low-income housing, toxics coalition, mental health, nursing, United Way of King County and now houseboats!
In his spare time, Nick volunteers for many organizations, such as the Children's Alliance Board, City of Olympia Planning Commission, Group Health Cooperative regional advisory council, and also coached softball and served as a tutor in the Thurston County Literacy Network.
Thank you, Nick, for all your hard work this session!