Jeanne Kohl-Welles

Washington State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (born October 19, 1942) has been an educator, a community leader, and legislator for many years.

She represents the 36th Legislative District which includes Ballard, Belltown, Blue Ridge, Crown Hill, Greenwood, Magnolia, and Queen Anne Hill neighborhoods of Seattle as well as the north half of Downtown Seattle. The district also takes the western half of Lake Union. Jeanne Kohl-Welles was elected to the State Senate in 1994.^[1]

From 1990 to 1994 she was in the State House.

Political Affiliation: Democrat

Education

• Ph.D. in Sociology, UCLA
• M.A. in Sociology, UCLA
• B.A. and M.A. in education, California State University, Northridge

Professional employment and activities

Present:

• researcher, author, consultant, expert witness.

Former:

• visiting assistant professor, Pacific Lutheran University;
• assistant dean of students, coordinator of Women’s Programs, University of California, Irvine;
• program manager, Project Equity (Desegregation Assistance Center, Region IX, U.S. Department of Education);
• lecturer,
  • California State University, Long Beach and Fullerton;
  • University of California, Irvine;
  • Chapman College;
  • Los Angeles Community College District;
• teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District.

Awards and honors

Kohl-Welles was a recipient of the 2009 Fuse "Sizzle" Awards Committee Chair of the Year Award. The award recognized Kohl-Welles work on predatory lending reforms, updates to strengthen and simplify Washington State's Consumer Protection Act, and good government reforms to prevent trade associations from diverting workers compensation funds into political campaigns. ^[2]

Criticism

Using data and projections compiled by the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, an independent non-profit think tank, have aggregated bills introduced in the 2008 legislative session in order to determine the total increased taxes and fees proposed by each individual legislator, as primary or co-sponsor, would bring to taxpayers over a ten year period. Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles topped the list of legislators. Her bills have been predicted to bring total of $214,327,749,698 of increases in taxes and fees to Washington taxpayers.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-WA 36th District)
2. ↑ Fuse "Committee Chair of the Year" Award
3. ↑

External links

• Biography at HistoryLink
• Sen. Kohl-Welles bio, Senate Democratic Caucus, Washington State