Luis Moscoso

For the sixteenth century Spanish explorer, see Luis de Moscoso Alvarado.
Luis Moscoso
Washington State Representative from the 1st Legislative District, Position 2
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 3, 2010[1]
Preceded by Mark Ericks
Personal details
Born Luis S. Moscoso
May 13, 1950
Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Anita M. Moscoso
Residence Mountlake Terrace, Washington
Alma mater University of Iowa (B.A.)
Profession Government Relations Director
Union President
Transit Operator, Trainer, Dispatcher, and Supervisor
Website Official

Luis S. Moscoso (born May 13, 1950) is a Washington State Representative from the 1st Legislative District, Position 2.[2] He is a retired public servant having served 33 years in the public sector. He most recently served as the Director of Government Relations for the Washington Public Employees Association/UFCW Local 365 in Olympia, Washington where he oversaw and coordinated the WPEA's Legislative-Political program and issues advocacy agendas.

Moscoso served three terms as Secretary of the Washington State Democratic Party.[3] He is President of the Board of the Institute for Washington’s Future and has served on various public and community boards including the Transportation Policy Board (Puget Sound Regional Council), City of Mountlake Terrace Community Policing Advisory Board and the Neutral Zone.

He is an organizer and former Executive Committee member of the NAACP-Snohomish County. He organized the Snohomish County Citizens Committee for Human Rights that wrote and promoted a local county ordinance to establish a local Human Rights Commission.

Moscoso moved to Snohomish County, Washington from his native state of Iowa in 1976 where he organized ATU Local 1576 for county bus drivers at Community Transit and served four terms as their President/Business Agent.

References

  1. "Moscoso says he’s ready to represent". heraldnet.com. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. "http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20100519/ETP03/705199911/0/" | Legislative nominees in 1st and 44th districts
  3. "http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php?page=display&id=466" | Washington State Democrats Executive Committee