Elected Experience: Snohomish County Council (current); Chair, County Operations Committee (current); Lake Stevens City Council, (former) Council President; North Sound Behavioral Health Organization Executive Board Member (current); Snohomish County Health District (former Chair), Current Executive Board Member. 

Other Professional Experience: Small Business Owner past 10 years; former Thurston County Sheriff’s Chaplain; former Elementary School Teacher.  

Education: Everett High School, Pacific Coast BBC – B.A. Theology     

Community Service: Lake Stevens Rotary; 2016-2017 Rotary President; Lake Stevens Chamber of Commerce; Boys and Girls Club Basketball Coach; Monroe Homeless coalition.  

Statement: It has been an honor to serve you on the Snohomish County Council. Since taking office I have worked with residents, business owners, community leaders, and other elected officials to make progress on the priorities I ran on last year.

Some of my priorities were reducing traffic congestion and standing up for fiscal responsibility. I am proud to say that we have made great progress on both of these. I have traveled to Washington D.C. and Olympia to fight for funding to fix 522, 9 and the US 2 trestle. I also voted to renovate the County Courthouse, opposing a brand new building, saving the taxpayers over $100 million.

I am proud of the progress we’ve made on these issues but there is more work to be done. I will continue to fight for fiscal responsibility and reducing traffic congestion in East County. Public safety continues to be a priority as we work toward solutions to combat drug abuse and homelessness.

Sam’s leadership has earned him the endorsements of many state legislators including Senator Kirk Pearson and Representative Mark Harmsworth. Sam's other endorsements include Sheriff Trenary, the Deputy Sheriff’s Association, and many other Snohomish County leaders.