Elected Experience: Elected PCO; Elected Town Commissioner

Other Professional Experience: Registered Pension Fiduciary; Vice Chair, Investment Advisory Board, City of Seattle Retirement System; Member, Washington Economic Development Finance Authority; Appointed by President Carter as President of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank; Associate Director, The White House Conference on Economic Development; Founded two successful community banks; Democratic Congressional nominee, 1994; Original Member, Obama for America Retirement Security Committee.

Education: Graduate Degrees from the Universities of Cambridge, London and Harvard and the American College of Financial Services. BA, Massachusetts.

Community Service: Treasurer, World Affairs Council; Chair, Queen Anne Food Program; Member, National Community Investment Advisory Board.

Statement: John Comerford is an experienced financial leader. As Treasurer, John will contribute to the solution for fully funding public education while transitioning from our regressive sales tax and ever-increasing property taxes.

John will bring his passion for financial education to Washington and make us the model for successful personal financial decision-making, particularly in retirement savings and consumerism. John will bring the power of this Office to bear on the critical financial, social and environmental issues we face, including the timely and orderly divestment of fossil fuel investments. The Treasurer serves on over 20 boards that directly impact these issues. Using the experience he gained in starting a Federal consumer bank under President Carter, John will start a much-needed State Bank in Washington.

John has earned the Accredited Investment Fiduciary, Registered Fiduciary and Chartered Financial Consultant designations and will make sure that we are managing our investments and debt in a professional and environmentally responsible manner. No other candidate has the experience, education and professional credentials that John brings to this Position.

Honorable Discharge: U.S. Air Force. Married: one daughter.Endorsed by: King County Democratic Central Committee, State Legislators, business leaders and Washington voters like you.