From Shannon Braddock, King County Executive

Dear fellow King County employees,

Following last week’s election, we now know that King County’s next executive will be Girmay Zahilay. I want to start by congratulating the Executive-Elect on his successful campaign! We look forward to working closely together over the next two weeks to help his new administration settle in and complete the transition process.  

Executive-Elect Zahilay and I are announcing what some of those next steps will look like and who will lead his transition committee. That committee includes four co-chairs:  

• Katie Garrow, Executive Secretary-Treasurer at MLK Labor 
• Esther Lucero, Chief Executive Officer at Seattle Indian Health Board 
• Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President at Microsoft Corporation, and 
• Doug Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer at Vault89, founder of Family First Community Center 

To get started, we created space in Chinook on the 3rd floor for the Executive-Elect and his transition team and committee. From here, current staff will work together with the Executive Office to coordinate next steps. Read more.