Arun Jhaveri to Run |
The state of Washington’s 7th Congressional district now has a second Indian American candidate Arun Jhaveri, formerly the mayor of Burien, Wash., from 1992 through 1998, announced his intentions to run for the seat. Burien had just become an incorporated city, and Jhaveri served as its first mayor. As mayor, he helped designate Burien as a sustainable community and developed the First City Comprehensive Plan that incorporated Burien citizens’ priorities, consistent with the state’s Growth Management Act. The 7th district encompasses much of Seattle, as well as Vashon Island and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Edmonds, Mountlake Terrace, Burien and Normandy Park. Jhaveri is running for Congress because of my 45 years of combined professional work experience and community/public service in the inter-related areas of energy, environment, climate change, sustainability, urban governance leadership, science, technology, innovations, K-12 and higher education, international relations, and policy, program, projects management in the public/government, private/industry, academic and community sectors of the economy. In addition to his time as mayor, the politician served as regional manager of the Federal Energy Management Program at the U.S. Department of Energy and ambassador at The Pacific Institute.
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