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2. Office sought (include office, jurisdiction, position/district number):
3. Are you the incumbent? Yes No
4. How long have you resided in this district/city?
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6. Is the office sought partisan or nonpartisan? Partisan Nonpartisan
CAMPAIGN CONTACTS
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Friends of Darlene Madenwald |
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1. Beginning with the most recent position, please list public offices which you have held. Include positions on appointive Boards or Commissions.
2. If you ran for public office but were not elected, please list those races below:
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In this section, we are seeking responses that reflect the four ratings criteria: involvement, effectiveness, character, and knowledge. These are defined as follows:
1. In a page or less, why are you running for this office? (Note: the interview committee will be given a copy of this statement before your interview; at the beginning of your interview you will have the opportunity to expand on this statement in any way you wish.)
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I love this city. I came here as a young nurse in 1966. Now, at 61 years of age, I am concerned about some problems our city faces as it expands in the next 20 years. And, I look at our region in a different way now that I have a three-year-old granddaughter living here in West Seattle. With the ways things stand now, we are slowly robbing her of her future quality of life by our inactions to tackle many of our big city problems.
My background as a nurse, mediator, public health advocate, citizen activist, environmentalist, businesswoman, breast cancer survivor, mother and grandmother give me a unique perspective that is missing on the City Council today.
I want to deal with real problems we can change in our lifetime. Problems like increased contamination of our public waterways and smog and toxic air emissions that have grown exponentially over the last ten years. As President of the American Lung Assocation of Washington, I know that one in six households in Seattle has someone who has asthma. Washington has gone from the 11th healthiest state in the nation to the 15th in just one year. It is projected to drop to 18th next year. As a member of the Seattle City Council I will view all of our policy decisions through the lens of public health so we can develop healthier and more cost effective solutions to our city's pressing needs.
There are many important issues facing our region, but these critical health and environmental issues have been ignored too long. It's time to fix these problems or our regions health, quality of life and economy will all suffer. |
2. Describe your most important personal characteristics or traits as they relate to the office you seek.
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Here is how others have described my personal characteristics and traits:
"Darlene is the kind of leader we need; she can bring everyone to the table, listen for common ground and then come up with win/win scenarios." --- (Former Governor Booth Gardner)
"Darlene sees the big picture. She started 1000 Friends of Washington, helped grow the Washington Environmental Council to a statewide organization, and now leads the American Lung Association of Washington. I think we need someone with her vision on the City Council." --- (Rep. Phyllis Kenney)
"I trust her. Public health is a growing concern. Darlene's training and experience will bring talents to the City Council to help address these issues. Her integrity is rock solid."----(Dorothy H. Mann, PhD, MPH)
"Madenwald's cool approach to conflict resolution has been a welcome relief to the confrontational tactics, the heated court battles, and the petty turf sqabbles of previous years." --- Pacific Northwest Magazine, September, 1992.
I was given the title of "The Velvet Steamroller" when I was featured as an Echo Hero in Pacific Northwest Magazine in September of 1992. It read: "Environmentalists may be hell to live with, but they make great ancestors, quipped the Governor of Washington, describing the accomplishments of 'exemplary citizen,' Darlene Madenwald in his 1991 State of the State address. |
3. Please describe in sufficient detail, one to three accomplishments or contributions of which you are most proud. These examples should illustrate effective skills and capabilities you think apply to the office you are seeking. These accomplishments may have occurred at any time in your personal, professional, or public life.
4. Please list or describe your current and past activities in the community in which you have acquired skills that relate to the office you seek. Include your role in the activity and the year(s) in which you were involved. Involvement consists of many areas such as family, neighborhood, community, employment, or public life.
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Founded my own consulting business in 1994. My firm focuses on governmental/community outreach issues. My client range from large corporations to small citizen driven non-profits. I select one non-profit client each year to work with on a pro-bono basis.
Founding Board member of the Center for Women and Democracy. 2001 to present. Mission of the Center is to foster women's effective participation in local, national and global affairs. I have been active in the New Leadership training program and Board Development Committee.
President of the American Lung Association of Washington from 2004 to present. Member of the Board from 1996 to present. I have chaired most of the committees on the Board during that time. I am also President of the Leadership Forum of all of the National Lung Association's state chapters and I serve on the Council Board of the National Lung Association.
Member of the Executive Committee of Seattle/King County Economic Development Council (EDC), 1993 to 2000, the first EDC to have board members who represent labor and the environment.
Trustee of The Bullitt Foundation, 1994 to 1997.
World Affairs Council Fellow, 1997 to 1998.
Rotary Club of Seattle, 1995 to 1997. Chair of the Environment Committee 1996 to 1997.
Member of Women's Political Caucus, 2000 to present.
Member of the League of Women Voters, 2000 to present.
Member of Transition Team for Mayor Greg Nickels, 2001 to 2002.
Woodland Park Zoo Commissioner, 1995 to 1996.
Member of Governor Mike Lowry's "Citizens' Cabinet," 1992 to 1996.
Co-Chair of Governor Lowry's task force on "Economic Development and Environmental Enhancement," 1992 1993.
Founding Board member of Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic Fund--a non-profit funding arm for projects to support these two national parks, 1994 to 1999.
Founding Board member of Sustainable Design Council, a non-profit coalition of planners, designers and environmentalists looking at urban sustainability issues, 1993 to 1996.
Founding President of 1000 Friends of Washington, a coalition fromed to watchdog the state's Growth Management Act, 1990 to 1991.
President of the Washington Environmental Council, 1990 to 1994. Vice-President of Administration from 1988 to 1990.
Founding Board Member of Washington Citizen's for Fairness/Hands Off Washington, a coalition formed to oppose anti-civil rights initiatives, I-608 and 610, 1992 to 1994.
Port of Seattle and the Puget Sound Council of Government's "Sea-Tac Flight Plan" Project Steering Committee, 1989 to 1991.
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We sit in a strange place here in Seattle now. The economy is growing, and evidence of a more thriving city are all around us. Yet, people are angry that our most important issue -- transportation -- has gotten worse. It's not just that we face a daily gridlock on the streets, it's that we face a gridlock in bureaucracies that are supposed to be working together to solve the problems. People stuck in traffic see we have many agencies all working for their own priorities, yet we are no closer to one solution, much less an integrated series of transportation solutions. People tell me they never wanted elected officials for life, and for good reason: they become a coterie of insiders who can’t see what we on the outside can see. We see the likely demise of the Monorail, a devastating loss of the gas tax, a viaduct that is crumbling, Light Rail taking us to a mile short of the airport and two miles short of Northgate.
I see the most important duty of the City Council is to rebuild confidence that we can handle the big problems that loom as stumbling blocks to our future's vitality.
In addition, the City Council is a policy making body the promotes policies that benefit the overall good of Seattle's citizens. It also approves and adopts the City's budget. The duties of the Council include overseeing public safety and health. It is in the area of public safety that I am most concerned. We have never had a nurse on the City Council, and given the decline in our air quality, our increase in families with major medical problems, and the health concerns eminating from our homeless community, it's time Seattle resumed it's role in ensuring the health of its citizens. Wouldn't it be important to have an advocate for a healthier quality of life for the city that's supposed to be one of the most environmentally-concerned in the nation?
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EDUCATION BACKGROUND SUMMARY
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report is distributed to voters in print and/or on our website. It includes a summary of the candidate’s education. Please summarize your education in 120 characters (letters, punctuation, and space all combined). The League will delete material that exceeds the space limit by beginning with the last entry. Suggested order is (degree) (subject) (school) (year, if desired).
Note: If this question is left blank the League will not include education information in your candidate profile.
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B.S. in Nursing, University of Kansas, 1965. M.S. in Marine Biology, Western Washignton University, 1985. |
FOR PUBLICATION IN CANDIDATE EVALUATION REPORT
The Municipal League’s Candidate Evaluation Report also includes a summary of each candidate’s civic involvement. Please summarize your civic involvement in the space below. We will make every attempt to include the information in the Candidate Evaluation Report as submitted. Due to space restrictions in the Report, your response is limited to 500 characters (letters, punctuation, and spaces all combined). It is important that you list your involvement beginning with the most important and ending with the least important. If you exceed the length of response permitted, or if the League should find it necessary to shorten responses for publication purposes, deletions will be made beginning with the last item listed.
Note: This information will appear verbatim on the League’s Candidate Evaluation Report. If this question is left blank, the Municipal League will not include information on your civic involvement in the Report.
Check here if you would like the Municipal League to copy the first 500 characters from Question 4 to paste into this section.
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Darlene has served on numerous boards and commissions. She is President of the American Lung Association of Washington and remains active as a founding board member of the Center for Women and Democracy. In the past, she has served on the Seattle/King County Economic Development Council, Seattle Rotary Club’s Environment Committee , 1000 Friends of Washington, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Chair of the Washington State Maritime Commission and President of the Washington Environmental Council . |
Finished!
If at all possible, send your response to the Municipal League electronically as an attachment, or insert it into an e-mail message (rebecca@munileague.org). Mail and fax numbers are listed below. If the League has not contacted you to schedule an interview, please call the League office at your earliest convenience.
Don’t forget to send the following to the Municipal League: a resume, a photo, campaign literature, and, if you are an incumbent, constituent newsletters and other materials. Please use the check-off list on the cover sheet of this packet to indicate which items you have sent.
Candidate Evaluation Coordinator: Rebecca Cooper
Seattle, WA 98104-1614 Fax: 425-671-0506 Website: www.munileague.org