Steve Sundquist :: Seattle School Board, District 6

Candidate Biography • School & Community Activist • Board Leader • Retired Senior Finance Manager
Parent & Seattle Public School Advocate
•	Elected to the Seattle School Board, District 6, in November 2007	2007
	Representing Alki, Arbor Heights, Concord, Cooper, Denny, Gatewood, Highland Park, Lafayette, Madison, Middle College @SSCC, Pathfinder, Roxhill, Sanislo, Schmitz Park, Sealth, Southwest Interagency, West Seattle Elementary, West Seattle High School. Serve as Finance Committee Chair on the Board.

•	International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Program, Chief Sealth H.S.	2005-Present
	Worked with team of parents, teachers and administrators to develop curriculum and gain I.B. accreditation to establish the program at Chief Sealth High School. Program offers students a rigorous international curriculum that encourages engaged world citizens; entering class reflects the rich diversity of the school and our community.

•	Parent Volunteer and School Supporter	1995-Present
	Little League Coach for daughters' softball teams. Involved in daughters' schools -- currently at Chief Sealth High School. Supporter of Simple Majority (4204), Seattle school levy and bond measures (Props. 1&2), Alliance for Education, League of Education Voters. Chaperone leader for youth -- Oaxaca, Mexico trip to rebuild teachers' quarters and church following earthquake damage.

Community Service & Board Leadership
•	Co-Location Agreement with Church and Fauntleroy YMCA	2006-2007
	Led process and built consensus resulting in long-term co-location agreement between Fauntleroy Church and the Fauntleroy YMCA that will serve our youth and community long into the future.

•	Chairman of the Board, Climate Solutions	2007-present
	Volunteer Board Chair of Washington's leading global warming research and advocacy organization. Also serve on the Board of Directors for ONE/Northwest, a non-profit that helps environmental organizations use IT for communicating and building relationships.

•	Lead Partner, Social Venture Partners	2005-present
	Volunteer Lead Partner with Seattle-based non-profit organization dedicated to addressing educational, social and environmental issues in the Puget Sound region.

•	Leader, Fauntleroy Church, UCC	1995-present
	Moderator of Fauntleroy Church. Serve as Chair of the Church Council, and lay leader of 350 member church. Also serve as Leadership Gifts Chair. Previously Vice-Moderator, Church Council member, and Stewardship Committee member. Church is active in community outreach, with a particular focus on homelessness.

Professional Experience
•	Managing Director, Chief Information Officer, Director of Systems Development, Russell Investment Group	1984-2005
	Twenty-two years of successful finance, IT, and management experience, leading large operations and systems, oversight of multi-million dollar budgets and direction of hundreds of staff. Received Leadership Award, Russell's highest recognition for leadership achievement.

Education
•	M.B.A., Computers & Information Systems and Finance	1981
	University of Chicago, Dean's Honor List

•	B.S. Computer Science Washington State University, summa cum laude	1979
	S. Town Stephenson Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi

Candidate Biography

Parent & Seattle Public School Advocate

Community Service & Board Leadership

Professional Experience

Education