Nick Licata, Seattle City Council Member Education:
BA, Bowling Green State University, 1969
MA, Sociology, from University of Washington, 1973
Employment:
Insurance Broker with Sprague Israel Giles from 1981 to 1997
Consultant to City Government from 1979 to 1981
Director at WashPIRG at UW Campus from 1977 to 1979
Program Evaluator at Youth Advocates from 1975 to 1977
Civic Activity and Community Involvement (starting most recent):
Founder and board member of The Civic Foundation. A voluntary organization devoted to promoting neighborhood issues.
President of the 911 Media Arts Center board. This state's only non-profit, educational organization supporting the creative use of media as a communication and art-making tool in a democratic society.
Co-Chair of Citizens for More Important Things. The group opposed excessive public funding of professional sports stadiums. It wrote King County Initiative 16 and collected over 73,000 signatures to get it validated.
Founder of Friends of Westlake Park. Created to retain the pedestrian character of the entire Westlake Plaza area by keeping autos off of Pine St.
President of the Metropolitan Democratic Club. An organization independent of the Democratic Party but supportive of it.
Officer of the International District Rotary Club. Helped lead the effort to admit women to Rotary.
President of CHECC. The organization monitored city government.
Founding Board Member of the Capitol Hill Housing Improvement Program (CHHIP). A non-profit that made housing loans available and now make low-income housing units available.
Founder of the Seattle Sun. A community newspaper published in the '70's and '80's.
Publisher of the Seattle's First "People's Yellow Pages." Seattle's first extensive guide to community organizations, social service agencies, and political groups.
Officer of the University District Community Council. Helped stop the construction of future high-rises in that community.
Past Board Member of Center for Global Security Studies. Focused on Asian/Pacific disarmament issues and supporting indigenous rights in the Pacific.
Past Board Member of ACLU of Washington State. Defending first amendment rights.
Newell Aldrich, legislative assistant to Nick Licata
I'm a Seattle-area native and Wallingford resident. I graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in
Political Science and Spanish, and have lived and worked in Spain and Alaska. I served as co-chair of the Washington
State Campaign for Democracy. In my political activism, I've done everything from leafleting and writing articles to
running email listserves.
When not working, I enjoy soccer, photography, swimming, cycling, and live music.
Lisa Herbold, legislative assistant to Nick Licata
A New York State native, Lisa has lived in Seattle for the last nine years. Lisa began her career as a community organizer working for Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN), a grassroots organization struggling for equal distribution of city services in low-income neighborhoods. Lisa moved to Seattle to help open a new ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) office. Before running Councilmember Licata's 1997 campaign for City Council, she worked as a tenant organizer for the Tenants Union. Lisa sits on the Boards of the Tenants Union and Neighborhood House.
Lisa's sixteen year old daughter, Megan, attends tenth grade at Roosevelt High School and loves baseball (she's an ace first baseperson!) and playing the saxophone.
When not fighting the good fight with Nick, Frank works as a visual artist specializing in design, public art, and site-specific installation. As a video maker, Frank produces programs on transportation and other public sector issues. He has shown artwork at local galleries, European festivals, and regional events. His video programs have been accessioned into the Smithsonian Institute and have been recognized by the Annual Northwest Film and Video Festival, Seattle's Annual International Video Shorts Festival, and the Annual American Film and Video Festival in Philadelphia as well as having been broadcast on Seattle's PBS affiliate TV station, KCTS Channel 9, and on a number of cable stations throughout the United States.
Frank has served as Vice-Chair for the Seattle Arts Commission, Board President for 911 Media Arts Center, Program Committee Chair for the Henry Art Gallery, Board Secretary for On The Boards Performance Theater, Program Committee Member for the Seattle Chapter of the International Television Association, selection panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Seattle, King County, and Washington State Arts Commissions, and Washington State's Artist Trust. Frank presented on the subject of artists working in their communities for the College Arts Association and has taught video making workshops for young children at Seattle's Coyote Junior High and at the Young Author's Celebrations. He has received funding from the Seattle, King County, and State Arts Commissions, Artist Trust, Art Matters, Inc., and Independent Curators, Inc.
Robert Matisse, legislative assistant to Nick Licata
Born in Massachusetts, Robert Matisse has lived in Seattle for 15 years and currently lives in the Ballard area. He has an undergraduate degree in history and a graduate degree in Public Administration. He has worked and volunteered for a wide range of organizations, addressing issues from homelessness and the environment to the arts and state tax reform. In addition to working in the nonprofit and political sectors, he has also worked as a cook and in the corporate sector. When not working or volunteering, he enjoys photography, hiking, cooking, live music, traveling, surfing the Internet and most recently sculling.
