Andrew Lofton is currently the Deputy Superintendent for Customer Services with Seattle City Light. Mr. Lofton serves as Vice-Chair of the Competition Task Force for the Large Public Power Council, a consortium of the largest public utilities in the country, and is the utilities representative to the Board of Directors of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. He has previously served on Mayor Norm Rice’s staff as Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of public safety and housing and economic development. His 27 years of public service include experience as the City of Seattle’s Budget Director, Director of the Department of Licenses and Consumer Affairs, and Deputy Director for the Department of Community Development. He also served as Deputy Director for the State of Washington’s Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development.

Regina LaBelle is principal and founder of The Advocacy Group, a public affairs firm based in Seattle WA that promotes civic involvement. LaBelle has over 15 years of experience in public affairs both in Washington state and on the national level. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College, she has spent her career promoting civic involvement. LaBelle practiced labor law in Seattle and has worked for a number of national political and legislative organizations. She is also an adjunct professor at Seattle University’s Institute for Policy Studies. Active in her community, LaBelle is a past president of the Northwest Women’s Law Center, president of Citizens for C-SPAN and serves on the board of Stone Soup. She also served on the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Domestic Violence.

O. Casey Corr, is a longtime Seattle-based journalist, covering government, business and politics, who most recently served as vice president of a technology company. The son of a Seattle police officer and a nurse, his education includes a bachelor’s degree at Pomona College, a master of public administration at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and a Knight Fellowship at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Money From Thin Air: the story of Craig McCaw, the visionary who invented the cell phone industry and his next-billion dollar idea and KING: the Bullitts of Seattle and their communications empire. His reporting and commentary have appeared in the Seattle Times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Washington Post, as well as Upside and Content magazines. Among his community activities, he has served as a grade-school basketball coach and board member for the Galway-Seattle Sister City Association and the Laurelhurst Community Council.

Edsonya Charles is currently a Federal Prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office. Prior to being a Federal Prosecutor, she was a land use attorney for Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson law firm. A recognized leader in the practice of law, Charles has received Special Achievement Awards from Vice President Al Gore and the U.S. Department of Justice as well as the Outstanding Young Lawyer award from the King County Bar Association. A long time Seattle resident and graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, Charles is active in the community. She serves as President of the Mount Zion Baptist Church Housing Development Council, Co-Founder of the Loren Miller Bar Association Elder Law Clinic and serving on the Board of Directors of the Northwest AIDS Foundation.

Katie Hong recently finished an appointment as one of 15 White House Fellows, working for the White House Chief of Staff. Hong previously worked in the state's Executive Policy Office in Olympia, where she advised Governor Locke on community and economic development issues and chaired the Sub-Cabinet on Farm Worker Housing. Hong developed and helped pass Locke's Economic Vitality Initiative, which provides more than $70 million in infrastructure funding, tax incentives and technical assistance funding for rural communities. Active in her community, she works with a leadership program for girls from low-income households.

Marianne Bichsel has spent 15 years as a public affairs, media and crisis communication specialist. Most recently she was chief executive officer and a principal shareholder of The Wiley Brooks Company, a public relations and public affairs consulting firm. Before that she was a public relations specialist at Group Health Cooperative, press secretary for former Congressman Mike Lowry and the Executive Director of the Coalition for Clean Water. Bichsel holds a B.A. from the University of Washington, where she served as student body President. She is a graduate of the Seattle Chamber’s Leadership Tomorrow program, president of the St. Anne School Commission and the former president of the Northwest Women’s Law Center board of directors.

Lowe served as campaign manager for Nickels during the mayoral campaign. Previously, he was Nickels’ legislative aide in his King County Council office and a Community Outreach Specialist for Gov. Locke. Lowe was the co-founder of neXt PAC, a political action committee supporting youth involvement in politics. He holds a B.A. from the University of Washington.

Michael Mann is the District Director for U.S. Representative Jay Inslee. He is a former staff person with Seattle City Council, having worked for Councilmember Richard McIver from 1997-1999. Mann also has a background in non-profit housing development for low-income residents and has been a political consultant for local and state legislative races and ballot issues. Mann has a B.A. from Whitman College and a M.A. from Notre Dame. He was a commissioner on the King County Redistricting Board in 2001.