PHOTO: UW Vice President for External Affairs Randy Hodgins (left) poses with attendees at the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s Public Officials Reception.
Held every December, this event brings together business and civic leaders to meet and network with state legislators and local elected officials about issues of regional and state interest.
State officials attending this year were: Gov.-elect Jay Inslee, Secretary of State Sam Reed, State Treasurer Jim McIntire, Attorney General-elect Bob Ferguson, State Senators: Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Andy Hill, Joe Fain, Steve Litzow, Reuven Carlyle; State Representatives: Judy Clibborn, Joe Fitzgibbons, Cyrus Habib (elect), Zack Hudgins, and Eric Pettigrew; as well as many other local and regional officials.