12 Facts About Erik Poulsen

Erik Edmund Poulsen was born on August 3,1964 and is the former Washington State Senator and Washington State Representative from Washington's 34th Legislative District, a district that includes West Seattle, Vashon Island, and Burien.

Erik Poulsen was the only freshman Democrat appointed to the powerful House Appropriations Committee and was placed in a leadership position on the House Education Committee.

Erik Poulsen's crowning achievement in the Senate was working across party lines to broker the historic Columbia River Agreement in 2006, which helped end the decades-long impasse over water rights on the Columbia and lower Snake rivers.

Erik Poulsen became a leading voice for grizzly bear recovery in Washington's North Cascades wilderness.

Erik Poulsen was named 2005 Legislator of the Year by Washington Conservation Voters, which wrote:.

Senator Erik Poulsen was the prime sponsor of the High Performance Green Buildings legislation, one of the environmental community's priorities.

Senator Erik Poulsen was successful in pulling together bipartisan support for this legislation, a key to its success.

Senator Erik Poulsen's considerable negotiating skills and dogged persistence ensured success at bringing this bill to the Senate Floor and delivering it to the Governor for signature.

Senator Erik Poulsen is a proven environmental champion, and thus WCV was happy to announce him as Legislator of the Year in 2005.

That same year, Erik Poulsen received the Northwest Energy Coalition's Bob Olsen Memorial Conservation Eagle Award.

Erik Poulsen left the Legislature in 2007 to become Director of Government Relations for the Washington Public Utility Districts Association.

Erik Poulsen returned stateside to Spokane, Washington, where he spent five years as Government Relations Director for Greater Spokane Incorporated and today heads Intergovernmental Affairs for the City of Spokane.