Luis Moscoso
Luis Moscoso | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 1st district | |
| In office December 3, 2010[1] – January 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Ericks |
| Succeeded by | Shelley Kloba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luis Saúl Moscoso May 13, 1950 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Iowa (BA) |
| Profession | Government Relations Director Union President Transit Operator, Trainer, Dispatcher, and Supervisor |
| Website | Official |
Luis Saúl Moscoso (born May 13, 1950) is a former Washington State Representative from the 1st Legislative District, Position 2.[2] He is a retired public servant having served 33 years in the public sector. He most recently served as the Director of Government Relations for the Washington Public Employees Association/UFCW Local 365 in Olympia, Washington where he oversaw and coordinated the WPEA's Legislative-Political program and issues advocacy agendas.
Moscoso served three terms as Secretary of the Washington State Democratic Party.[3] He is President of the Board of the Institute for Washington’s Future and has served on various public and community boards including the Transportation Policy Board (Puget Sound Regional Council), City of Mountlake Terrace Community Policing Advisory Board and the Neutral Zone.
He is an organizer and former Executive Committee member of the NAACP-Snohomish County. He organized the Snohomish County Citizens Committee for Human Rights that wrote and promoted a local county ordinance to establish a local Human Rights Commission.
Moscoso, a first generation Peruvian American, moved from Iowa to Snohomish County, Washington in 1976 after receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Iowa. He later joined Community Transit and organized Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1576 for county bus drivers in 1977, serving four terms as their first President/Business Agent.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Cornfield, Jerry (December 4, 2010). "Moscoso says he's ready to represent". The Everett Herald. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ^ Legislative nominees in 1st and 44th districts Archived January 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Washington State Democrats Executive Committee Archived March 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Rep. Luis Moscoso's Biography". Washington House Democrats. Archived from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
- 1950 births
- Living people
- American politicians of Peruvian descent
- Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Washington (state)
- People from Dubuque, Iowa
- Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives
- 21st-century members of the Washington State Legislature
- People from Snohomish County, Washington
- United Food and Commercial Workers people
- Trade unionists from Washington (state)
- Amalgamated Transit Union people