Sharon Shewmake's Biography
- State Senate (WA) - District 42, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
213 John A. Cherberg Building
Post Office Box 40442
Olympia, WA 98504
Full Name:
Sharon Shewmake
Gender:
Female
Family:
Spouse; 2 Children: Henry, Graham
Home City:
Bellingham, WA
PhD, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis, 2004-2010
AB, Environmental Science and Policy/Economics, Duke University, 1998-2002
Senator, Washington State Senate, District 42, 2023-present
Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, District 42 Position 2, 2019-2023
Candidate, Washington State Senate, District 42, 2022
Member, Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources and Parks Committee
Member, Housing and Local Government Committee
Vice Chair, Transportation Committee
Former Member, Transportation Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Professor, Western Washington University, 2013-present
Instructor, Vanderbilt University, 2010-2013
Intern, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2007
Intern, National Center for Environmental Economics, Environmental Protection Agency, 2006
Floodplain Scientist, PBS and J, 2002-2004
Group Leader, Federation EIL, Worldwide Network of the Experiment in International Living, 2002
Member, Lettered Streets Neighborhood Association, present
Member, Riveter's Collective, present
Member, Walk Bike Bus Bellingham, present
Member, Washington State Adult Soccer Association, present
Member, Whatcom County Climate Change Impacts Committee, present
Faculty Advisor, Women in Economics and Finance Club, Western Washington University, present
Member, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists