(The Center Square) – Rhonda Lewis has been appointed to the King County Council District 2 seat, becoming the first Black woman to serve on the council.
Lewis served as King County Executive Girmay Zahilay’s chief of staff for his District 2 office, and prior to that, was the chief of operations for former King County Executive Dow Constantine, where she oversaw nine departments with approximately 12,000 employees. According to a news release, in her role as COO, she helped create King County’s first Zero Youth Detention Strategic Plan and led the development of the county’s inaugural Equity and Social Justice Strategic Plan.
“We have many challenges and opportunities over the next year as the King County Council works to address important issues that District 2 residents care about, like affordability and housing and homelessness,” Lewis said in a news release. “I look forward to partnering with my new colleagues and Executive Zahilay to meet these problems head on and do everything we can for District 2 and everyone else across the region.”…