Dave Upthegrove
Member of King County Council
from the 5th district
Assumed office
January 1, 2014
Preceded byJulia Patterson
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 33rd district
In office
January 7, 2002 – December 15, 2013
Preceded byKaren Keiser
Succeeded byMia Gregerson
Personal details
Born (1971-05-03) May 3, 1971
Burien, Washington, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Des Moines, Washington, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder (BA)
University of Idaho
Websitewww.kingcounty.gov/council/upthegrove.aspx

David Upthegrove (born May 3, 1971) is an American politician. He is a member of the King County Council, representing the 5th district since 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 33rd district from 2002 to 2013.[1]

Early life and education

Coat of arms Op den Graeff as descendants of Herman op den Graeff (Heraldic representation by Matthias Laurenz Gräff based on the Krefeld Op den Graeff stained glass window from 1630)

Upthegrove is a descendant of the German Op den Graeff family of Dutch origin.[2] He was a direct descendant of Herman op den Graeff, mennonite leader of Krefeld, and his grandson Abraham op den Graeff, one of the founders of Germantown and in 1688 signer of the first protest against slavery in colonial America.

Upthegrove was born and raised in King County, Washington and attended Lakeside School in Seattle. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental conservation from the University of Colorado Boulder and a graduate certificate in energy policy planning from the University of Idaho.[3]

Career

Upthegrove was appointed to the Washington House of Representatives in January 2002 and was elected to a two-year term in November 2002. He was then re-elected at two-year intervals until running for King County Council.

While serving in the Washington House of Representatives, Upthegrove was chair of the Environment Committee and also served on the Local Government and Transportation Committee. He is a former chair of the Select Committee on Puget Sound. He has been involved in education policy, sponsoring and passing legislation to improve the teaching of civics and to better meet the needs of recent immigrant students. The Washington Conservation Voters called Upthegrove "a leader on environmental issues and a rising star in the House." Upthegrove led high-profile environmental initiatives to clean up Puget Sound and to clean up soil at schools and day cares contaminated by a local Asarco copper smelter.

References

  1. ↑ "Dunn, Dembowski, Upthegrove leading in King County Council races; Constantine headed for second term". Seattle Times, November 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania (2018)
  3. ↑ "Project Vote Smart: Rep. Dave Upthegrove". Retrieved 2008-07-28.
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