John is the Executive Director of the Economic Development Association of Skagit County (EDASC), a nonprofit membership roganization dedicated to promoting and enhancing the economic vitality of Skagit County. He also currently serves on the international Economic Development Council's Board of Directors. He previously served as Economic Development Advisor to King County Executive Dow Constantine, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade for the Commonwealth of Virginia and as the first General Counsel and Policy and Legislative Director of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
John spent his childhood in Rhode Island and North Carolina, and has a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown
University, focusing on Western Europe and Latin America, and studied
journalism and communications at the Université de Fribourg before earning a
law degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He practiced
law in North Carolina and Virginia and earned his certification in economic
development from the International Economic Development Council in 2001.
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has been married to James Finley, Seattle University’s head volleyball coach,
since 2010. Together they have three grown sons.
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