Steve Conway's Biography
- State Senate (WA) - District 29, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
241 John A. Cherberg Building
Post Office Box 40429
Olympia, WA 98504-0429
Full Name:
Steve E. Conway
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Georgia; 2 Sons: Levin, Collin
Birth Date:
10/05/1944
Birth Place:
Ontario, OR
Home City:
Tacoma, WA
PhD, Philosophy, University of Oregon, 1979
Attended, London School of Economics, 1972-1974
MA, History, University of Oregon, 1969
BA, History, University of Portland, 1966
Senator, Washington State Senate, District 29, 2010-present
Vice President Pro Tempore, Washington State Senate, 2018-2023
Candidate, Washington State Senate, District 29, 2022
Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, 1992-2010
Member, Health and Long Term Care Committee
Member, Joint Committee on Veterans' & Military Affairs
Member, Joint Select Committee on Health Care Oversight
Vice Chair, Labor, Commerce and Tribal Affairs Committee
Member, Legislative Oral History Advisory Committee
Chair, Select Committee on Pension Policy
Member, Ways and Means Committee
Former Member, Beer and Wine Regulation Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Member, Commerce, Labor, and Sports Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Member, Health Care Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Health and Long-Term Care Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Labor and Commerce Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Labor, Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Member, Rules Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Chair, Select Committee on Pension Policy, Washington State Senate
Former Member, Veterans' and Military Affairs Committee, Washington State Senate
Former Business Representative/Secretary-Treasurer, Local 81, United Food and Commercial Worker's Union
Labor Educator, Bates Vocational Technical Institute, 1985-1989
Coordinator, Dislocated Worker Program, United Way of Pierce County, 1983
Visiting Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, 1980-1981
Instructor, University of Oregon, 1976-1979
Member, Franklin Pierce Vocational Advisory Committee, 1995-present
Board Member, Tacoma/Pierce County Family Counseling, 1995-present
Delegate, Pierce County Central Labor Council, 1981-present
Member, Pierce County Labor Council, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, present
Member, Advisory Board, Harold E. LeMay Auto Museum
Visiting Committee Member, Harry Bridges Labor Studies Center
Former Chair, Labor and Workforce Development Committee, National Conference of State Legislators
Trustee, Pierce County Community Services Agency
Trustee, Washington State History Museum
Assistant Coach, South Tacoma Youth Soccer Association, 1986-1992