Kevin Parker
A candidate for State Representative, Pos. 1, Legislative District 6 (NW Spokane County and NE Spokane) in the 2012 Washington Primary
Party: Republican
Age: 50
City: Spokane, WA
Occupation: Coffee shop owner
KEVIN PARKER
Education: Undergraduate degree from Whitworth University; MBA from George Fox University; executive leadership studies at Harvard University.
Work experience: Owns several Spokane coffee shops; adjunct professor at Whitworth and Gonzaga universities; incumbent state representative; was working as a volunteer youth counselor at Columbine High School during the 1999 massacre that killed 13 and injured 21 others.
Political experience: Three terms in the Washington House of Representatives.
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