Brian Burrow

A candidate for Spokane City Council, northwest council district, City of Spokane in the 2017 Washington Primary, Aug. 1

Party: No party

Age: 45

Occupation: Project manager with Nuvodia, a tech services company

His words: "I want to make Spokane a competitive market for people to come here and do business. We already struggle, in some ways, with our Washington state laws. We don't need to make it worse, by making poor decisions at the city level." 

His pitch: Burrow says his work in workforce development, including serving on the Washington State Workforce Education Council, will bring lacking leadership on job growth to the Spokane City Council. Burrow, a longtime resident of the West Central neighborhood, said the city has been pursuing policies that hinder, don't help, business recruitment, and specifically criticized the leadership on the City Council for failing to do more to promote job growth. Burrow also said the council needs to focus on issues within the scope of its authority, and not just eliminate wasteful spending but also time spent on issues larger than the elected office, such as coal and oil trains.

Work experience: Project manager with the firm Nuvodia, a tech services company, currently contracted for work with Avista Corp. Previously worked for Air Washington, a consortium of the state's technical and community colleges to promote workforce education, and started the consulting firm Burrow Solutions in 2009 to provide project management on a contractual basis.

Political experience: First run for elected office. Previous stints with Innovate Washington’s Aviation Biofuels Workgroup and Legislative Advisory Subcommittee, the Washington State Aerospace Curriculum Alignment Team and the Washington State Workforce Education Council.

Education: Graduate from North Central High School in 1997. Earned bachelor's degrees in finance and economics from Eastern Washington University. Studied toward a master's in business administration from EWU.

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Neighborhood: West Central