Steve Litzow

Education

 * B.S., political science, Northwestern University, 1984

Career

 * 2010 Marketing Lantern
 * 2010 Founder of Decision Point Partners, a Mercer Island based national marketing firm
 * Senior Consultant, EMM Group
 * Engagement Manager, EMM Group
 * Vice President of Marketing, ShareBuilder Corporation (currently a part of INGDirect) left his position as Vice *President of Marketing for ShareBuilder Corporation of Bellevue when it was sold to INGDirect, Inc. in November 2008
 * Chief Executive Officer, XpenseWise Inc.
 * President and Chief Executive Officer, XpenseWise Inc.
 * 1999 Co-founded Xpensewise with Rebel Rice
 * Senior Executive, CompuServe Incorporated (AOL bought CompuServe in 1997)
 * ? Senior Executive, The Shulton Group (Procter & Gamble bought Shulton Group in 1990)
 * 1985 Brand Manager, Procter & Gamble Co.


 * Litzow is the inventor-of-record on patents in the consumer and technology fields
 * 20090049076 - System and method for dynamic price setting and facilitation of commercial transactions (patent application)


 * Holds a Series 7 FINRA License.

2003 Campaign for Mercer Island City Council
In his 2003 campaign, Steve Litzow said his priorities were to "lead the development of a community-based plan that prioritizes the services and facilities the citizens believe are important, control costs to rebuild the recently depleted city-budget reserves and to bring the City Council closer to the community by holding weekly office hours to regularly listen to the citizens." City Of Mercer Island Council Pos. No. 01 Susan Blake 3465 45.66% Steve Litzow 4123 54.34% Write-In 14 0.18%
 * elected to office in 2003

2007 Campaign for Mercer Island City Council

 * 63% of his campaign contributions were from out of state The out of state contributors to his campaign are family and long-time friends.

City of Mercer Island Council Position No. 1 Steve Litzow 	NP 	5912 	97.41% Write-in 		157 	2.59%
 * reelected in 2007, unchallenged

Mercer Island City Council 2008-2012

 * leader on the Public Safety Committee
 * Sustainability Committee
 * Planning Commission
 * Eastside Transportation Partnership
 * The Green Ribbon Commission.

2008 campaign for State House

 * Dec 2007 Announces
 * Aug 2008 WA House - District 41 Seat 1 - All Party Primary - Won 47.27%
 * Nov 2008 WA House - District 41 Seat 1 - Lost 49.42% (-1.16%) to Democrat Marcie Maxwell

2010 campaign for State Senate

 * Challenging Democrat Randy Gordon for the 41st Legislative District Senate seat in November 2010.
 * Platform: Working to Rebuild Our Economy By... Creating Jobs, Strengthening Education and Improving Transportation

- Wants significant changes to our state's education system. - Working across party lines to improve our public schools and attract quality teachers to Washington. - Emphasizing math, science, and technology. - lower taxes and remove burdensome regulations so that businesses can thrive - we should not punish businesses for expanding. - balanced budget that - address the needs of our state - while cutting unnecessary spending - economic growth - environmental sustainability - local and regional partnerships to promote green technologies - electric vehicles
 * Educating our children
 * Creating jobs, revitalizing the economy
 * Spending responsibly and lowering taxes
 * Protecting our environment and creating "Green Jobs"

Community volunteering

 * Mercer Island Rotary
 * Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
 * Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce
 * Renton Chamber of Commerce
 * Mercer Island Boys & Girls Club
 * Mercer Island Senior Foundation
 * Board of the Bellevue College Foundation
 * Summer Search, a non-profit mentoring program for at-risk students.

Family

 * Steve Litzow is married. He and his wife Jenny, live in Mercer Island with their four children.