Sheila Dezarn brings eighteen years of experience in the public transit industry focused on federal and state government relations, high capacity transit planning, policy development and program management. She has extensive experience interacting with elected officials, functioning as a trusted advisor, providing policy advice and facilitating complex decision-making processes. Ms. Dezarn is an experienced leader, communicator and problem solver with proven ability to lead interdisciplinary teams tackling a range of complex and challenging organizational issues. Ms. Dezarn has been integrally involved in the development of four major regional high capacity transit plans in the Seattle metropolitan area, three of which have gone to the ballot. In the late 1990