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The Washington Values Alliance proudly announced on May 2, 2009, the addition of Lisa Shinn to their Board of Directors.
Lisa was born in Spokane and raised in various parts of the world as a "military brat". Returning home to Spokane, she graduated magna cum laude from Eastern Washington University with a B.A. in business, and has worked in the business field all of her adult life.
Over the years Lisa has served in many leadership roles in party politics.
Lisa and her late husband Rod served as District Directors for the Ellen Craswell for Governor campaign. After Rod's retirement in 1998, the Shinn's moved to the Colville area and in 2002 opened a Christian worldview bookstore / espresso bar. After several years of illness, Rod passed away and went to be with the Lord in 2007.
An avid reader and lover of history, Lisa has continued the work of the bookstore, and continues to invest in the culture through involvement in civil affairs. "WAVA is providing a good work in our State, and I am honored to be a part of it", said Shinn upon accepting the board position.
Lisa Shinn brings her significant energy and influence to our cause on the eastern side of Washington State. We are thrilled to have Lisa on our team", said Larry Stickney, President of WAVA. "Lisa is well grounded in her faith and political philosophy. She will be an anchor to this organization".
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The President of the Washington Values Alliance is Larry Stickney, longtime conservative political activist and strategist. Stickney comes to the WAVA post after serving as the Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute of Washington in 2007 – 08.
Prior to his work with the FPIW and WAVA, Larry served for a decade as a Legislative Aide to Snohomish County Councilman and former State Representative John Koster.
In 2003, Larry drafted Snohomish County Council Resolution 03-026 (passed unanimously) in support of the City of Everett's Monument to the Ten Commandments.
Larry also served as campaign manager during Koster's 2000 Congressional bid. Prior to his work with Koster, he served on staff for the Washington State House of Representatives for six legislative sessions. In 1999, he managed the Initiative 694 measure to ban partial-birth abortion.
Larry was an elected officer of the Kitsap County Republican Party and served on their executive board for many years in the 1990's. He also managed the winning State House campaign for Steve Hargrove in 1994 and was named the "'94 Republican Campaign Volunteer of the Year." Prior to his political efforts, Larry worked for sixteen years in the construction industry, including 8 years during the 1980's on remote sites in the state of Alaska.
Larry and Polly Stickney & children make their home in Arlington, Washington.
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A veteran of countless campaigns and political battles over the years, Bruce Craswell brings to WAVA a steady hand, political savvy, and impeccable character.
Well known and respected in the Pacific Northwest as a gifted "behind-the-scenes" political mover and shaker, Dr. Craswell was chief of staff to King County Executive Ron Dunlap in the early 1980s and ran for Congress in 1998. A long-time Kitsap County resident, Craswell was married to the late and much beloved Senator Ellen Craswell, the 1996 Republican candidate for Governor.
Bruce Craswell has spent many of the past 40 years defending or promoting the principles that WAVA is founded on. With conservatives everywhere looking for the real thing, that is what you get with Bruce. On the critical issues of our day, there are few who stand taller on the political battlefield than Dr. Craswell.
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