About

Brock Howell is the executive director of both the Snohomish County Transportation Coalition (Snotrac), and the Everett Station District Alliance (ESDA).

Snotrac addresses mobility gaps for people with disabilities, older adults, youth, and low income by coordinating services between public, nonprofit, and private transportation providers.  ESDA partners to create a safe, equitable transit-oriented neighborhood near Downtown Everett.  Brock also founded Bicycle Security Advisors to provide best practice recommendations on bike parking and theft deterrence to cities, colleges, and developers.

Dedicated and passionate to build more equitable and sustainable communities through partnerships, Brock recently helped launch new transit services in North Snohomish County, connecting Stanwood, Arlington, and Darrington.  

Other professional highlights include: establishing and implementing a new business improvement area around Everett Station; leading the outreach and communication efforts for Sound Transit’s 2016 ST3 ballot measure and the City of Seattle’s 2015 transportation levy; saving King County Metro from 17% service cuts in 2011; and playing key roles in successful efforts to pass statewide transportation packages in Washington and Oregon. 

Brock has worked to lift-up the most disadvantaged communities by securing funding and providing technical assistance to equity-forward community-based organizations in majority-minority neighborhoods; creating and maintaining equity committees to inform transportation campaigns and land use planning; and writing equitable engagement best practice recommendation reports for public agencies.

As someone who grew-up on a small cherry and apple orchard encroached upon by urban sprawl, Brock continues to work toward stronger communities connected by transit, bikeways, and public plazas. Brock makes time for runs around Green Lake with his labradoodle Clarence and small adventures by hike, bike, and kayak.

Contact Brock: contact@brockwhowell.com

Résumé

Employment

Snohomish County Transportation Coalition
Executive Director, Apr. 2020 Present

Everett Station District Alliance
Executive Director, Jan. 2019 – Present

Everett Transit
Transportation Program Manager, Aug. – Dec. 2018

Howell Consulting / Townhome Hometown Consulting LLC
Transportation & Land Use Policy Advisor and Community Engagement Consultant,  Jan. 2016 – Aug. 2018

  • Seattle Parks Department through Seattle Parks Foundation, Sept. 2017 – June 2018
    Contracted to write recommendations report on equitable community engagement strategies.
  • Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Feb. – Apr. 2017
    Contracted to manage community outreach to 10,000 households for mandatory housing affordability policy.
  • Mass Transit Now (ST3) Campaign, Field Director, July – Nov. 2016
    Contracted as Deputy Director
  • Seattle For Everyone, Feb. – July 2016
    Contracted as Field Director
  • Bicycle Security Advisors, Jan. 2016 – Present
    Contracted by cities to advise on bike parking and theft issues.

Cascade Bicycle Club, Seattle WA
Policy & Government Affairs Manager, July 2013 – Nov. 2015

Futurewise, Seattle WA
King County Program Director, Transit-Oriented Communities Program Director, and
Transportation For Washington Field Director, Jan. 2011 – June 2013
Acting Legal Director, June – July 2008
Pro bono Attorney, Aug. 2007 – Dec. 2008
Legal Extern, June – Dec. 2006

Environment Oregon, Portland OR
State Policy Program Manager, Dec. 2008 – Dec. 2010 

Advisory Committees

  • Bothell Transportation Element Advisory Committee, City of Bothell, June 2023 – Present
  • Lynnwood City Center & Alderwood Plan Advisory Committee, City of Lynnwood, Nov. 2022 – Present
  • Special Needs Transportation Committee, Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), May 2020 – Present
  • Regional Transit-Oriented Development Advisory Committee, PSRC, Sept. 2014 – Nov. 2015
  • Regional Equity Network Steering Committee, PSRC Growing Transit Communities, Nov. 2011 – June 2013
  • North Corridor Task Force, PSRC Growing Transit Communities, Nov. 2011 – May 2013
  • Seattle Climate Action Plan Transportation Technical Advisory Group, City of Seattle, Nov. 2011 – Apr. 2012
  • Federal Transportation Flex Fund Advisory Committee, State of Oregon, June 2010 – July 2011
  • Truck Aerodynamics & Idling Study Group, State of Oregon, May 2010 – July 2011
  • Low Carbon Fuel Standard Advisory Committee, State of Oregon, Sept. 2009 – Nov. 2010
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting Advisory Committee, State of Oregon, Sept. 2009 – July 2010

Community Involvement

  • Community Transportation Association Northwest, Vice President & Board Member, June 2022 – Present
  • The Ride for Safe Streets Event, Lead Organizer, 2018
  • Seattle Bicycle Street Party, Lead Organizer, 2016
  • Green Lake & Wallingford Safe Streets and Maple Leaf Greenways, Group Leader, 2015 – Present

Education

Vermont Law School, South Royalton VT
J.D., May 2007

  • Co-authored two law review articles with Prof. Hank McGee on the Washington State Growth Management Act, published in the Seattle University Law Review.
  • Editor of the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
  • Externed with Resources for the Future, Futurewise, and the U.S. District Court for Eastern Wash.

Washington State University, Pullman WA
B.S. in Resource & Environmental Economics, May 2004

  • Department’s Outstanding Senior