Seattle City Councilmember Jan Drago is the most senior member of the Council, having served since January 1994. Her tenure includes four years as Council President and four years as chair of the Finance and Budget Committee from 1999-2003, successfully steering the Council through four difficult budget cycles.

Drago currently chairs the Council’s Transportation Committee which has jurisdiction over city-wide and regional transportation policies, planning and coordination of transportation issues. Her committee oversees major projects such as the Spokane Street Viaduct, Mercer Corridor, and the infrastructure maintenance and repairs work to be done under the City’s “Bridging the Gap” transportation levy. She chairs the Special Viaduct Committee of the Whole which oversees the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement project. And she co-chairs the Council’s Special Committee on Pedestrian Safety which during 2007 and 2008 will be concerned with the analysis and recommendations regarding the full range of policy issues that arise concerning pedestrian safety in the City of Seattle.