Hey, I’m
Bainbridge Island City Council
Central Ward, District 5
Respected Leader / Passionate Advocate / Commonsense Approach
Meet Clarence
Clarence Moriwaki is the president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, a founder and current Vice President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, and the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce 2017 Citizen of the Year.
Clarence has held responsible positions for President Bill Clinton, Governor Mike Lowry, Congressman Jay Inslee, Lt. Governor John Cherberg, the Washington State Senate, Sound Transit, ACLU of Washington, and he was the CEO of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington.
Clarence was a Tukwila City Council Member (1987-1991) a broadcast journalist with three Seattle radio stations, and he is our state's first and only 12 year-old Eagle Scout.
Community Service
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, Trustee and President, 1998 to present
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial Association, Founding Member and current Vice President, 2008 to present
National Park Conservation Association, Northwest Regional Leadership Council, 2008 to present
Common Threads/North Kitsap Multi-Cultural Task Force, Founding Member, 2005-2008
Puget Sound Blood Center, Rare Blood Task Force Member, 2006-2007
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Board of Directors, 2003-2006
Friends of Joel Pritchard Park, Steering Committee Member, 2003-2006
City of Bainbridge Island Wyckoff Superfund Site Acquisition Task Force, 2001-2005
Walt and Milly Woodward Fund, Board of Directors, 2001-2005
City of Bainbridge Island Salary Commission, Member, 2001-2004
Marge Williams Center, Board of Directors, 2002-2004
City of Bainbridge Island Health, Housing and Human Services Council, Board of Directors,
2001-2003
City of Seattle, Child Care Staffing Task Force, Founding Member, 1990-1993
Child Care Resources, Founding Board Member, 1989-1992
Tukwila Parks and Recreation Commission, Chairman, 1983-1987
ISSUES
CITY
GOVERNANCE
Bainbridge Island deserves responsive, responsible and predictable governance
PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT
We must ensure that the pressures of growth are carefully balanced against with the preservation of the quality of life that we all enjoy.
A COMMUNITY
FOR ALL
I believe that a community is defined and made richer by social, economic, religious and racial diversity.
Endorsements
Governor Jay Inslee
Congressman Derek Kilmer
State Senator Christine Rolfes
State Representative Drew Hansen
Secretary of State Ralph Munro [retired]
State Senator Phil Rockefeller [retired]
Former Mayor Kol Medina
Former Mayor Val Tollefson
Former Mayor Wayne Roth
Former Mayor Darlene Kordonowy
Former Council Member Kjell Stoknes
Kitsap County Democratic Party [sole endorsement]
23rd Legislative District Democrats [sole endorsement]
Kitsap County Democratic Women approval
Gary Akizuki
Matt Albee
Kathleen Alcala
Tami Allen
Karen Anderson
Jack Arends
Marshia Armstrong
Sid Ball
Kip and Diane Bankhart
Andrea Barrineau
CarolAnn Barrows
Mike Bauer
Tom and Karen Beierle
Barbara Bolles
Robert Bosserman
Louis Boubong
Stephanie Bowen
Cullen Brady
Keith Brofsky
Marty Brown
John Brownlow
Ellen Bush
Erika Campbell
Johanna Caspander
Eric Cederwall
Barbara Clemons
Marina Cofer-Wildsmith
Ron Coglin
Judy and Ed Cole-Martin
Pamela Conyers
Shiela Curren
Marsha Cutting
Dura Curry
Rod Dembrowski
Wayne and Marcy Daley
Tracey Peacoe Denlinger
Mike Dillon
Peter Drury
John Eisenhauer
Jerry Elfendahl
Karen Munro Ellick
John Ellis
Paula Enborg
Kim and Ela Esterberg
Jackie Fabbri
Charlie and tj Faddis
Ellen Ferguson
Matt Fick
Danny Fleenor
Jing Fong
Nate Ford
Jeanette Franks
Denise Michaels
Stan Miyao
Steve Moddeyer
Monika Monk
Bobbie Morgan
Fran Moyer
Bill Nakao
Larry Nakata
Anthony Oddo
Carl Olsen
Lisa Orville
Althea Paulson
Seth Pilkey
Lynn Pippard
Bethany Randles
Keri Rawlings-Rooney
Barry Reid
Kathy Reinders
Lisa Rennie
Kirsten Ressler
Greg Robinson
Don Rooks
Matt Rothe
Stephen Rowley
Bob Russell
Susan Sacchini-Bolden
Laura Sachs
Pete Saloutos
Malcolm Sanders
Emily Sato
Gloria Sayler
Brad Schabert
Katy Curtis Schabert
Greg Scheiderer
Casey Schmidt
Cynthia Sears
Erika Shriner
James Shore
Noyuri Soderland
Marie Spearman
Kjell Stoknes
Frank and Mary Stowell
John and Susan Swolgaard
Mary Ann Tollefson
Jay Trinidad
Dan Tritle
Jo Vander Stoep
Chris Van Dyk
Mary-Lou Vibrans
Connie Waddington
Maggie Warner
Scott Warner
Marcia Frew
Tammy Fujihara
Maradel Gale
Tom Goodlin
Leigh Manheim Gray
Erin Grayson
Fred and Wilene Grimm
Emily Groff
Mary Carol Gulbranson
Priscilla Haggar
Ardis Hallanger
David and Cindy Harrison
John Haydon
Dave Henry
Lawrence Hile
Frances Kitamoto Ikegami
Christopher Jablonski
Joan Jensen
David Johnsen
Bill Johnson
Steve and Vicki Johnson
Andre Kamber
Frank Karreman
Döna Keating
Emily Early Kehrberg
Omie Kerr
Pam Kersten
Tom Kilbane
Kimi Kinoshita
Tosh Kitagawa
Karen Klein
Nancy Klimp
Lilly Kitamoto Kodama
Darlene Abbott Kordonowy
Fran Korten
Kate Kruller
Ed and Karen Kushner
Jan Lambert
Diane Landry
Sarah Lane
Lara Lant
David Larimore
Vince Larson
Juliet LeDorze
Chasity Malatesta
Dan Mallove
Sallie Maron
Karen Matsumoto
Kyoko Matsumoto-Wright
Maureen McNulty
Alice Mendoza
