• Meet COWU Lobbyist: Brooke Davies

    “Hi my name is Brooke Davies and I live in Seattle with my husband Eric (we just got married in September 2021), our dog Arthur, and our kitty Paia. I am from a small town in Virginia that you’ve probably never heard of nestled in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. I moved to Seattle seven years ago and fell in love with the city and the state of Washington. I am the only one in my family to ever permanently leave our home town. I have one sister who is my best friend, she is 4 years younger than me and is the mom of two precious babies, my nephews, Alton…

  • Vice President Candidates

    Here, Cosmetologists of Washington of United presents 2 candidates nominated by the COWU Board of Directors for consideration by enrolled advocates. The role of Vice President generally supports the organization’s operations, objectives and mission, enrolls as an advocate (if not already), and takes over for the President on the Board of Directors in the event of removal or resignation. All enrolled Member Advocates have one vote. Changes to a vote are not possible once entered. To enroll go here. UPDATE: Deadline for Advocate Votes for Board Elections has been postponed to Nov 29th at 11am at our ANNUAL MEETING. Candidates (in alphabetical order): Christine Carbone: “I was born in Seattle…

  • 2022: Hiring A Lobbyist

    In the last few weeks, Cosmetologists of Washington United has been steadily gearing up preparations for the 2022 Legislative Session in Olympia, WA. Our grassroots efforts have been widely recognized by industry insiders in and out of the state capital and we know we can count on our community of passionate Personal Service providers and businesses to get to work fighting harmful legislation when we need them to. 2022 session, however, is only 3 months long and we know how dangerous it can be when we have less time to mobilize our large caravan of support. We posed the question to enrolled Member Advocates- do we hire a lobbyist or…