Derek C. Stanford is a Democratic member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 1 since 2019. A statistician by profession, he previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, including as chair of the House Commerce & Gaming Committee. He was appointed to the Senate in July 2019 to complete the term of Guy Palumbo. Notable current roles include Vice Chair of the Senate Ways & Means Committee, and service on the Business, Financial Services, and Trade Committee; Labor and Commerce Committee; chair of the Washington State Caseload Forecast Council; and past membership on the Community Economic Redevelopment Board and Legislative Evaluation and Accountability Program Committee. Outside politics, he runs a small business in analytics solutions and statistical consulting, with prior experience as director of analytics in fraud detection and customer insights, and as a research scientist serving as principal investigator on a DARPA project.

Education and Political Experience

Education:

- PhD in Statistics, University of Washington

- MS in Mathematics, Claremont Graduate University

- BS in Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College

Political Experience:

- Washington State Senate, District 1 : Vice Chair, Ways & Means; member, Business, Financial Services, and Trade; Labor and Commerce

- Washington House of Representatives : Chair, Commerce & Gaming Committee

- Chair, Washington State Caseload Forecast Council