Peter J. Goldmark
| Peter J. Goldmark | |
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| Commissioner of Public Lands, Washington Department of Natural Resources | |
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In office January 2009 – January 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Doug Sutherland |
| Succeeded by | Hilary Franz |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Peter James Goldmark August 4, 1946 Okanogan, Washington, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Georgia (deceased), remarried to Wendy |
| Children | five children |
| Residence | Okanogan, Washington |
| Alma mater | BA Haverford College PhD University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Rancher and Wheat Farmer |
| Profession | Molecular Biology |
| Website | www.petergoldmark.com |
Peter James Goldmark (born August 4, 1946) was the Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands and heads the Washington Department of Natural Resources. He is a Democrat from a rural part of Okanogan County, Washington, outside of the town of Okanogan.
Goldmark has placed a lifelong emphasis on agriculture, science, education, and public service. His primary career experience includes ranching in Eastern Washington; over thirty years of volunteering to fighting wildland fires; and a PhD in molecular biology. He has published papers in national and international scientific journals on plant molecular genetics and currently runs a wheat breeding program for crop improvement.
In 2008, Goldmark won the election for Commissioner of Public Lands (head of the Washington Department of Natural Resources) against incumbent Doug Sutherland in a tightly contested race. The major focus points of his campaign for Public Land Commissioner include preventing forest from being converted into strip malls or development; encouraging sustainable timber practices to maintain steady income and areas of recreation for the state; cleaning up Puget Sound; promoting the use of biofuels; effective wildland fire management; and maintaining clean water for drinking, salmon habitat, and shellfish harvesting. He was succeeded by Hilary Franz after the 2016 election, where he did not run.
Goldmark was born in Okanogan, Washington, the son of Irma "Sally" (née Ringe) and John E. Goldmark, who bought the family ranch in 1946. His father was of half Austrian Jewish and half British Isles descent, and his mother was from a Protestant family of German ancestry. Peter began his education in a one-room school house at Duley Lake near Okanogan, Washington. He graduated from Okanogan High School in Okanogan in 1963 and Haverford College in 1967.
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