Aaron Reardon

Snohomish County, Washington is fortunate to have Aaron Reardon as its County Executive. A courageous, results-based visionary and pioneer in local government, Aaron is embarking on making Snohomish County the most effective service delivery system in the nation. One tool in his arsenal is his belief in PSG’s Price of Government/Budgeting for Outcomes methodology.

Before running for County Executive, Aaron spent five years in the State Legislature, most recently as a State Senator. There he got first-hand experience with POG and it’s effectiveness in building a budget that

reinvents government, rather than repeating the same processes that had contributed to a significant budget deficit.

Moving to the county level, Aaron was courageous enough to implement Price of Government budgeting as one cornerstone of his administration as the county faced its own deficit. Aaron is a great communicator, with the ability to reach out to a wide cross-section of the people. We count as one of his successes that the son of his opponent publicly supported Aaron’s Priority Based Budgeting process.

The first year budget recommendations were adopted in part, and although disappointed, Aaron is undaunted in his efforts to lead with the vision of improving service to citizens. We look forward to following the career of this courageous leader.