Ingemar Woods

A candidate for Spokane Valley City Council Position 5, City of Spokane Valley in the 2017 Washington Primary, Aug. 1

Party: No party

City: Spokane Valley, Washington

Political experience: None.

Work experience: Prior to becoming an educator at Apollos University in Great Falls, Montana, he worked in oil fields and as a construction laborer.

Education: He had four years of primary education because his parents were migrant farm workers and moved a lot. Obtained a GED in 1983. Attended Oregon State University from 1999-2001. Obtained a bachelor’s degree online in 2008 from Nations University. Graduated from Liberty University Seminary in 2010. Obtained a doctorate in business administration from Apollos in 2016.

Family: Married for 12 years and brought together eight children from previous marriages.

Top priorities if elected: Woods would like to bring back what he calls “the culture of people.” He wants the city to invest in its people like it invests in infrastructure.

He would like to start a city sponsored summer job shadowing program, allowing young people to shadow police, fire and city department heads, perhaps combined with a mentoring program.

Woods wants to continue the push for economic development. “If people are employed it naturally reduces crime,” he said.

Criminal history: Woods was convicted of four attempted murder charges in 1993 after he was accused of shooting at police. He was sentenced to seven years, and served five in Jackson County, Oregon. In 2002 he was convicted of second-degree burglary, also while intoxicated, in Stevens County and spent 13 months in prison.