Kamuron Gurol

Biography: Kamuron Gurol Corridor Development Director Sound Transit Seattle, WA Today, Kamuron is serving as North Corridor Director for Sound Transit, the regional high capacity transit agency in the Seattle, WA area. He will be helping to plan for and implement light rail transit and bus rapid transit consistent with the voter approved ST3 package. Prior to this, Kamuron served from 2014 to 2016 as Burien City Manager where he was responsible for all services and functions for a city government serving 50,000 residents and 2000 businesses. Kamuron served as as Assistant City Manager and Community Development Director for the City of Sammamish from 2005 to 2013. His team has successfully navigated an innovative Town Center plan (using a hybrid of performance and traditional zoning tools) and new Shoreline Master Program. Sammamish also received a 2009 Governor’s Smart Community award for our over-the-counter permit approval process. Prior to that, Kamuron worked as a corridor planning manager for the Washington state DOT Urban Planning Office, where he oversaw corridor improvement plans for several large state highways in the greater Seattle area. As director of the Kitsap County Department of Community Development, Kamuron was responsible for all aspects of community development department (building plan review and inspections, land use permits, long range planning and a CDBG grant program) serving about 250,000 residents. As manager of the Snohomish County Planning Division, he was responsible for successful policy development for the county comprehensive plan and various subarea plans, for planning policy issues with 20 cities, and for county GIS and demographic work products. He began his work in public administration, planning, environmental and natural resources with King County where he created a nationally-recognized transfer of development rights program. Kamuron holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Washingt