Dwight Dively is Budget Director of King County where he is responsible for developing and monitoring the biennial King County budget, implementing the King County Strategic Plan, identifying and tracking performance measures, developing and implementing the King County Comprehensive Plan, overseeing business planning, and conducting the annual employee survey. Prior to King County, Dwight had a 22-year career with the City of Seattle, culminating as Director of Finance and leading the city’s financial and budget management initiatives between 1994 and 2010. He has served as a Distinguished Practitioner on the teaching faculty for over 30 years at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. He is co-author of Benefit-Cost Analysis in Theory and Practice (1994). He holds a B.S. from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1980), an MPA from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington.