Councilmember Sara Nelson's Staff

Email Jeremy

Jeremy has served as Council President Nelson’s Chief of Staff since 2022. In his previous work, he served as Director of Government Relations for the Evergreen State College and ran the office of former State Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson. 

Jeremy has lived in Western Washington his whole life. After transferring with an AA from North Seattle Community College, Jeremy earned a BA in political science from Western Washington University and a Master of Public Administration from Evergreen. In Seattle, he has lived in Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, University District, Licton Springs, and currently lives in West Lake Union with his husband and two cats.

In Council President Nelson’s office, Jeremy is the team lead, communications lead, and manages film, music, nightlife, and labor contract policy issues. In 2022, he was critical in assisting with the creation of the Seattle Film Commission and in 2023 helped select its inaugural members. Prior to working at the Council, Jeremy’s proudest accomplishments were working on the WA State campaign to legalize marriage equality, getting elected as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and helping to pass landmark state legislation to expand access to higher education for low-income families. 

Email Taemin

Taemin was born in Fort Lewis, grew up in Bellevue, Washington and graduated from Eastern Washington University in 2014. He managed and later consulted on local, state, and federal political campaigns.  Taemin also worked for State Representative Vandana Slatter. 

Taemin currently serves as a Board Member for the WA Chapter of the Korean American Coalition.  He is a proud supporter of the Seattle Mariners and believes that this will finally be the year. 

Email Steven

Steven Ellis joins Councilmember Nelson's office after five state legislative sessions staffing the Washington Senate Democratic Caucus, first as a communications specialist and then as policy counsel staffing the capital budget, the Business, Financial Services & Trade Committee and the Higher Education & Workforce Development Committee.

Before moving to Seattle in 2017, he served for seven years as an analyst, editor and spokesperson for the Vienna, Austria-based International Press Institute (IPI) - the world’s oldest global press freedom organization - including three years as director of advocacy and communications.

Steven previously covered courts and the legal community in Los Angeles as a reporter for a daily newspaper. He also practiced law in Michigan after serving as a legal clerk in the Office of Executive Counsel to the Governor and as driver and staffer to then-Attorney General Jennifer Granholm.

A Michigan native, Steven graduated with honors from the Michigan State University College of Law after completing undergraduate studies at MSU. He is a licensed attorney in Washington, Illinois (inactive) and Michigan. He is also a musician and was a charter member (bassoon) of the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic.