Washington Policy Center CEO will step down later this year

Washington Policy Center President and CEO Dann Mead Smith plans to leave the Seattle-based conservative think tank in October to join Project 42, a conservative umbrella organization. He will join Sally Poliak, who has been leading Project 42, as co-leader. Project 42 funds, mentors and launches organizations statewide such as Change Washington, which former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best recently joined as an adviser;  League of Our Own Washington, which recruits and trains women to run…