Annie Szvetecz

Dec. 27, 1965 - Oct. 16, 2022

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Anne Deborah Szvetecz (“Annie”), 56, of Olympia, WA, passed away on October 16, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Annie was born on December 27, 1965 to Frank Charles Szvetecz and Deborah Meyers in Pittsburgh, PA. After graduating from The Colorado Springs School in 1984, she went on to study environmental policy at Scripps College and then transferred to the University of Colorado where she graduated in 1989 with a BA in Environmental Conservation. She was Phi Beta Kappa and a Dean’s Scholar. After graduation, she worked for Rainforest Action Network as their Hawaii Campaign Organizer, and in 1991 she relocated to Honolulu after having met David Goldsmith via that role. They eventually had two children, Jack Nehoa Szvetecz and Zoe Malia Szvetecz, and formally wed in 2002. In 1995 Annie began her M.S. in Environmental Studies at the University of Montana, Missoula, completing it in 2001 while again living in Hawaii. That same year she moved to Olympia, WA, where she eventually began her career in Washington State government as an “Environmental Professional,” first with the Department of Natural Resources, then the Department of Ecology, and most

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