West Seattleite at the White House for Storm celebration

West Seattleite Anne Levinson is at the White House today, and shared that photo with WSB – she’s second from left, and you probably recognize many of the others. She is there for President Obama honors the Seattle Storm for its WNBA championship; Levinson is a former co-owner of the Storm, as well as a former judge and deputy Seattle mayor (among other roles and ventures) – as you can see in the photo, those also at the White House today include the current mayor. (We’re watching the White House website for photos/video of the Storm celebration and will add when available.)

ADDED 2:56 PM: Here’s the White House video:

mpento June 29, 2011 (12:01 pm)

And some people say there is no such thing as a free lunch
But well done Seattle Storm!

maude June 29, 2011 (12:03 pm)

Because I’m in a nit-picky mood, Anne Levinson is a co-owner, not a co-founder. I’ll give Lin Dunn the credit there. :)

WSB June 29, 2011 (12:07 pm)

Actually, she left the ownership group last year, according to everything I found online. Which is why I didn’t use that description. Did something change?
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/womenshoopsblog/2013516183_storm_co-owner_anne_levinson_l.html

clark5080 June 29, 2011 (12:24 pm)

So I wonder how much out of the city and county budget went to pay for Larry Gossett and Our wonderful Mayor to be there. Sure hope they are doing something more productive than just a photo Opp.

maude June 29, 2011 (12:31 pm)

Oh, I do now recall that she left the group which she co-founded – Force 10 Hoops. Force 10 Hoops owns the Storm. But they’ve only owned the Storm for a few years. Maybe Barry Ackerley was the founder?