Zaref Anderson is a recent graduate of the University of Washington, where he majored in Community, Environment & Planning. As a student, he participated in several projects bettering transportation and housing in Seattle. For his senior project, Zaref designed, planned and taught a course on public transit planning basics to 24 other undergraduate students. During his time at Intercity Transit, he led planning efforts to restore a bus route that was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.