Chapter Member Introductions Welcome to our First Time Attendees! Agencies Represented Today City of Everett City of Kirkland City of Lynnwood City of Redmond City of Seattle City of Shoreline City of Tacoma City of Yakima/Yakima County Community Transit Department of Enterprise Services Department of Social & Health Services
Chapter Member Introductions Agencies continued Intercity Transit King County King County Directors Association Link Transit Pierce County Port of Everett Port of Tacoma Seattle City Light Snohomish County Government Sound Transit (18!) Tacoma School District Washington State Department of Agriculture WSDOT **RETIRED**
56 NEW Chapter Members in 2015! Bruce Porter, Chelan County PUD Lisa Ponder, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Tina Sweeney, WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Thea Prince, City of Spokane Connie Wahl, City of Spokane Shiree Smith, Clark County PUD Cathy Wannamaker, Clark County PUD Timolin Abrom, DES Gail Biever, WSDOT Tom Carroll, KCDA Rebecca Diaz, Franklin County PUD Chris Dodd, City of Kirkland K. David Ernevad, Seattle Community Colleges Adissu Gelato, Sound Transit Joy Kulmann, Renton School District #403 John Allen, DES Linda Biederman, WSDOT Heather Costello, Snohomish County
56 NEW Chapter Members in 2015! Tina Davis, King County Cami Flake, King County Jesse Gonzalez, King County Gina Keolker, King County Mary Lee, King County Gib Myers, King County Michelle Nguyen, Seattle Community Colleges Kurt Patterson, City of Arlington Susan Peterschick, WSDOT Ferrell Presnell, DES Darrell Sundell, Green River College Bramby Tollen, Snohomish County Lorrie van den Arend, Seattle City Light Michael Williams, King County Ron Butler, Energy Northwest Danielle Hinz, King County Erin Hamilton, DSHS Carmen Mendez, DSHS Tim Corrigan, City of Kennewick
56 NEW Chapter Members in 2015! Jessica Tonka, City of Tacoma Will McGill, Wa St Liquor Control Bd Casey Walker, Wa St Liquor Control Bd Tammy Ferris, Intercity Transit Laura Lowe, Intercity Transit Darren Chernick, King County Christy Trautman, King County Esther Decker, King County Renae Cheney, WSDOT Kathi Collins, WA Dept. of Ecology Cory Williamson, Tacoma School District Liz Alzeer, City of Seattle Michele Ortiz, KCDA Selina Chambliss, Tacoma Pierce Co Health Dept Tina Shields, King County Paula Shilling, KCDA Jana Prince, Port of Tacoma Paul Nowell, KCDA
2015 Executive Board Sue Ownby, President Josh Klika, Vice President Jeff Peterson, Recording Secretary Theresa Teschlog, Membership Secretary Josh Klika, Treasurer Jessica Smith, Public Relations and Marketing Mark Little, Education and Research Cheral Manke, Immediate Past President
2016 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING President s Report ~ Sue Ownby Sue.Ownby@YakimaWA.gov 509-576-6695
Recognition of 2015 Volunteers
2015 Committees Diversity (5) Education (7) Elections (3) Finance (5) Honors & Awards (4) Membership (5) Newsletter (4) Policy (5) Philanthropy (4) Public Relations (3) Reverse Tradeshow (5) Scholarship (5)
Vice President s Report Josh Klika 2015 Year in Review Josh.Klika@des.wa.gov 306-407-7939
Finance & Treasurer Report Josh Klika 2015 Year in Review 2016 Chapter Budget Review & Approval
Finance Committee Recognition Pam Tokunaga, City of Seattle Dave Davis, WSDOT Cynthia Shaw, WSDOT Rena Jackson, King County Josh Klika, DES (Chair)
Honor s & Awards Committee Josh Klika 2015 Year in Review Josh.Klika@des.wa.gov 306-407-7939
Honor s & Awards Committee Recognition Chad Jorissen, Community Transit Theresa Teschlog, Community Transit Mark Little, Port of Tacoma Josh Klika, DES (Chair)
Scholarship Committee Josh Klika 2015 Year in Review Josh.Klika@des.wa.gov 306-407-7939
Membership Secretary Theresa Teschlog 2015 Year in Review Theresa.Teschlog@commtrans.org 425-438-6139
Membership Committee Recognition Ted Lucas, Sound Transit Julie Snider, King County Rick Naten, WSDOT Theresa Jensen, Washington State Patrol Theresa Teschlog, Community Transit (Chair)
Education & Research Committee Mark Little 2015 Year in Review Mlittle@portoftacoma.com 253-383-9453
Duties of Education Committee Distribute library materials to members Research and collect materials for chapter library Plan, establish and coordinate educational program Committee Chairperson: Mark Little
Education Committee Recognition Dawn Leischner, City of Tacoma Terry Keys, City of Bellevue Clark Langstraat, City of Everett Maria Mayhue, City/County of Yakima Anna Vogel, C Tran Theresa Teschlog, Community Transit Mark Little, Port of Tacoma (Chair)
Recording Secretary Jeff Peterson Business meetings are documented and posted on our web site under Board Meeting Minutes within two weeks following the meeting. The meeting notes offer more than just insight on business discussions, they also provide information regarding upcoming classes and volunteer opportunities. Jpeterson@InterCityTransit.com 360-754-9361
Public Relations & Marketing Jessica Smith Report Jessica.Smith@des.wa.gov 306-407-8408
Duties of Public Relations & Marketing Prepare, edit and publish chapter newsletters Inform chapter of cultural & educational activities Collect & send achievement articles to NIGP, etc. Committee Chairperson: Jessica Smith
Public Relations & Marketing Committee Recognition Rick Naten, WSDOT Sue Ownby, City/County of Yakima Jessica Smith, DES (Chair)
Policy Advisory Linda Hodgson Chapter By-Laws Revision Linda.Hodgson@dshs.wa.gov 360-664-6073
Duties of Policy Advisory Available for research for questions about policies against State/Federal/NIGP regulations Committee Chairperson: Linda Hodgson
Policy Committee Recognition Rick Naten, WSDOT Steven Johnson, City of Seattle Keith Leitich, KCDA Presley Palmer, City of Seattle Linda Hodgson, DSHS (Chair)
Newsletter Heidi Bohl Send any articles for the newsletter to Heidi! herziaura.hb@gmail.com
Newsletter Josh Klika, DES Cheral Manke, DES Corey Larson, DES Heidi Bohl, Retired (Chair)
Diversity Momi Friedlander for Timolin Abrom 2015 Year in Review Timolin.Abrom@des.wa.gov 360-407-8251
Duties of Diversity Bring together varied demographic, cultural, human, intellectual and philosophic differences Help create an environment that honors & respects those differences in a safe & supportive environment Committee Chairperson: Timolin Abrom
Diversity Committee Recognition Cindy Lewis, DES Momi Friedlander, DES Cheryl Shaw, DES CJ Sanchelli, DES Timolin Abrom, DES (Chair)
Charity & Philanthropy Craig Bush 2015 Year in Review Craig.Bush@SeattleColleges.edu 206-934-4139
Duties of Charity & Philanthropy Plan & organize events for charity Partner & participate with various non profit organizations to give back to the community Examples: Food Drives, NW Harvest, etc. Committee Chairperson: Craig Bush
Charity & Philanthropy Committee Recognition Heidi Bohl, Retired Cathy Moxley, DES Susan Knotts, City of Yakima/Yakima County Craig Bush, Seattle Colleges (Chair)
Nomination and Elections Maria Mayhue 2015 Year in Review Maria.Mayhue@YakimaWA.gov 509-575-6094
Duties of Nomination & Elections Solicit, consider and evaluate nominations from regular membership for candidates for office Prepare a ballot of the nominated officers Submit ballot for approval four weeks prior to annual election held in November Committee Chairperson: Maria Mayhue
Nomination & Elections Committee Recognition Cathy Robinson, City of Richland Sue Ownby, City/County Yakima Maria Mayhue, City/County Yakima (Chair)
Scholarship Josh Klika 2015 Year in Review Josh.Klika@des.wa.gov 306-407-7939
Reverse Vendor Trade Show Sarah Dawson Coming Fall 2016! Sara.Dawson@KingCounty.gov 206-263-1897
Duties of Reverse Vendor Trade Show Plan and organize the trade show event Recruit volunteers for sub committee for various roles (marketing, registration, etc) Solicit venues to accommodate expected attendees/participants Committee Chairperson: Sarah Dawson