Members Bios
Jim Bricker, Chair, Coupeville
PEMCO Financial Services, Government Affairs since 1992. Former: Special Assistant to Governor Booth Gardner for National Affairs; served in the administrations of Governors Rosellini, Evans and Spellman; Director, Committee Services Division, Washington State Senate; Executive Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures; Administrator, Council on Higher Education (now the HECB). Adjunct faculty, Pacific Lutheran University; Lecturer, University of Puget Sound, Graduate School, and Western Washington University. Current: Alki Foundation Board, CityClub of Seattle; Executive Committee, Washington Research Council; Working Committee, Partnership for Learning; Deputy, Washington Roundtable. Retired, USMCR, Colonel.
Sharon Fairchild, Vice Chair, Liberty Lake
VP, Marketing and System Development, Providence Services Eastern Washington. Former: Consultant, Fairchild Consulting, LLC; President, Group Health Northwest. Current Member: Board of Directors, Executive, Public Policy, and Nominating Committees of the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce; Group Health Community Foundation Board of Directors and Eastern WA Advisory Board; Mayor's Opportunity Council on Poverty; Advisory Committee of the Health Improvement Partnership. Former Member: Idaho Small Employer and Individual Reinsurance Board; Association of Washington Healthcare Plans; Alliance of Community Health Plans.
Jim Garrison, Mount Vernon
Past Chairman: Delta Dental Plans Association, and Delta USA. Former: President and Chief Executive Officer and Director, Washington Dental Service; Senior Vice President and General Manager, Anthony Industries, Inc.; President & Chief Executive Officer, K2 Corporation; VP – Employee Relations, Boise Cascade Corporation; Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, University of Washington; Research Associate/Case Writer, Harvard Business School.
Shaunta Hyde, Lake Forest Park
Government Relations Manager, The Boeing Company.
BA, Seattle University. Executive MBA, University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business. Board Vice-Chair & Co-Chair (Gov’t Affairs) - Kent Chamber of Commerce, 2002-04, 2006-present Board Member: Pioneer Human Services, Mfg. Industrial Council, SW King County Chamber. Selected by Business Examiner as 2006 “Top 40 Under 40” Awardee. Former: Vice Pres. and Board Member, Auburn Chamber of Commerce. Former Board Member: Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Urban Enterprise Center (UEC) & Chair, Minority Business Development Comm.; Renton Chamber of Commerce; Center for Human Services.
Jeff Johnson, Olympia
Special assistant to the president of the Washington State Labor Council. Former: Teacher of economics and labor studies at the Labor College in New York City. Jeff earned his BA in political science from Georgetown University and an MA from the New School for Social Research in New York.
Tom Koenninger, Vancouver
Editor emeritus of The Columbian, serves on The Columbian editorial board and writes a weekly column. Chairman: Fourth of July Advisory Committee, Vancouver School District’s Management Advisory Task Force. Current Member: the Advisory Board, Conservation Land Trust; Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust; Clark College Alumni Association Board of Directors; Steering Committee for Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration; Visitation Committee for School of Communications, University of Washington. Co-senior Warden of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Former Centralia College Board Member.
Erin Mundinger, Omak
Administrator, Washington State Employment Security Department. Former: Co-owner/Manager, Corner Shelf; Analyst & Training Coordinator, National Security Agency. Former Member: Advisory Council on Adult Education; Washington State Job Training Coordinating Council; Family Independence Program State Advisory Committee; Pentad Private Industry Council; Washington State Council on Vocational Education.
Lyle Quasim, Puyallup
Chief of Staff, Pierce County Executive. Former: Secretary, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services; Assistant Secretary, Health and Rehabilitative Services Administration; Director, Safe Streets Campaign, Graduate of UPS and PLU. Member: American Leadership Forum; Emergency Food Network; Chair, Tacoma/Pierce County Black Collective; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Tacoma Center YMCA; Washington Council on Crime and Delinquency; Martin Luther King Homeless Shelter; Rotary; Tacoma Urban League.
Beth Willis, Lakewood
Director, Corporate, World Trade Center, Tacoma. M.Ed., University of Washington; BS, Sam Houston State University. Current Member: Pierce County Arts Commission Board; Board of Directors, World Affairs Council; Broadway Center for Performing Arts Board; Governing Board for Higher Education Funding. Selected by Business Examiner as 2004 “Woman of the Year.” Selected by County Executive as 2003 “Pierce County Volunteer.” Former: Board Chair, Pierce College; President, Trustees Association of Community and Technical Colleges (TACTC).
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