Office of Governor Gary Locke
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 20, 1998
Contact:  Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136

Locke appoints Thomas Egan chair of Board of Industrial Appeals, names new members to Employee Retirement Benefits Board

OLYMPIA - Gov. Gary Locke today named Thomas Egan as chairman of the Washington Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.

Egan had served since June 1995 for the board as assistant chief industrial insurance appeals judge. He will now supervise all board judges, who rule on decisions made by the state Department of Labor and Industries on workers' compensation issues. His term expires in June 2003.

Egan is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound School of Law. His salary is $73,886.

The governor also made three new, additional appointments to the Employee Retirement Benefits Board. They will represent school employees statewide. The new appointments increase the board from 8 to 11 members under Senate Bill 6306 passed by the 1998 Legislature creating the School Employees Retirement System.

In addition, the governor announced three reappointments to the Employee Retirement Benefits Board.

Employee Retirement Benefits Board
The Employee Retirement Benefits Board is responsible for the selection and approval of self-directed investment options and related administrative charges; benefit payment schedules; annuities; and the investment options for the deferred compensation program.

The new appointments are:

Virginia "Gini" Drummond of Tacoma, a personnel reports technician for Tacoma School District Department. Drummond is also trustee of Sound Partnership Benefits Trust and Washington Education Association Board member. Drummond's position will expire in June 2000.

Kathleen Whitlock of Yelm, a Bethel School District purchasing agent. Whitlock is a member of the Washington Association of School Business Officials; the International Association of School Business Officials; and the National Association of Educational Office Personnel. Whitlock's term expires in June 2001.

Marian Harrison of Marysville, a retired custodian of Arlington School District, who currently works for Senate security at the Washington State Capitol. Harrison has been a Public School Employees of Washington member for 23 years and held local and state union offices. Harrison's term expires in June 1999.

Reappointments to the board include:

Gloria Champeaux of Sequim, a retired employee of the Washington State Liquor Control Board. Champenaux is a former member of the Employees Retirement Benefits Board and is current elected president of the Retired Public Employees Council of Washington. Champeaux's term expires in June of 2001.

Sharon Jayne of Liberty Lake, principal of Greenacres Junior High School, Central Valley School District. Jayne was named 1998 Washington State Distinguished Principal. Jayne's term expires in June 2001.

Jan Twardowski of Tacoma, president, Frank Russell Securities, Inc. Twardowski's term expires in June 2001.

In addition, Gov. Locke announced the following 19 appointments to other state boards and commissions:

Board of Hearing and Speech
Reverend Kenneth Pope of Selah is named to the Board of Hearing and Speech. The Board examines and licenses or certifies hearing instrument fitters/dispensers, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists; and has rule authority of standards for practice, examination, and discipline. Pope is an ordained minister and a retired educator for Toppenish School District.

Medical Quality Assurance Commission
The Medical Quality Assurance Commission is appointed by the Governor to license and regulate the practice of the state's physicians.

Reappointments include:

William Marineau, M.D., of Spokane. Marineau is currently medical director of Medical Service Corporation in Spokane.

Janice Paxton, physician assistant, of Ellensburg. Paxton works for the Cle Elum Family Medicine Center. Paxton's term expires in June 2002.

D.K. Yoshida, M.D., J.D. a Seattle-area physician and attorney.

Gilbert Rodriguez, M.D., of Vancouver. Rodriguez is currently medical director of surgical services at Southwest Regional Medical Center in Vancouver.

Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund Committee
The Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund Committee advises the governor and the Legislature on the acceptance of state or federal loans for infrastructure or economic development projects in the Hanford area. It also recommends spending strategies for economic development and diversification projects.

Reappointments include:

Thomas Walker, City of Kennewick council member.
Leo Bowman, Benton County commissioner.
Gary McCollum, Pasco, project manager for Summit Property Development.
Carl Strode, City of Pasco council member.

The Municipal Research Council
Pam Daniels of Lynnwood, is named to replace Jan Michels on the Municipal Research Council. The Council provides cities and towns in Washington with a comprehensive research and service program. Daniels is Snohomish County Clerk.

Criminal Justice Training Commission
The Criminal Justice Training Commission develops and implements training standards and programs designed to upgrade criminal justice personnel; establishes standards relating to physical, mental and moral fitness for recruitment of criminal justice personnel. Reappointments whose terms expire in June 2004 include:

Joseph Lehman, director of the Department of Corrections, Olympia.
Ed Crawford, chief of police, Kent.
Judy Arnold, Thurston County coroner, Olympia.

Commission of Judicial Conduct
The Commission of Judicial Conduct reviews complaints alleging possible violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct or complaints of disabilities which are permanent or likely to become permanent. The commission also provides a forum for complaints concerning ethics rules for all state officers and state employees of the judicial branch.

Reappointed whose terms expire in June 2002 are:

Scott H. Lewis of Seattle, who is currently on the faculty of Peninsula College in Port Angeles and president of Strait Financial Corporation.

Antonio P. Cube, Sr. of Renton, a retired bank supervisor, who is a member of the Renton Human Rights Commission, advisor to the Council of Filipino-American Organizations of the Pacific Northwest and adviser to the Filipino-American Community of Renton.

Community Economic Revitalization Board
Elisabeth Harper, owner of Skagit Business Services, of Mount Vernon was named to the Community Revitalization Board. The Board works to strengthen the economies of areas of the state that have experienced high unemployment rates or
below-average economic growth. Harper's term expires in September 2000.

Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees
Laurie A. Jinkins, lead staff attorney for the state Department of Health, of Tacoma is named to the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees. Her term will expire in September 2002.

Apprenticeship & Training Coordinating Council
Newly appointed is Alfred L. Langan, PhD, of Tacoma. Langan is formerly associate dean of instruction and vocational director at Olympic College in Bremerton. The council approves apprenticeship standards for the various trades, crafts and occupations within the state, and administers regulations regarding the conduct of approved apprenticeship programs through the state Department of Labor and Industries. Langan's term expires in February 2001.

Registration of Landscape Architects Board
Stuart Deysenroth of Spokane is reappointed to the Registration of Landscape Architects Board. Deysenroth is a member of the Spokane Economic Development Council, president of the Lakeside Water Association, Coeur d'Alene Lake, and member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Planning Association. His term expires in September 2002.

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