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Office of Governor Gary Locke
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 29, 2001
Contact:  Governor's Communications Office, 360-902-4136

Locke appoints regents to University of Washington and Washington State University

OLYMPIA – Gov. Gary Locke today appointed Sally Jewell to the University of Washington Board of Regents and Steven Hill to the Washington State University Board of Regents.

Locke also reappointed Peter Goldmark to the WSU Board of Regents.

Jewell and Hill will begin their terms immediately. Jewell, Hill and Goldmark will serve as regents until Sept. 30, 2007. All three appointments require Washington State Senate confirmation.

Jewell, a graduate of UW, is chief operating officer of Recreational Equipment, Inc. A Sumner resident, she worked 19 years in the banking industry prior to joining REI. Jewell serves on the boards of REI, Avista Corp and Premera. In addition, Jewell is active in community and education issues and holds leadership positions with the Alliance for Education and the Mountains to Sound Greenway.

Hill, of Tacoma, is senior vice president for human resources at Weyerhaeuser Company. He was named a White House fellow in 1978 and served in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy. He is a director of the Tacoma YMCA and the Seattle Symphony. Hill graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1969 and received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1971.

Goldmark, owner and operator of the Double J Ranch in Okanogan, has served as a WSU regent since 1996. He is a former director of the state Department of Agriculture and a former chair of the Governor’s Council on Agriculture and the Environment. Goldmark graduated from Haverford College in 1967 and received a doctoral degree in molecular biology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1971.

Regents serve as members of governing bodies for universities.
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