In May of 1997, Governor Gary Locke and agency heads signed a memorandum agreeing to establish a forum to serve as the "...formal and ongoing institutional framework to promote interagency communication, coordination and policy direction on environmental and natural resource issues."
Curt Smitch, Special Assistant to Governor Locke for Natural Resources
Larry Cassidy, Member, Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council
Martha Choe, Director, Office of Trade and Economic Development
Tom Fitzsimmons, Director, Department of Ecology
Jim Jesernig, Director, Department of Agriculture
Laura Johnson, Director, Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation
Tom Karier, Member, Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council
Jeff Koenings, Director, Department of Fish and Wildlife
Nancy McKay, Chair, Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
Steve Meyer, Executive Director, Conservation Commission
Sid Morrison, Secretary, Department of Transportation
Busse Nutley, Director, Office of Community Development
Cleve Pinnix, Director, Parks and Recreation Commission
Mary Selecky, Secretary, Department of Health
Terry Williams, Tribal Representative, Tulalip Tribes
*In August of 1999, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission formally accepted the Governor's invitation to join the Joint Cabinet. They have asked Terry Williams, Executive Director of Fisheries and Natural Resources for Tulalip Tribe, to participate with the Joint Cabinet.