Boards and Commissions Profiles

Below you will find detailed information on each state board and commission to which Governor Gregoire has appointment authority. Click below to view the boards - these profiles will provide you with detailed information about each board. You can view the authorizing statute, description of the boards role in state government, number of gubernatorial appointments made to the board, positions up in this calendar year, compensation or reimbursement provided to members as well as qualifications to serve and a current membership list for the board.

If you have additional questions about boards and commissions please contact the boards and commission division in the Office of the Governor at 360 902-0391 or email.

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Accountancy, Board of
Regulates public accounting through examinations, licensing, complaint investigation and continuing professional education.

Adult Education, Advisory Council on
Advises the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board concerning adult basic education and literacy programs.

Affirmative Action Policy Committee, Governor’s
Serves as a policy and review body for the state’s affirmative action program; reviews and approves state agency affirmative action plans.

Affordable Housing Advisory Board
Serves as principal advisory body to the Department of Community Trade and Economic Development on housing and housing-related issues.

African-American Affairs, Commission on
Examines and defines issues pertaining to the rights and needs of African-Americans, and makes recommendations to the Governor, the legislature, and state agencies for changes in programs and laws.

Aging, State Council on
Advises Governor and Department of Social & Health Services on policies, programs and services affecting older people.

Apprenticeship Council
Approves apprenticeship programs, and establishes apprenticeship program standards as rules, including requirements for apprentice-related and supplemental instruction, coordination of instruction with job experiences, and instructor qualifications.

Arboretum and Botanical Garden Advisory Committee
The Arboretum and Botanical Garden Committee (ABGC) advises the University of Washington, City of Seattle and The Arboretum Foundation on the management and stewardship of the Washington Park Arboretum for the benefit of current and future generations.

Architects, Board of Registration for
Examines and licenses architects within the state; investigates violation of state regulations relating to the practice of architecture; and recommends rules and regulations for administering the licensing laws.

Arts Commission
Promotes the growth and development of the arts within the state; advises state agencies and officials on matters pertaining to the arts; and administers appropriations set aside for acquiring works of art for public buildings.

Asian Pacific American Affairs, State Commission
Examines and defines issues pertaining to the rights and needs of Asian Americans and advises the Governor and state agencies on policies, plans and needs.

Basic Education Finance, Task Force on
The Task Force on Basic Education Funding, which will build on the Washington Learns recommendation to develop a stable funding system for public education. The Task Force will look at ways to implement a new, comprehensive financing formula for kindergarten through 12th grade education that supports proven education practices and connects money to accountability and results.

Biodiversity Council
The Biodiversity Council recommends ways to manage and protect our state's biodiversity.

Blind, Rehabilitation Council for the
Advises the director of the Department of Services for the Blind.

Blind, State School for the; Board of Trustees
Serves educational needs of visually impaired and blind students from throughout the state. Develops comprehensive curriculum to maximize and develop students’ skills to live, work and be capable, contributing, independent citizens.

Boiler Rules, Board of
Formulates rules and regulations for the safe and proper construction, installation, use, operation and repair of boilers and pressure vessels.

Boundary Review Boards
Boundary review boards are mandated by state legislation in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Spokane counties; they are optional in all other counties. Fifteen other counties have opted to create boards, including Benton, Chelan, Clark, Cowlitz, Douglas, Grant, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pacific, Skagit, Skamania, Thurston, Walla Walla, Whatcom and Yakima counties. Boundary review boards have jurisdiction over municipal annexations, incorporations, disincorporations, and creation or annexation of certain special districts. The boards also have jurisdiction over extensions of sewer and water services outside the city or district.

Building Code Council
Studies, recommends revision and provides technical and general assistance to building officials about adopted codes relating to uniform building, energy and barrier-free designs; adopts and amends building codes.

Capital Projects Advisory Review Board
Capital Projects Advisory Review Board: The Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB) will review alternative public works contracting procedures and provide guidance to state policymakers on ways to further enhance the quality, efficiency, and accountability of public works contracting methods.

Capitol Campus Design Advisory Committee
Advises the State Capitol Committee and the director of General Administration to review programs, planning, design, and landscaping of state capitol facilities and grounds and to make recommendations that will contribute to the attainment of architectural, aesthetic, functional, and environmental excellence in design and maintenance of capitol facilities on campus and located in neighboring communities.

Capitol Furnishings Preservation Committee
Promotes and encourages the recovery and preservation of the original and historic furnishings of the state capitol group, prevents future loss of historic furnishings, and reviews and advises future remodeling and restoration projects as they pertain to historic furnishings.

Caseload Forecast Council
Performs forecasts of state entitlement programs; correctional institutions; institutions for juvenile offenders; K-12; long-term care; medical assistance; and foster care and adoption support.

Cemetery Board
Grants certificates of authority to operate cemeteries owned by corporations other than religious groups or taxing district authorities; grants pre-arrangement sales licenses and crematory licenses; reviews audit results of endowment-care and pre-arrangement trust funds; holds disciplinary hearings on title violations; and adopts and amends rules. Also consults with the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers on rules for cremation and crematories.

Child Support Schedule Workgroup
The work group shall review and make recommendations to the Legislature and the governor regarding the child support guidelines in Washington State.

Children and Families, Council for
Mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect. Responsibilities include: contracting to establish community-based educational and service programs aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect; assisting the exchange of information; consulting with state agencies; establishing the Children’s Trust Fund; and adopting necessary and appropriate rules.

Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission, Washington State
Regulates the competency and quality of chiropractic health care professionals by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensing, consistent standards of practice, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline.

Clemency and Pardons Board
Receives petitions from individuals, organizations, and the Department of Corrections for review and commutation of sentences and pardoning of offenders and, in some instances, for the restoration of civil rights; makes recommendations to the Governor.

Collection Agency Board
Regulates collection agencies within the state; holds disciplinary hearings; recommends and adopts rules and regulations for administering the regulatory law.

Columbia River Gorge Commission
Works with the U.S. Forest Service to plan for and oversee the 253,000-acre Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area created in 1986.

Combined Fund Drive Committee, State Employee
The Combined Fund Drive is a mechanism where state employees can donate money to be distributed to a variety of charitable organizations.

Community and Technical Colleges, State Board for
The governing board for the state’s community and technical college system. Prepares and submits to Governor the budget for community and technical colleges system; disburses funds to the 30 colleges; establishes standards for staffing, financial procedures, curriculum, degree and admission policies.

Community Economic Revitalization Board
Objectives are to strengthen the economies of areas of the state that have experienced high unemployment rates or below-average economic growth; to encourage the diversification of economies throughout the state; and to provide incentives for expansion of employment opportunities.

Commute Trip Reduction Board
Establishes guidelines for commute trip reduction plans.

Conservation Commission
Develops and implements a long-range program for conserving and improving the state’s renewable natural resources.

Convention and Trade Center, Board of Directors
A public non-profit corporation formed for the purpose of constructing and operating a state convention and trade center in Seattle.

Coordinated Transportation, Agency Council on
Develop standards and strategies for coordinating special needs transportation. Set to terminate on June 30, 2003.

Correctional Industries Board of Directors
Advises the Department of Corrections on programs designed to offer work experience and training of inmates, along with the investing of funds from enterprises and work programs.

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 recruiting criminal justice personnel.

Deaf, State School for the; Board of Trustees
Serves educational needs of hearing-impaired students from throughout the state. Develops comprehensive curriculum to maximize and develop students’ skills to live, work and be capable, contributing, independent citizens.

Dental Quality Assurance Commission, Washington State
Regulates the competency and quality of dental professionals by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensure, consistent standards of practice, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline.

Developmental Disabilities Council
Advises the Governor on issues and trends in providing services to developmentally disabled individuals; acts as their advocate and as a planning entity.

Developmental Disabilities Endowment Governing Board
The Governing Board is responsible for designing and administering the developmental disabilities endowment.

Disability Issues and Employment, Governor’s Committee on
Advises Governor and legislature on disability issues; generates local action; initiates projects to address specific issues; provides training and assistance to individuals and organizations statewide; conducts workshops and conferences; and publishes disability-related materials.

Dissolution Proceeding Task Force
The task force shall develop: Clear and concise dispute resolution procedures; in conjunction with the office of crime victims advocacy, a sexual assault training curriculum; consistent standards for parenting evaluators; and a domestic violence training curriculum for individuals making evaluations in dissolution cases. The task force shall make recommendations concerning specialized evaluators for dissolution cases, dissolution forms and procedures, and fees.

Early Learning Advisory Council
The council shall work in conjunction with the department to develop a statewide early learning plan that crosses systems and sectors to promote alignment of private and public sector actions, objectives, and resources, and to ensure school readiness.

Economic Advisors, Governor’s Council of
Advises the Governor on state financial matters, including the state budget, tax policy, the issuance of debt and debt management, cash management, and other fiscal matters that reflect upon the overall financial condition of the state.

Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
Prepares and oversees the making of state revenue estimates and economic forecasts.

Economic Development Commission
The Competitiveness Council formed a Task Force on Economic Development which recommended the formation of an Economic Development Commission to provide strategic and policy direction to the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. The Commission will consist of private sector and labor representatives from around the state, and is intended to engage the state’s business and labor community developing the state’s trade and economic development policies.

Economic Development Finance Authority
Helps small and medium sized businesses meet their capital needs.

Education, State Board of
The State Board is composed of sixteen Washington state citizens: five who are elected by school district school board members (three from western Washington and two from eastern Washington), seven appointed by the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, a representative of private schools elected at-large by the members of the boards of directors of all approved private schools, and two students.

Electrical Board
Establishes general and specialty electrical contractors’ licenses; prepares/administers written examinations; and advises the Dept. of Labor & Industries director on the need for additional electrical inspectors and changes in electrical codes.

Emergency Management Council
Advises the Governor and the assistant director of Emergency Management on all matters relating to emergency services in the state; acts as an arbitration body to settle search and rescue claims between state and local government.

Emergency Medical Services/Trauma Care Steering Committee
Reviews the requirements for pre-hospital emergency and ambulance services throughout the state and the proposed administrative rules relating to emergency medical services; reviews regional emergency management plans and recommends changes; and advises on rules regarding poison information centers.

Employee Retirement Benefits Board
The Board shall preselect options for members to choose from for self-directed investment; select optional benefit payment schedules available to members and survivors; select investment options for the deferred compensation program.

Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
Licensing agency for major non-hydroelectric energy facilities. Evaluates applications and recommends approval or disapproval to Governor; develops terms and conditions for constructing and operating sites; and monitors sites for compliance.

Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional
Examines candidates for license or registration; investigates and holds hearings on violations of the regulatory law; recommends and adopts rules and regulations for administering the law.

Executive Ethics Board
Enforces state ethics legislation with respect to statewide elected officials and all other officers and employees in the executive branch, boards and commissions, and institutions of higher education.

Family Practice Education Advisory Board
Advises the University of Washington School of Medicine on implementing educational programs in family medicine throughout the state.

Farmland Preservation Task Force, Office of
The task force will provide advice and recommendations, and will assist the State Conservation commission in implementing the provisions of RCW 89.08.530 and RCW 89.08.540.

Fire Protection Policy Board
Sets policy on fire-protection matters; advises and assists the Chief of the State Patrol and the director of Fire Protection on all fire-protection matters and in developing a budget.

Fish and Wildlife Commission
Establishes policies and regulations designed to preserve, protect and perpetuate the fish and wildlife of the state, as well as fish and game habitat.

Fisheries Commission, Pacific Marine
Advises the Department of Fisheries and the Governor on developments within the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council and state or national legislation which affects Washington-based high seas fishing fleets.

Fisheries Management Council, North Pacific
Established by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Prepares fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in the North Pacific. Plans are submitted for review by the National Marine Fisheries Services and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Includes representatives from Washington and Alaska.

Fisheries Management Council, Pacific
Established by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Prepares fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in the Pacific Ocean. Plans are submitted for review by the National Marine Fisheries Services and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Includes representatives of Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho.

Forensic Investigations Council
Oversees the state toxicology laboratory at the University of Washington; studies and recommends improvements in the death investigation system; and reports the findings to the legislature.

Forest Practices Appeals Board
An independent, quasi-judicial agency which hears and decides appeals from decisions of the Department of Natural Resources.

Forest Practices Board
Establishes minimum standards for forest practices and provides procedures for the voluntary development of resource management plans.

Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
Designates strategic freight corridors within the state, reviews and evaluates freight mobility funding applications and makes recommendations to the Governor and legislature on projects that will enhance freight mobility.

Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Board of
Examines and licenses members of the profession; recommends rules and regulations for administering and enforcing the regulatory law.

Gambling Commission
Licenses, inspects, investigates and audits organizations, businesses and individuals participating in authorized gambling activities.

Growth Management Hearings Board, Central Puget Sound
Rules on disputes that arise from county and city growth-planning policies adopted by the counties of King, Pierce, Kitsap, and Snohomish, and cities therein.

Growth Management Hearings Board, Eastern Washington
Rules on disputes that arise from county and city growth-planning policies in all counties east of the Cascade crest and all cities therein.

Growth Management Hearings Board, Western Washington
Rules on disputes that arise from county and city growth-planning policies in all counties west of the Cascades (except for King, Pierce, Kitsap, and Snohomish) and all cities therein.

Guaranteed Education Tuition Program Governing Board
Administers the advanced college tuition payment program.

Hanford Area Economic Investment Fund Committee
Accepts from federal and state agencies loans or grants for the purpose of funding Hanford area revolving loan funds, infrastructure projects, or economic development projects, and recommends a spending strategy for those funds. Advises the State Treasurer on the use of the Hanford-area economic investment fund.

Health and Welfare Advisory Board
Helps state risk manager adopt rules governing operation and management of health and welfare benefits programs. Reviews annual reports filed by health and welfare benefits programs.

Health Care Facilities Authority
Authorizes the sale of tax-exempt, non-recourse revenue bonds and loans proceeds to health-care facilities. Bonds are sold in the name of the authority and are payable from an individual hospital’s revenue. Bonds sold by the Authority are not obligations of the state of Washington.

Health Disparities, Interagency Coordinating Council on
This council shall create an action plan and a statewide policy to include health impact reviews that measure and address other social determinants of health that lead to disparities as well as the contributing factors of health that can have broad impacts on improving status, health literacy, physical activity, and nutrition.

Health Insurance Partnership Board
The board shall work with the Health Care Authority to implement the state's new Health Insurance Partnership, which is charged with providing Washingtonians access to more affordable health insurance. The board of directors develops and approves policies to enroll subscribers, design health plans in the pool, and set premium and contribution levels.

Health Insurance Pool, Washington State
Provides access to health insurance for people who are unable to obtain coverage in the private marketplace. The board of directors develops and approves a uniform screening mechanism for subscribers to enter the pool. The board also manages the pool, sets assessments on member health plans, and collects premiums from subscribers.

Health, State Board of
The primary entity for state health policy development; required to produce a biennial report delineating the state’s health priorities.

Hearing and Speech, Board of
Examines and licenses hearing instrument dispensers; recommends standards for equipment and procedures, along with rules and regulations for administering regulatory act; adopt rules relating to standards of care relating to hearing instrument fitter/dispensers or audiologists, and relating to speech-language pathologists.

Higher Education Coordinating Board
Studies, plans and coordinates higher education among various institutions and agencies within the state.

Higher Education Facilities Authority
Authorizes the issuance of tax-exempt bonds and loans proceeds to private, nonprofit institutions of higher education. Bonds sold by the Authority are not obligations of the state of Washington.

Hispanic Affairs Commission
Ensures that state programs are providing the assistance needed by the Hispanic community; advises state agencies on developing and implementing policies, plans and programs focusing on the needs of the Hispanic community.

Historic Preservation, Advisory Council on
Reviews nominations for the state and national register of historic places and advises the governor and department on matters relating to historic preservation.

HIV/AIDS, Governor’s Advisory Council on
Advises the Governor on HIV/AIDS related programs and policy.

Home Care Quality Authority
The home care quality authority is established to regulate and improve the quality of long-term in-home care services by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the work force of individual providers.

Homelessness, State Advisory Council on
Makes annual policy recommendations to the Governor and the Affordable Housing Board on ways to enhance the state’s ability to respond to the needs of people who are homeless, who are at risk of being homeless, or who have been homeless.

Horse Park Authority, Washington State
Formed as a non-profit corporation, the board is responsible for developing, promoting, operating, managing, and maintaining the state horse park.

Horse Racing Commission
Regulates and supervises all race meets held in the state that have pari-mutuel wagering.

Hospital Advisory Board, Eastern State
Monitors the operation and activities of the hospital; reviews and advises on the hospital budget; makes recommendations to the Governor and the legislature for improving the quality of service provided by the hospital; and consults with the secretary of DSHS regarding the selection of superintendent.

Hospital Advisory Board, Western State
Monitors the operation and activities of the hospital; reviews and advises on the hospital budget; makes recommendations to the Governor and the legislature for improving the quality of service provided by the hospital; and consults with the secretary of DSHS regarding the selection of superintendent.

Housing Finance Commission
Issues revenue bonds and participates in federal, state and local housing programs to make additional funds available to help provide low to moderate income housing throughout the state without the use of public funds or lending the state’s credit.

Human Rights Commission
Works to eliminate and prevent discrimination in employment and business practices based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age or mental or physical handicap.

Humanities Washington
A non-profit organization supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and local contributors. The commission makes grants to support programs that foster public understanding and appreciation of history, literature, ethics, and other humanities fields. In addition to its grant-making activities, the WCH offers pre-packaged humanities programs such as exhibits, films, and speakers to local groups.

Independent Living Advisory Council, Washington State
Develops and submits the state plan for Independent Living in conjunction with the general vocational rehabilitation program, and monitors, reviews, and evaluates the implementation of the state plan for Independent Living.

Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
In 1986, the Legislature created The Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) as the successor agency to the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles.

The ISRB has two distinct caseloads:

Indeterminate Sentences for offenders who committed their crimes prior to July 1, 1984 and sentenced to prison; and
Determinate Plus Sentences for offenders who committed a specific sex or sexually motivated crime on or after September 1, 2001.

The Board conducts hearings with offenders sentenced prior to July 1, 1984 and must consider public safety as the highest priority. The law states that the Board shall not release a prisoner until his or her maximum term expires unless, in the Board’s opinion, his or her rehabilitation has been complete and he or she is a fit subject for release.

The Board to conducts hearings with offenders with determinate plus sentences to determine whether it is more likely than not that the offender will engage in sex offenses if released with the conditions set by the board.

ISRB hold hearings within Department of Corrections facility or institution. For safety reasons and to reduce costs, the hearings are most often held in the facility where the offender is housed.

Industrial Insurance Appeals, Board of
Hears and makes final decisions on industrial insurance appeals.

Industrial Safety and Health Board, Governor’s
A non-profit organization whose purpose is to prevent industrial injuries and occupational diseases among employees in the state; promote the efficient, safe, healthful and productive operation of industry within the state. Functions in advisory capacity to the Governor.

Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Their Families, State Interagency Coordinating Council for
Advises and assists the Department of Social and Health Services and participating state agencies to coordinate, develop and implement policies dealing with early-intervention services.

Information Services Board
Develops standards, policies and procedures for managing state information services.

Integrated Justice Information Board
Oversees, encourages and coordinates the integration of criminal justice information among all the agencies that gather and use such information. This board shall review and provide recommendations to state justice agencies and the courts for development and modification of the statewide justice information network.

Interagency Committee of State Employed Women
The Committee shall examine and define issues pertaining to the rights and needs of women employed in state government and make recommendations to the Governor and state agencies with respect to desirable changes in program and law especially in the area of education, training, career development, and other conditions of employment.

Investment Board
Invests and reinvests the monies of the state’s trust and retirement funds.

Jail Industries Board
Offers advice to cities and counties in developing, promoting, and implementing consistent, safe, and efficient offender work programs.

Judicial Conduct, Commission on
Reviews complaints alleging possible violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Also enforces the state ethics legislation for all members and employees of the state judicial system.

Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
Implements the federal juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act which provides funds to states to improve the juvenile justice system, advises the Governor on priorities for granting federal juvenile delinquency funds and improving the juvenile system.

K-20 Educational Network Board
Ensures that the K-20 educational telecommunications network is operated in a way that serves the broad public interest above the interest of any network user.

K-20 Network Technical Steering Committee
The Committee, which reports to the Information Services Board, will have general operational and technical oversight over the K-20 network, as delegated by the Information Services Board.

Landscape Architects, Board of Registration
Examines candidates for licensure or registration; holds disciplinary hearings; recommends adoption of rules and regulations for administering the regulatory laws.

Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Plan 2 Pension Board
The LEOFF Plan 2 Retirement Board is a policy-making board with the responsibility to study pension issues, be fiduciaries of the LEOFF Plan 2 retirement plan, set contribution rates, and recommend pension policy to the Legislature in the interest of the members and beneficiaries of LEOFF Plan 2. The Board meets monthly in Olympia.

Legal Foundation of Washington
Acts as trustee for funds received from interest on lawyers’ trust accounts, as directed by the Supreme Court. These funds are used for law-related charitable and educational purposes.

Legislative Ethics Board
Enforces state ethics legislation with respect to members of the legislature and legislative employees.

Legislative Youth Advisory Council
The legislative youth advisory council is established to examine issues of importance to youth, including but not limited to education, employment, strategies to increase youth participation in state and municipal government, safe environments for youth, substance abuse, emotional and physical health, foster care, poverty, homelessness, and youth access to services on a statewide and municipal basis.

Lewis and Clark Trail Committee
Advises and stimulates activities of federal, state and local agencies, and individuals, to promote public awareness of the route traveled by Lewis and Clark on their 1804-1806 expedition.

Liquor Control Board
Controls and distributes alcoholic beverages in the state; functions as both a regulatory board and a business enterprise.

Live Horse Racing Compact Committee
The Compact Committee is an interstate governmental entity comprised of one official from the racing commission or its equivalent in each state that has enacted the live horse racing compact.

Lottery Commission
Adopts rules to establish and operate a state lottery; sets prices of tickets, prizes, frequency of contests, manner and time of payments to winners; and licenses lottery ticket agents and sets their compensation.

Marine Employees’ Commission
Adjusts all complaints, grievances and disputes between labor and management arising out of the operation of the ferry system; provides for impasse mediation; conducts fact-finding and provides salary surveys; and provides for the selection of impartial arbitrators.

Massage Examining Board
Examines candidates for licensure and registration; recommends and adopts rules and regulations for administering the regulatory law; defines, evaluates, approves, and designates those schools, programs, and apprenticeship programs including all current and proposed curriculum, faculty, and health, sanitation, and facility standards from which graduation will be accepted as proof of an applicant’s eligibility to take the licensing examination.

Medical Quality Assurance Commission, Washington State
Regulates the competency and quality of medical professionals licensed to practice medicine and surgery by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensing, consistent standards of practice, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline.

Migratory Waterfowl Art Committee
Selects designs for waterfowl stamps and markets artwork from which proceeds are used for state waterfowl projects.

Municipal Research Council
Assures that Washington cities and towns have a comprehensive research and service program.

National and Community Service, Washington Commission on
Implements federal National and Community Trust Act of 1993, which created Americorps. Initiates activities or projects that expand and promote the concept of service beyond the scope of federal resources, and provides leadership and vision with local volunteer organizations, civic and community groups and units of government to make service a part of the lives of all of the citizens of the state.

Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Northwest Power and Conservation Council is a joint-operating agency and municipal corporation of the State of Washington. The state legislature in 1982 passed an act placing control and management of WPPSS in the hands of an 11-member executive board of directors.

Northwest Straits Citizens Advisory Commission
The Northwest Straits Commission was established to provide an ecosystem focus on the marine resources of the Northwest Straits as a whole, help mobilize science to focus on key priorities, guide and provide resources to the Marine Resources Committees, and serves as a forum for coordination and consensus-building.

Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, Washington State
Regulates the competency and quality of nursing care professionals by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensing, consistent standards of practice, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline.

Nursing Home Administrators, Board of
Administers licensure or registration process for nursing home administrators.

Occupational Therapy Practice, Board of
Administers, coordinates and enforces the statutes relating to occupational therapists.

Oil Spill Advisory Council
The council was created by an act of the state Legislature in 2005, and will reside within the Office of the Governor.

Gregoire has asked the council to build effective working relationships with their federal, state, local and industry partners, and to focus their initial work in three areas:

Spill prevention. The governor has requested that the council look broadly at all steps in the petroleum management system, including crude oil supply and processing, oil transfers and the safety of the maritime shipping industry, and consider both regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to prevention.
Monitoring of federal implementation of national oil spill programs. "Under current law, the federal government has a critical role in oil spill prevention and response, and we need their continued commitment to succeed," Gregoire said.
Identifying the amounts and sources of funding needed to high-quality programs. As charged in law, the council must deliver their funding recommendations by September 2006.

Olympic Natural Resource Center Advisory Board
Advises the deans of the University of Washington College of Forestry and College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences, as well as the director of the Olympic Natural Resources Center, on policies for the Center which demonstrate innovative management methods which successfully integrate environmental and economic interests into pragmatic management of forest and ocean resources.

Optometry Board
Examines candidates for licensure or registration; holds disciplinary hearings; adopts regulations to promote safety and protect the public.

Organized Crime Advisory Board
Advises the Governor on the activities of organized crime within the state.

Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Board of
Examines candidates for licensure and registration; holds disciplinary hearings; adopts standards of professional conduct; recommends and adopts rules and regulations for administering the regulatory law.

Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council
Administers the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Act.

Parks and Recreation Commission
Acquires, develops, maintains and operates the state parks system; responsible for seashore conservation, boating and water safety, scenic rivers, inspecting ski lifts, and snowmobile safety.

Personnel Resources Board
Governs the state merit system for state agency personnel.

Pesticide Incident Reporting and Tracking Review Panel
Establishes guidelines for centralizing the receipt of information involving pesticide incidents; reviews and makes recommendations for the procedures used during investigations; monitors the response times of the various agencies; reviews complex cases for which resolution is difficult; and identifies inadequacies in state or federal law, including the adequacy of reentry intervals.

Pesticide Registration, Commission on
Provides guidance to Washington State University’s Food Safety and Environmental Quality Lab in the area of pesticide registrations for minor crops and minor uses and in regard to the availability of pesticides for emergency use. Approves use of state monies appropriated to WSU specifically for studies or activities regarding pesticide registrations.

Pharmacy, Board of
Establishes policy for the practice of pharmacy, including licensing, disciplinary hearings and enforcement of laws pertaining to legal drugs; licenses the manufacture and sale of poisons.

Physical Therapy, Board of
Examines and disciplines licensees; adopts rules; establishes continuing-education requirements and standards of professional conduct.

Pilotage Commissioners, Board of
Examines and licenses qualified pilots for vessels operating on the inland waterways of the state; fixes pilotage rates; and adopts and publishes rules and regulations. The board may also take disciplinary action against any vessel owner or master refusing to comply with its rules.

Pipeline Safety Committee
Advises the Utilities and Transportation Commission and other appropriate federal, state and local government agencies and officials on matters relating to hazardous liquid and gas pipeline safety, routing, construction, operation, and maintenance. The committee shall review and comment on proposed rules and on the operation of the state pipeline safety program.

Plumbers, Advisory Board of
Advises the Department of Labor & Industries on standards for journeymen plumbers; hears appeals related to revoking certification.

Podiatric Medical Board
Examines candidates for licensure or registration; investigates charges of malpractice, unsafe conditions or unprofessional conduct; conducts disciplinary hearings; recommends and adopts rules and regulations to promote safety, protection and welfare of the public.

Pollution Control/Shorelines Hearings Board
Hears appeals with respect to decisions and orders of the Department of Ecology and with respect to all decisions of air pollution control boards or authorities. Members also serve on the Shorelines Hearings Board, which hears appeals of any person aggrieved by the granting, denying or rescinding of a permit on shorelines.

Prescription Drug Assistance Foundation Board of Directors
The Prescription Drug Assistance Foundation is a not-for-profit organization designed to assist qualified uninsured individuals in obtaining prescription drugs at little or no cost.

Productivity Board
Administers the employee suggestion program and reviews applications for incentive pay for state employees.

Professional Educator Standards Board
The PESB was created in 2000 as primarily an advisory board to the Governor, Legislature, State Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction on the full range of policy issues related to certified education professionals, including teachers, principals, superintendents and educational staff associates. In addition, the PESB was charged with creating alternative routes to teacher certification and administering new basic skills and subject knowledge assessments for teacher certification.

Five years later, Governor Gregoire signed into law ESSB 5732, which gave the PESB responsibility and authority for policy and oversight of Washington's system of educator preparation, certification, continuing education and assignment.

Property and Liability Advisory Board
Assists the state risk manager in adopting rules governing the operation and management of both individual and joint self-insurance programs covering liability and property risks; and in reviewing and approving the creation of joint self-insurance programs covering property or liability risks.

Psychology, Examining Board of
Examines candidates for licensure; authorized to deny, revoke or suspend, or restrict licenses for specified conduct.

Public Defense Office, Advisory Committee
Provides supervision and direction to the Office of Public Defense, which is an independent agency in the judicial branch. The Office administers all criminal appellate indigent defense services.

Public Disclosure Commission
Administers and enforces Washington’s public disclosure law.

Public Employees’ Benefits Board
Designs and approves insurance benefit plans for state employees and retirees, the higher education system, political subdivisions and all employees of school districts.

Public Employment Relations Commission
Provides uniform and impartial settlement of public employee-employer disputes.

Public Facilities District Board of Directors
The Public Facilities District will own and operate a new baseball stadium in King County on behalf of taxpayers.

Public Hospital District Project Review Board
Reviews public hospital district proposals submitted by public hospital districts to use alternative public works contracting procedures.

Public Records Exemption Committee
The purpose of the committee is to review public disclosure exemptions and provide recommendations to the Governor, the Attorney General and the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Public Stadium Authority
Responsible for building and operating a professional football stadium and exhibition center.

Public Works Board
Administers public-works assistance funds; makes loans to various forms of local government for public works projects.

Puget Sound Action Team
Prepares a Puget Sound work plan and budget for inclusion in the Governor’s biennial budget; coordinates monitoring and research programs; coordinates permitting requirements to expedite permit issuance for any local watershed plan; periodically amends the Puget Sound management plan; and promotes extensive public participation and seeks to broadly disseminate information concerning Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Council
Recommends to the Puget Sound Action Team projects and activities for inclusion in the biennial work plan; recommends coordination of work plan activities with other agencies’ activities; recommends proposed amendments to the Puget Sound management plan. Shall meet with the Action Team at least twice yearly.

Puget Sound Partnership
Creates the Puget Sound Partnership, a new state agency, to clean up and restore the environmental health of Puget Sound by 2020. The Governor appoints seven members to the Leadership Council, designating one as Chair.

Real Estate Appraiser Commission
The commission serves as a liaison between appraisal practitioners, the public and the Department of Licensing.

Real Estate Commission
Examines and licenses real estate brokers and salespeople; holds educational conferences; and administers examinations once a month at 12 locations throughout the state.

Recreation and Conservation Funding Board
Oversees the statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan; provides grants-in-aid to local government and state agencies for purchase of recreation and habitat land and development of recreational facilities.

Regents, University of Washington Board of
The governing body for the University of Washington.

Regents, Washington State University Board of
The governing body for Washington State University.

Rehabilitation Advisory Council, Washington State
Review, analyzes, and advises the Department of Social and Health Services on the general vocational rehabilitation program.

Salaries for Elected Officials, Citizens’ Commission on
Studies the relationship of salaries to the duties of members of the legislature, all elected officials of the executive branch of state government, and all judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, superior and district courts, and shall fix the salary for each position.

Salmon Recovery Funding Board
The Board is responsible for making grants and loans for salmon habitat projects and salmon recovery activities from the amounts appropriated to the board. Provides assistance to grant applicants; makes and executes all manner of contracts and agreements; accept any gifts, grants or loans of funds, property, or financial or other aid in any form from any other source on any terms that are not in conflict with this chapter; adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as necessary. The IAC shall provide all necessary grants and loans administrations assistance.

School District Project Review Board
The school district project review board is established to review school district proposals submitted by school districts to use alternative public works contracting procedures.

Securities Advisory Committee
Advises the director of the Department of Financial Institutions on matters relating to securities; examines and licenses securities broker/dealers, salespeople, and investment advisors.

Select Committee on Pension Policy
The Select Committee on Pension Policy studies pension issues, develops pension policies for public employees in state retirement systems, and makes recommendations to the legislature.

Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Evaluates state sentencing policy for both the adult criminal justice system and the juvenile justice system. Recommends standard sentences for felony offenses; studies sentencing practices across the state; studies the criminal code and makes recommendations for modification.

Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center Board of Directors
The Small Business Export Finance Assistance Center is a non-profit corporation formed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in both urban and rural areas in the financing of export transactions. They also provide information to small and medium-sized businesses about export opportunities and financing alternatives.

Small Business Export Financial Assistance Center Board
Assists small- and medium-sized businesses in financing exports, provides information about export opportunities and financing, and helps businesses organize export trading companies. Staffing Agency: Department of Community Trade and Economic Development.

Special License Plate Review Board
Review and approve or reject special license plate applications submitted by sponsoring organizations.

Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute, Board of Directors
Board is responsible for developing and approving the Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute’s (SIRTI) general operating procedures and annual operating budget; approving and allocating funding for research projects; and coordinating research and development and training programs with other institutes of higher education.

Statute Law Committee
Codifies, indexes and publishes the Revised Code of Washington; prepares all legislative bills, memorials, resolutions, amendments and conference reports; publishes the Washington Administrative Code, the Washington State Register, the session laws and the Legislative Digest.

Substance Abuse, Governor’s Council on
Advises the Governor on issues and programs relating to substance abuse; assists with implementing strategies to support community efforts to reduce substance abuse; and promotes public awareness and education.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Advisory Committee
The citizen advisory committee shall serve in an advisory capacity to the commission on all matters related to the imposition of tolls including, but not limited to, (a) the feasibility of providing discounts to frequent users, electronic transponder users, senior citizens, or students; (b) the tradeoff of lower tolls versus the early retirement of debt; and (c) a consideration of variable, or time of day pricing.

Tax Appeals, Board of
Hears appeals and issues decisions involving appeals from people aggrieved by the actions of the 39 county boards of equalization, or the departments of Revenue or Natural Resources.

Technology Center Board of Directors, Washington
Provides a collaborative effort between the state’s universities, private industry and government in performing and commercializing research on a statewide basis to benefit the economic vitality of the state.

Tobacco Settlement Authority
The tobacco prevention and control account is created in the state treasury. The source of revenue for this account is moneys transferred to the account from the tobacco settlement account, investment earnings, donations to the account, and other revenues as directed by law. Expenditures from the account are subject to appropriation.

Tourism Commission, Washington State
The commission shall pursue a coordinated program to expand the tourism industry throughout the state in cooperation with the public and private tourism development organizations.

Traffic Safety Commission
Addresses the problems of traffic safety and accident prevention within the state.

Transportation Commission
Establishes policy for the Department of Transportation.

Traumatic Brain Injury Council
The Washington Traumatic Brain Injury Strategic Advisory Council is an advisory council to the legislature and the secretary of the department of social and health services.

Trustees, (4 yr. ) Central Washington University Board of
The governing body for Central Washington University.

Trustees, (4 yr. ) Eastern Washington University Board of
The governing body for Eastern Washington University.

Trustees, (4 yr. ) The Evergreen State College Board of
The governing body for The Evergreen State College.

Trustees, (4 yr. ) Western Washington University Board of
The governing body for Western Washington University.

Trustees, Community and Technical College District Boards
The governing board for each of the state’s 30 community and technical college districts.

Uniform Legislation Commission
Drafts and recommends uniform laws on subjects in which uniformity of legislation in the various states is desirable.

Utilities and Transportation Commission
Regulates rates, services, facilities, and practices of the state’s investor-owned utility and transportation companies.

Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee
Advises Governor and director of the Department of Veterans Affairs on state programs related to veterans, their dependents and survivors.

Veterinary Board of Governors
Examines candidates for licensing and registration; investigates and holds hearings on violations of the regulatory law; recommends and adopts rules and regulations for administering the regulatory law.

Volunteer Firefighters, Board of
Supervises and controls the administration of the volunteer firefighters’ relief and pension act.

Washington Auto Theft Prevention Authority
The authority shall establish, maintain, and support programs that are designed to prevent motor vehicle theft.

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Places students in professional schools of compact states. Provides tuition assistance for out-of-state study.

Women's History Consortium
The Consortium is charged with preserving women's history through the Washington State Historical Society and with making recommendations for statewide commemoration of the centennial of the adoption in 1910 of the fifth amendment to the Washington state Constitution, guaranteeing women's suffrage.

Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board
Provides planning, coordination, evaluation, monitoring, and policy analysis for the state training system. Advises the Governor and legislature concerning the state training system.