Board & Commission Profiles

Below you will find detailed information on each state board and commission to which Gov. Inslee has appointment authority. Click below to view the boards -- these profiles will provide you with the detailed information about each board, including board members. You can also view all recently appointed board members.

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Boards and Commissions

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Accountancy, Board of

Regulates public accounting through examinations, licensing, complaint investigation and continuing professional education. It is not funded by public tax dollars and seeks to protect the public interest while providing services such as monitoring the professional performance and ethical behavior of CPAs.
Board Websitehttps://acb.wa.gov/about-us/wboa-board-members
Policy AreaTransportation and Economic Development
Governor Appointments9
Total Board Positions9
Statutory AuthorityRCW 18.04.035
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationBoard members $50/meeting PLUS 4 hours
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term LimitsNo person who has served three successive complete terms is eligible for reappointment. Appointment to fill an unexpired term is not considered a complete term.
Member Requirements: Six persons who have been licensed in this state continuously for the previous ten years. The other three members shall be public members qualified to judge whether the qualifications, activities, and professional practice of those regulated under this chapter conform with standards to protect the public interest, including one public member qualified to represent the interests of clients of individuals and firms licensed under this chapter.

Achieving a Better Life Experience Governing Board

The governing board's duties related to eligible individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts include conducting the activities of trade instruction, settlement activities, and direction of cash movement and related wire transfers with the custodian bank and outside investment firms. The governing board has sole responsibility for contracting with any recordkeepers for individual Washington achieving a better life experience program accounts and shall manage the performance of recordkeepers under those contracts.
Board Websitehttps://www.commerce.wa.gov/about-us/boards-and-commissions/disabilities-workgroup/
Policy AreaHuman Services
Governor Appointments4
Total Board Positions7
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.330.466
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
Compensation$50 per day plus travel reimbursement
Term Length (years)4
Statutory Term Limitsn/a
Member Requirements: The governing board shall consist of seven members as follows:
a) The state treasurer or his or her designee;
(b) The program director for the committee on advanced tuition payment established in RCW 28B.95.020;
(c) The director of the office of financial management or his or her designee; and
(d) Four members with demonstrated financial, legal, or disability program experience, appointed by the governor.

Adult Education Advisory Council

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. The Council also supports, expands, and improves partnership, collaboration, and coordination among the state's adult literacy and basic skill stakeholders, providers, and external partners at every level.
Board Websitehttp://www.sbctc.edu/about/task-forces-work-groups/aeac/
Policy AreaEducation
Governor Appointments9
Total Board Positions15
Statutory AuthorityRCW 28B.50.254
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationReimbursed for travelPer diem
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: The governor shall give consideration to providing overlapping membership with the membership of the state job training coordinating council, and the governor shall give consideration to individuals with expertise and experience in adult basic education.

Aerospace Technology Innovation Board of Directors, Joint Center for

Pursues joint industry-university research in computing, manufacturing efficiency, materials/structures innovation, and other new technologies that can be used by aerospace firms. It also enhances the education of students in the engineering departments of the University of Washington, Washington State University, and other practicing institutions through industry-focused research. The Board of Directors work directly with existing small, medium-sized, and large aerospace firms and aerospace industry associations to identify research needs and opportunities to transfer off-the-shelf technologies that would benefit such firms.
Board Websitehttps://jcati.org/about/directors
Policy AreaTransportation and Economic Development
Governor Appointments9
Total Board Positions9
Statutory AuthorityRCW 28B.155.010
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationReimbursed for meeting parking
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: Board consists of a nonvoting Chair and eight voting members. Of the eight voting members of the Board, one member represents small aerospace firms, one member represents medium-sized firms, one member represents large aerospace firms, one member represents labor, two members represent aerospace industry associations, and two members represent higher education.

Aerospace Workforce Council

An aerospace workforce council is created in the department of labor and industries to establish a framework for apprenticeship utilization reporting and to establish
efficient pathways to achieve targets required under section 4 of this act.
The council must:
Meet at least twice per year until the apprenticeship utilization levels in section 4 of this act are achieved; Monitor the progress of a significant commercial airplane manufacturer, as defined in section 4 of this act, and the aerospace industry as a whole in achieving the apprenticeship utilization levels established in section 4 of this act; Report to the legislature by December 1, 2023, on the apprenticeship utilization rate across the aerospace industry and include any recommendations implementing the intent of this act, including policy changes needed to expand upon early success of apprenticeship utilization if reached before the date set forth in section 4 of this act
Board Website
Policy AreaTransportation and Economic Development
Governor Appointments14
Total Board Positions14
Statutory AuthorityRCW 49.04.210
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
Compensation
Term Length (years)
Statutory Term Limits

Affordable Housing Advisory Board

Serves as principal advisory body to the Department of Commerce on housing and housing-related issues and advise the department on the five-year housing advisory plan.
Board Websitehttp://www.commerce.wa.gov/about-us/boards-and-commissions/affordable-housing-advisory-board/
Policy AreaHuman Services
Governor Appointments22
Total Board Positions25
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.185B.020
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationReimbursed for Board expenses
Term Length (years)4
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: Two representatives from each of the following: residential construction industry, home mortgage lending profession, association of counties (one Eastern Washington), association of cities (one Eastern Washington). One representative from each of the following: real estate profession, apartment management and operation industry, for-profit housing development industry, nonprofit housing development industry, homeless shelter operators, lower-income persons, special needs populations, and public housing authorities; a member at-large; and a representative of organizations that operate site-based permanent supportive housing and deliver onsite supportive housing services. In addition, the governor will appoint the chair.

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.
Board Websitehttps://caa.wa.gov/who-we-are/commissioners
Policy AreaGeneral Government
Governor Appointments9
Total Board Positions9
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.113.020
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationReimbursed Travel Expenses
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: Balanced representation based on African-American population distribution within the state, geographic considerations, gender, age, and occupation. No member may serve more than two full consecutive terms.

Aging, State Council on

The Washington State Council on Aging is established to serve as an advisory council to the Governor, the Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services and Aging and Long-Term Support Administration. The State Council is presently designated by the Governor as the state advisory council to the Washington State Unit on Aging, which is part of the Home and Community Services Division, Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, Department of Social and Health Services. The designation makes the State Council responsible to comment and advise on the federally funded programs of the Older Americans Act and other federal programs as required by federal law and regulation.
Board Websitehttps://www.dshs.wa.gov/altsa/home-and-community-services/washington-state-council-aging-scoa
Policy AreaHealth
Governor Appointments7
Total Board Positions20
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.20A.685
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
Compensation
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term LimitsNo member of the council may serve more than two consecutive three-year terms.
Member Requirements: Members of the council shall be appointed to terms of three years, except in the case of a vacancy, in which event appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term for which the vacancy occurs. No member of the council may serve more than two consecutive three-year terms. The governor shall appoint one member from names submitted by the association of Washington cities and one member from names submitted by the Washington state association of counties. In addition, the governor may appoint not more than five at large members, in order to ensure that rural areas (those areas outside of a standard metropolitan statistical area), minority populations, and those individuals with special skills which could assist the state council are represented. With the exception of the cities and counties representatives, all members of the council shall be at least fifty-five years old.

Anadromous Fish Commission Advisory Panel, North Pacific

The North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Advisory Panel works with the US Section of the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) to promote the conservation of anadromous fish stocks, particularly salmon, throughout their migratory range in the North Pacific Ocean, as well as ecologically related species.

The NPAFC was established by the Convention for the Conservation of Anadromous Stocks in the North Pacific Ocean, signed on February 12, 1992, by Canada, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United States. It serves as a forum for promoting the conservation of anadromous stocks and ecologically-related species, including marine mammals, sea birds, and non-anadromous fish, in the high seas area of the North Pacific Ocean. In addition, the NPAFC serves as the venue for coordinating the collection, exchange, and analysis of scientific data regarding the above species within Convention waters. It also coordinates high seas fishery enforcement activities by member countries.

The Advisory Panel to the U.S. Section is composed of 14 members, 11 of whom are appointed by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce. Advisory Panel members serve for a term not to exceed 4 years, and may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

The Advisory Panel shall be composed of the following:

(1) The Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

(2) The Director of the Washington Department of Fisheries.

(3) One representative of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, designated by the Executive Director of that commission.

(4) Eleven members (six of whom shall be residents of the State of Alaska and five of whom shall be residents of the State of Washington), appointed by the Secretary of state, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, from among a slate of 12 persons nominated by the Governor of Alaska and a slate of 10 persons nominated by the Governor of Washington.
Board Websitehttps://npafc.org/
Policy AreaNatural Resources and Environment
Governor Appointments5
Total Board Positions14
Statutory Authority16 USC, Chapter 70, Sec. 5004
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
Compensation
Term Length (years)4
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: Six Washington members: Director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and 5 public members nominated by the Governor to include at least one commercial salmon fishing representative and one environmental interests representative. Public members serve 4 year terms; may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

Persons appointed to the Advisory Panel shall be individuals who are knowledgeable or experienced concerning anadromous stocks and ecologically related species. In submitting a slate of nominees, the Governor of Washington shall seek to represent the broad range of parties interested in anadromous stocks and ecologically related species, and at a minimum shall include on each slate at least one representative of commercial salmon fishing interests and of environmental interests concerned with protection of living marine resources.

Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment

Exercises the powers of the Cancer Research Endowment Authority, which oversees and guides the cancer research endowment (CARE) fund – including the solicitation, selection, and award of grants – to optimize the use of public funds and increase the value of public investments by leveraging our state’s existing cancer research facilities and talent, incentivize additional investment by requiring private or other non-state resources to match public funds, protect and benefit Washington taxpayers by funding proposals for cancer research that are reviewed by an independent scientific panel, and require fiscal and public accountability through independent audits, open public meetings and hearings and annual reports to the public.
Board Websitehttps://www.wacarefund.org/board-members
Policy AreaHealth
Governor Appointments13
Total Board Positions13
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.348.020
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
Compensationreimbursed for expenses
Term Length (years)4
Statutory Term LimitsNot more than two full consecutive terms
Member Requirements: Two members appointed from nominations submitted by the presidents of the University of Washington and Washington State University; Two members appointed from nominations by the Fred Hutchinson cancer research center, Seattle cancer care alliance, and the Seattle children's research institute; Two members appointed from nominations by patient advocacy organizations; Two members appointed from nominations by representatives of businesses or industries engaged in the commercialization of life sciences research or cancer research; One member appointed from a list of at least three nominated by the speaker of the house of representatives; One member appointed from a list of at least three nominated by the president of the senate; One member appointed from nominations by entities or systems that provide health care delivery services; One member from nominations by private sector donors to the fund (the governor may reject all nominations and request a new list from which the governor must select the member); One general public member.

Governor must seek geographic diversity with the goal that at least five members be from counties with a population less than one million.

Architects, Board of Registration for

Examines and licenses architects within the state and investigates violation of state regulations relating to the practice of architecture. The Board also recommends rules and regulations for administering the licensing laws.
Board Websitehttps://www.dol.wa.gov/business/architects/architectboardmember.html
Policy AreaTransportation and Economic Development
Governor Appointments7
Total Board Positions7
Statutory AuthorityRCW 18.08.330
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
Compensation$50 per day, plus travel and per diem
Term Length (years)6
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: Six registered architects who are residents of the state and have at least eight years' experience in the practice of architecture as registered architects in responsible charge of architectural work or responsible charge of architectural teaching. One member shall be a public member, who is not and has never been a registered architect and who does not employ and is not employed by or professionally or financially associated with an architect.

Arts Commission

Promotes the growth and development of the arts within the state and advises state agencies and officials on matters pertaining to the arts. The Commission also administers appropriations set aside for acquiring works of art for public buildings and distribute state and federal dollars through grants to expand opportunities for people statewide to participate in the arts.
Board Websitehttps://www.arts.wa.gov/board-of-commissioners/
Policy AreaGeneral Government
Governor Appointments19
Total Board Positions23
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.46.015
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationPer diem
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: The governor shall appoint citizens representing the various disciplines within the visual, performing and literary arts, and other citizens active in the arts community. The governor shall consider nominations for membership from individuals actively involved in cultural, state or community organizations. The governor shall also consider geographical distribution of the membership in the appointment of new members.

Asian Pacific American Affairs, 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.
Board Websitehttps://capaa.wa.gov/commissioners/
Policy AreaGeneral Government
Governor Appointments12
Total Board Positions12
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.117.040
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationReimbursement for travel expenses
Term Length (years)3
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: Balanced representation of the Asian-Pacific American population based on geography, gender, age, and occupation.

Auto Theft Prevention Authority

Reviews and makes recommendations to the Legislature and the Governor regarding moto vehicle theft crimes in Washington and establishes, maintains, and supports programs that are designed to prevent motor vehicle theft. It was created by the Elizabeth Nowak-Washington Auto Theft Prevention Act enacted during the 2007 Regular Legislative Session, signed into law by Governor Gregoire. The Authority consists of 10 Governor appointees serving staggered terms. Representatives of law enforcement, prosecution, the auto industry, the insurance industry, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs and the private sector are included as members of the Authority. It is funded through a percentage of the surcharge of traffic infractions.
Board Websitehttps://www.waautotheftpreventionauthority.org/about-us
Policy AreaPublic Safety
Governor Appointments10
Total Board Positions10
Statutory AuthorityRCW 46.66.010
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationPer diem and travel expenses
Term Length (years)4
Statutory Term Limits
Member Requirements: The executive director of the Washington association of Sheriffs and police chiefs, or the executive director's designee; The chief of the Washington state patrol, or the chief's designee; Two police chiefs; Two sheriffs; One prosecuting attorney; A representative from the insurance industry who is responsible for writing property and casualty liability insurance in the state of Washington; A representative from the automobile industry; and One member of the general public.

Background Check Advisory Board, Washington

The primary purpose of the board is to ensure that the Washington State Patrol firearms background check unit established in section 1 of this act is administered efficiently and effectively, and in a manner that honors individual firearms rights while preventing prohibited persons from obtaining firearms.
Board Website
Policy AreaPublic Safety
Governor Appointments6
Total Board Positions6
Statutory AuthorityRCW 43.43.590
Public Disclosure Required?No
Senate Confirmation Required?No
CompensationMembers of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses
Term Length (years)4
Statutory Term LimitsNone
Member Requirements: The Board shall consist of the following members, appointed by the governor:
(a) The Chief of the Washington state patrol or the Chief's designee;
(b) The Executive Director of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs or the Executive Director's designee;
(c) One sheriff;
(d) One police chief;
(e) One person engaged in the business of lawfully selling firearms at retail in this state who holds a federal firearms license under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923 (a); and
(f) One member of the general public.