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Board MembersChair David Harrison David Harrison is a senior lecturer at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington where he teaches policy analysis and new program design. He is also faculty coordinator of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship program. Harrison’s career has been devoted to creating bridges between the policy-making community, policy researchers and citizens. He came to the Northwest in 1986 to found and direct the Northwest Policy Center which for many years provided policy assistance on economic vitality issues to governmental leaders throughout the region. David holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also is the founder and former director of the Forum at the Evans School, served as senior policy advisor to Senator Maria Cantwell from 2001-2003, and in 2005 served as Chair of the Governor’s Task Force on Welfare Reform. In 2006, David initiated Strategies to Eliminate Poverty under the auspices of the Seattle Foundation which will assist researchers in developing new governmental policies to combat poverty. Representing Labor Rick Bender Rick Bender was elected President of the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, in March 1993. He has served as a WSLC Vice President and was Executive Secretary of the King County Labor Council, Executive Secretary of the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Council, and a State Legislator serving ten years in the House and eight years in the Senate. During his time in the State House of Representatives, he served as Assistant Majority Whip and Assistant Minority Floor Leader. In the State Senate, he served as Majority Whip and Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee. Rick currently serves on the Washington State Economic Development Commission, on the Board of Directors for the Washington State Trade & Convention Center, and the Washington Council on International Trade (Ex Officio). He also serves on the Honorary Leadership Council for the Downtown Emergency Service Center, and the Governor’s Commission on Competitiveness. He is a member of the Northwest Migrant Housing Fund Advisory Board and the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle. In 2004, he also was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Evergreen Safety Council Janet Lewis
Janet is a labor delegate to the Seattle/King County Building and Construction Trades Council as well as the King County Labor Council. In addition to being a member of the Washington State Bar Association, she is an executive board member of the Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Education for Women (ANEWS), a non-profit organization that prepares low-income women and men to enter nontraditional employment. Beth Thew is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Spokane Regional Labor Council and a Vice President for the Washington State Labor Council. She also serves as Chair of the WSLC Economic Development and Transportation Committee and sits on the Spokane Worker Retraining Advisory Committee. In addition to her union commitments, Beth is a is member of the Spokane Area Workforce Development Council, Washington Learns Higher Education Advisory, and the Spokane Area Professional-Technical Advisory Consortium (SAP-TAC). She also serves on the Board of Directors for Spokane County United Way. Representing Business Creigh H. Agnew Creigh H. Agnew recently retired after a 21-year career with the Weyerhaeuser Company where she served as Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Contributions. She was responsible for issue management and government relations at the federal, state and local Puget Sound levels. She also served as sponsor of the Office of Corporate Contributions, the company's philanthropic organization. Over her career, she worked for the company in Washington, DC, Olympia and at corporate headquarters. Before joining Weyerhaeuser Company, Creigh was a legislative assistant, managing natural resource policy work, for Senator Slade Gorton and Congressman Norm Dicks in Washington, DC. Mike Hudson Mike Hudson is the Executive Director of the Institute Workforce Development and Economic Sustainability, a non-profit affiliate of the Association of Washington Business. Mike is a former president and chief executive officer of North Coast Credit Union in Bellingham. He also has managed or worked closely with a variety of non-profit organizations during the last 20 years including the Washington/Alaska Arthritis Foundation, Whatcom County United Way, and the YMCA of Southwest Washington. He is also a past board member of the Bellingham/Whatcom County Chamber of Commerce. Representing State Agencies Dr. Terry Bergeson is Superintendent of Public Instruction, a statewide elected position she has held since 1997. Prior to her election, Terry was executive director of the Washington State Commission on Student Learning from 1993 through 1996. Charlie Earl is the Executive Director of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. A graduate of both the University of Washington (BA in Finance) and Washington State University (MA in Political Science), he was president of Everett Community College from 1999 to early 2006 before taking up his current position. Prior to that, he was the general manager of Snohomish County PUD, chief administrative officer of Thurston County, and Deputy King County Executive. Recent community and professional affiliations include president of the the Washington Association of Community and Technical Colleges, member of the Snohomish County Economic Development Council, the World Affairs Council, Workforce Development Council, and the Alliance for Corporate Education. He also is actively involved with the Cascade Land Conservancy and a board member and chair of Community and Technical Colleges Center for Information Services.
Karen graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served five years in Germany as a second lieutenant. Returning to the Pacific Northwest to attend the University of Washington School of Law, she got involved in student politics, serving as a lobbyist for the Graduate and Professional Student Senate, working closely with the university and student body presidents. She secured health benefits for teaching assistants and resident advisers, and was also involved in the Faculty Senate, the President's budget committee, and Chimera, a forum in which graduate students were afforded opportunities to display research results. Karen is past president of the 52,000-member University of Washington Alumni Association. In 1994, Karen obtained her law degree and went to work with Preston, Gates & Ellis. Three years later, she joined Puget Sound Energy where she most recently served as their Director of Gas Operations and oversaw emergency response, customer field service, and system maintenance operations. Tony Lee Tony Lee is the Advocacy Director for the Fremont Public Association and Policy Director at the Statewide Poverty Action Network (SPAN). His work focuses on low-income issues such as welfare reform, Medicaid, and low-income housing. Tony has served as Legislative Director of the Washington Association of Churches (WAC) where he coordinated the public policy work for the WAC representing the Protestant and Catholic denominations in our state. Much of his work has focused on human rights issues (e.g., death penalty, discrimination) and low-income issues (welfare, Medicaid, low-income housing). His work takes him to Olympia where he lobbies full-time during the state legislative session. Participating Officials Robin Arnold-Williams is the state’s Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services. With more than 25 years of experience in the human services area, Robin is a national leader in welfare reform and child welfare, and has substantial knowledge about serving seniors and the frail elderly. Prior to taking up her current position, she served as the executive director of the Utah’s Department of Human Services in the administration of then-Governor Mike Leavitt, who is now head of the federal Department of Human and Health Services. In addition to her work in Utah, Robin also served as chair of the National Council of State Human Services Administrators (within the American Public Human Services Association) from 2001-2004. She also was a member of the American Public Human Services Association Board of Trustees from 1999-2004. Kris Stadelman Kris has been Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle-King County Workforce Development Council (WDC) since its incorporation in July 2000. She came to the WDC with more than 20 years experience managing government and social service agencies, with a focus on employment, training, and self-sufficiency programs for the unemployed and economically disadvantaged. |
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ed: 2003, Serves at the pleasure of the Governor 
Janet Lewis has been an apprentice, owned and operated her own electrical construction business, and studied for and been admitted to the Bar. Prior to joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 2000 as its Local 46 business representative, she worked with the Department of Labor & Industry for several years both as a legislative policy analyst and program manager. 
