PAULA HAMMOND, CHAIR
WSP USA
Ms. Paula J. Hammond has been Senior Vice President and National Transportation Market Leader at Parsons Brinckerhoff Group Inc. since September 2013. Ms. Hammond is responsible for working with transportation agencies across the nation, including the US Department of Transportation (USDOT). She served as Secretary of Sound Transit. She served as Secretary of Washington State Department of Transportation since August 2007 until March 2013.
Charlie Brown, Executive Committee Member
Fred Meyer
Charlie Brown has worked in the public policy arena for over 30 years. He is an attorney by training and has been a registered lobbyist in Washington State since 1992. His early career included working as a staff member in the United States House of Representatives and as a state government lobbyist for Washington Natural Gas Company. He started Cascade Government Affairs with Margaret Brown in 1997.
He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the Association of Washington Business. He has served in leadership positions for several organizations, including a number of non-profit charitable boards. In his free time, Charlie enjoys golf, skiing, hiking and traveling around the world.
Education: J.D. Seattle University School of Law, '92. B.A. University of Oregon, '86
JENNIFER ZIEGLER, VICE CHAIR
HNTB, SMALL AND MIDSIZE TRANSIT ALLIANCE, CITY OF CHENEY, CITY OF LAKE STEVENS
Jennifer has nearly 20 years of legislative and government relations experience. She served as staff counsel to the Senate and House Transportation Committees, the Government Relations Director for the Washington State Department of Transportation, and Governor Christine Gregoire’s Transportation Policy Advisor. She is the owner of Jennifer Ziegler Public Affairs. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and a board member of the Olympia School District Education Foundation.
Mark Riker,
Executive Committee Member
Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council
Mark L. Riker started his career in construction in November 1991 as a Union Sheet Metal Worker, serving an Apprenticeship from February 1992 to February 1997 working for Hermanson Corporation out of Kent, WA. Mark worked as a Journeyman, Foreman, and Project Superintendent for Hermanson until he was elected by his peers to the Office of Business Representative of Sheet Metal Workers Local 66 in June of 2002 where he served until being elected Executive Secretary of the Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council in February 2018. Mark currently serves as Chair of the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council.
DYLAN DOTY,
SECRETARY/TREASURER
ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, KITSAP TRANSIT, PORT OF BREMERTON, PARATRANSIT
J. Dylan Doty is the Founder and President of Doty & Associates, Inc., a Washington State-based governmental affairs firm providing strategic guidance to a wide variety of clients across the Federal, State, and local government levels. Prior to forming Doty & Associates, Inc., Dylan was a partner at Jensen Walgren Doty Governmental Consulting, working alongside two of the most respected governmental affairs experts in Washington State in Gordon Walgren and Rick Jensen. Dylan graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law, where he was also a member of the National Moot Court Team. Prior to attending law school, Dylan graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. Dylan is an active member of the Washington State Bar Association, and serves as a coach for the Moot Court Team at Seattle U Law. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
Sheri Call
WASHINGTON TRUCKING ASSOCIATION
Pat Dunn
BENTON RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS, SANITARY SERVICE COMPANY
Jeff DeVere
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS ASSOCIATION, NICHOLS BROTHERS BOAT BUILDERS/EVERETT SHIP REPAIR
Mike Ennis
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON BUSINESS
Tom Gaetz
WA ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION
Davor Gjurasic
WSP TROOPERS ASSOCIATION
Greg Hanon
WESTERN STATES PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION
Jerry Vanderwood
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Tony Sermonti
MOTOR VEHICLE SOFTWARE GROUP CORP., NEOLOGY
Bill Wallace
WASHINGTON & NORTHERN IDAHO DISTRICT COUNCIL OF LABORERS
Ex Officio Board of Directors
Neil Weaver
Washington State Patrol
Reema Griffith
WA State Transportation Commission
Steven Breaux
Washington state department of transportation
Chris Herman
WA Public Ports Association
Beau Perschbacher
Department of Licensing
Ashley Probart
Transportation Improvement Board
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Brian Ziegler
Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board
Brandy DeLange
Association of Washington Cities
Axel Swanson
Washington State Association of Counties
Jane Wall