Board of Directors
Carl Gipson – Chair. Director since January 2017. Director, External Affairs, AT&T.
The Honorable Rick S. Bender – Past Chair. Director since February 2008. Former President of the Washington State Labor Council, Former State Representative (1st) and Senator (44th).
The Honorable Lynn Kessler – Treasurer. Director since January 2011. Former WA State Representative, 24th District.
The Honorable Sam Reed – Secretary. Director since April 2001. Washington Secretary of State from 2001 to 2013.
Marty Brown – Vice Chairman. Director since January 2018. Former Executive Director, State Board for Community & Technical Colleges.
Susan Champlain – Director since January 2019. Director, Government Operations, The Boeing Company.
Joe Dacca – Director since January 2019. Director, Office of State Relations, University of Washington.
David Ducharme – Director since June 2020. Executive Director, Broadband Communications Association of Washington.
Denny Eliason – Director since January 2003. Founder of Alliances Northwest, government relations firm.
The Honorable Karen Fraser – Director since January 2017. Former State Senator.
Ann E. Goos – Director since January 2019. Former Director of Public Affairs, WSU & Consultant.
Kelly Love – Director since 2020. Chief Communications Officer, Clark College.
Carmen Mendez – Director since January 2017. Deputy Mayor for the City of Yakima.
The Honorable Sid Morrison – Director since February 2008. Former Congressman, state Transportation Secretary and state legislator.
Chris Mulick – Director since 2020. Director of State Relations, Washington State University.
The Honorable Ralph Munro – Director since October 1993. Washington Secretary of State from 1980 to 2000.
Briahna Murray – Director since January 2019. Vice President, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs.
Karla Graue Pratt – Director since January 1998. Strategic Non-profit Consultant.
Christopher Rankin – Director since January 2018. Rankin Equipment Company.
Antonio Sanchez – Director since January 2018. Retired Director of Intergovernmental & International Relations, Central Washington University.
Mary Thompson – Director since January 2017. Partner, Artifacts, Inc.
Rhonda Weaver – Director since January 2016. Senior Director of State Government Affairs for Comcast.
Lacie West – Director since January 2019. Executive Director, The Service Board.
The Honorable Kim Wyman – Director since January 2013. Washington Secretary of State.
Kraig Baker – Counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
Staff Members
The Honorable Renee Radcliff Sinclair – President & CEO
Bonnie Geray – Business Manager
Nicole Grane – Office Administrator / Events Manager
Programming
Mike Bay – Vice President – Programming
Scott Chisa – Programming Coordinator
Mike McClanahan – Host / Executive Producer (The Impact)
David McGimpsey – Multimedia Content Manager
Angela Nolasco – Host / Producer (Field Report and Legislative Review)
Michael Peters – Director – Visual Media
Aaron Qualls – Multimedia Content Manager
Education
Brett Hansen – Director – Education Department
Stefani Smith – Media Producer / Education Specialist
Development
Frank van Gelder – Director – Development
Jonathan Lindsay – Individual Giving Manager
Engineering/IT
Marc Gerchak – Director – Engineering
Scott Freeman – Director – Information Technology
Ryan Von Bargen – I. T. Systems Specialist
Roxy Boggio – Streaming Technician
Heidi Sharpe – Digital Media Manager
Operations
Anthony Arenas – Operations Supervisor
Jason Brede – Senior Production Technician
Pedro Franqui – Senior Production Technician
Eva Kohlman – Senior Production Technician
Patrick Maxwell – Senior Production Technician – Lead
Jeff Pinell – Senior Production Technician – Lead
Nathan Shaw – Senior Production Technician – Lead
Aidan Torp – Production Technician
