Staff issue areas

Business, Financial Services & Trade

William Bridges - Staff Coordinator/Counsel
360-786-7312

• Credit ratings and scoring
• Payday lending
• Foreclosures
• Mortgage brokers
• Economic development
• Regional and sector based development
• Tourism
• Gaming

John Kim - Staff Counsel 
360-786-7453

• Economic development and incentives grants
• Banking
• Public depositories
• Securities regulation
• Credit unions
• Insurance property and casualty
• Life insurance
• International trade and export assistance
• Regulatory assistance
• Technical assistance to businesses
• Small business assistance

Environment, Energy & Technology

Alicia Kinne-Clawson - Staff Coordinator/Analyst
360-786-7407

• Technology
• Broadband
• Product stewardship
• Hazardous waste and toxics
• Environment
• SEPA

Kim Cushing - Staff Counsel
360-786-7421

• Energy generation and transmission
• Energy siting
• Electric vehicles
• Electric utilities
• Climate Commitment Act

Matt Shepard-Koningsor - Staff Counsel
360-786-7627

• Solid waste and recycling
• Oil spills and prevention
• Climate Commitment Act (lead)
• Air quality
• Clean fuel standard
• Alternative fuels 

Higher Education & Workforce Development

Kellee Gunn - Staff Coordinator/Analyst
360-786-7429

• Public and independent baccalaureate colleges and universities
• Public community and technical colleges
• Governance
• Campus safety
• Financial aid
• Tuition

Will Trondsen - Staff Counsel
360-786-7552

• For-profit colleges
• Workforce training
• Private career schools
• Student loans
• Faculty (except collective bargaining)
• Dual credit

Human Services

Alison Mendiola - Staff Coordinator/Counsel
360-786-7488

• Economic services
• Child welfare/child protection
• Foster care
• Dependency
• Indian Child Welfare Act
• Vulnerable adults/abuse and neglect
• Intellectual and developmental disabilities (non-Medicaid)

Tim Ford - Staff Counsel
360-786-7414

• Adult corrections/reentry
• Crime victims
• Children's mental health
• Juvenile rehabilitation

Law & Justice

Ryan Giannini - Staff Coordinator/Counsel
360-786-7285

• Domestic violence
• General criminal and civil issues
• Human trafficking/commercial sexual exploitation
• Missing and murdered indigenous women and people
• New crimes and sentencing changes
• Sexual assault
• Uniform laws
• Involuntary Treatment Act
• Forensic mental health (competency to stand trial, criminal insanity)

Joe McKittrick - Staff Counsel
360-786-7287

• Business law
• Cyber harassment
• Driving under the influence
• Firearms
• General criminal and civil issues
• Issues related to State v. Blake
• Law enforcement use of force
• New crimes and sentencing changes
• Public defense/prosecution

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections

Greg Vogel - Staff Coordinator/Counsel
360-786-7413

• Veterans' affairs
• Military affairs
• Ethics and conflict of interest
• Public records and disclosure
• Open public meetings
• Elections
• Campaign finance
• Initiatives and referendums
• Signature gathering
• Tribal affairs

Danielle Creech - Research Analyst
360-786-7412

• Audits of state government programs and agencies
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in state programs
• Emergency management
• Public contracting procedures
• Public works
• Administrative Procedure Act
• Civil service
• Regulatory reform
• Historic preservation
• Building Code Council
• Tribal affairs

Ways & Means

Susan Brooks - Fiscal Committee Staff Coordinator
360-786-7273

James Kettel - Fiscal Coordinator
Operating Budget
360-786-7459

Michael Bezanson - Fiscal Coordinator
Capital Budget
360-786-7449

• Climate Commitment Act
• Bonds and bond model 
• Commerce - local community projects
• Washington State Arts Commission
• Eastern Washington Historical Society
• Washington State Historical Society
• Central Washington University
• Community and technical colleges
• Eastern Washington University
• The Evergreen State College 
• University of Washington
• Washington State University
• Western Washington University
• Workforce training and education
• Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth
• Public schools
• School for the Blind 

Jeff Mitchell - Fiscal Coordinator
Revenue
360-786-7438

• Revenue policy issues

Sam Brown - Budget Counsel
Operating Budget
360-786-7470

• Committee Counsel
• Attorney General
• Sundry claims
• Secretary of State

Michele Alishahi - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7433

• Central Washington University
• Community and technical colleges
• Eastern Washington University
• The Evergreen State College
• Student Achievement Council
• University of Washington 
• Washington State University
• Western Washington University
• Workforce training and education board

Shani Bauer - Fiscal Counsel
Capital Budget
360-786-7468

• Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• Commerce - behavioral health, broadband, community competitive grant programs, energy
• Criminal Justice Training Commission
• Department of Enterprise Services
• Department of Labor & Industries
• Employment Security Department
• Military Department
• Office of Financial Management
• Secretary of State
• Utilities and Transportation Commission
• Washington State Patrol
• Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
• Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF)
• Department of Health
• Department of Corrections
• Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS)
• Veterans' Affairs

Wendy Brown - Fiscal Analyst
Capital Budget
360-786-7359

• Model Toxics Control Act
• Public Works Assistance Account
• Commerce - early learning, dental, ports
• Commerce - Community Economic Revitalization Board, public works, economic development
• Commerce - housing, home efficiency and weatherization
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Ecology
• Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Department of Natural Resources
• Department of Transportation
• Parks & Recreation Commission
• Pollution Liability Insurance Program
• Puget Sound Partnership
• Recreation and Conservation Office
• State Conservation Commission 

Amanda Cecil - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7460

• Board of Volunteer Firefighters
• Collective bargaining
• Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials
• Department of Retirement Systems
• Employee compensation and health benefits
• House of Representatives
• Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
• Joint Legislative Systems
• LEAP Committee
• Legislative Support Services
• Public Employees Benefits Board benefits
• Pensions
• Public Employment Relations Commission
• School Employees Benefits Board benefits
• Senate
• State Actuary
• State Investment Board
• Statue Law Committee

Kimmy Eide - Budget Fellow
Operating Budget
360-786-7471

• Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• Arts Commission
• Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors
• Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals
• Board of Accountancy
• Commission on African-American Affairs
• Commission on Asian-American Affairs
• Commission on Hispanic Affairs
• DCYF - program support
• Department of Licensing
• Eastern Washington Historical Society
• Financial Institutions
• Forensics Investigation Council
• Gambling Commission
• Horse Racing Commission
• Human Rights Commission
• Labor & Industries
• Minority & Women's Business Enterprises
• Military Department
• Office of Administrative Hearings
• Office of Indian Affairs
• Office of the Governor
• Office of the Lieutenant Governor
• Public Disclosure Commission
• State Auditor
• State Lottery Commission
• State Treasurer
• Washington State Historical Society
• Washington State Leadership Board
• Washington State Patrol

Monica Fontaine - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7341

• Department of Health
• DSHS - administrative and support services
• DSHS - information system services
• DSHS - payments to other agencies
• DSHS - Special Commitment Center
• DSHS - state hospitals
• DSHS - vocational rehabilitation

Kayla Hammer - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7305

• Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth
• Charter schools
• K-12 education
• K-12 local levies
• K-12 institutional education
• School for the Blind 

Jed Herman - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7346

• Columbia River Gorge Commission
• Commerce - energy
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Ecology
• Department of Fish & Wildlife
• Department of Natural Resources
• Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
• Environmental and Land Use Hearing Office
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Pollution Liability Insurance Agency
• Recreation and Conservation Office
• State Conservation Commission
• Utilities and Transportation Commission

Josh Hinman - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7281

• Administrative Office of the Courts
• Commission on Judicial Conduct
• Court of Appeals
• DCYF - child welfare
• DCYF - early learning
• DSHS - child support services
• DSHS - economic services
• DSHS - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
• Employment Security Department
• Law library
• Office of Civil Legal Aid
• Office of Public Defense
• Supreme Court

Maria Hovde - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7474

• Department of Services for the Blind
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• DSHS - developmental disabilities
• DSHS - long-term care 

Alia Kennedy - Fiscal Counsel
Revenue
360-786-7405

• Revenue policy issues

Tianyi Lan - Fiscal Analyst
Revenue/Operating Budget
360-786-7432

• Revenue policy issues
• Board of Tax Appeals
• Caseload Forecast Council
• Department of Revenue
• Economic & Revenue Forecast Council

Corban Nemeth - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7736

• Four-year budget outlook
• Behavioral health (Health Care Authority)
• Liquor & Cannabis Board
• Special appropriations to the Governor

Trevor Press - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7446

• Interagency billing model (central services)
• Commerce - community services, housing
• Commerce - local government
• Commerce - program support
• Commerce - economic development
• Department of Enterprise Services
• K-12 - education reform
• K-12 - Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and statewide programs

Sarian Scott - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7729

• Capital budget support
• Consolidated technology services
• Criminal Justice Training Commission
• DCYF - juvenile rehabilitation
• Department of Corrections
• Lease facilities - statewide
• IT - statewide
• Office of the Chief Information Officer
• Office of Financial Management
• Office of Independent Investigations
• Legislative campus modernization

Sandy Stith - Fiscal Analyst
Operating Budget
360-786-7710

• Health Care Authority - low-income health care
• Health Benefit Exchange
• Insurance Commissioner