External Advisory Committee
The department’s external advisory committee, created by the Legislature in 1963, consists of eight members, representing major constituencies. Its role is to consult, review, and evaluate policies, budgets, activities, and programs of the department as they relate to workplace health in the broadest sense. Current members are:
- Rick Bender
- President, Washington State Labor Council (represented by Al Link, secretary-treasurer)
- Don Brunell
- President, Association of Washington Business (represented by Grant Nelson, Governmental Affairs Director)
- David Kalman
- Chair, University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (nonvoting member)
- W. Hugh Maloney
- President, Washington State Medical Association (represented by Timothy Gilmore: Occupational Medicine, Group Health)
- Judy Schurke
- Director, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
- Matthew O’Donnell
- Dean, University of Washington School of Engineering (represented by Richard Storch, director, Department of Industrial Engineering)
- Mary Selecky
- Secretary, Washington State Department of Health (represented by Gregg Grunenfelder, assistant secretary, Division of Environmental Health)
- Patricia Wahl
- Dean, University of Washington School of Public Health
