Appointment Process
The Lieutenant Governor serves on and appoints members to over 100 different boards and commissions. Some of these appointments and positions are filled in the Lt. Governor's capacity as President of the Senate, and others fall under his executive authority. If you are staff to a board or commission and need information regarding an appointment, please contact the Office of the Lt. Governor at 360.786.7700 or ltgovernor@ltgov.wa.gov.
The Lt. Governor makes the following appointments to boards and commissions:
Aerial Application of Herbicides on State and Private Forestlands Work Group
Aerospace Workforce Council
Behavioral Health Recovery System Transformation Task Force
Capital Projects Advisory Review Board
Capitol Furnishings Preservation Committee
Child Care Collaborative Task Force
Child Support Guidelines and Report Review Work Group
Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group
Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee
Collaborative for the Advancement of Telemedicine
Community Economic Revitalization Board
Correctional Industries Advisory Committee
CSG West's Legislative Council on River Governance
Early Learning Advisory Council
Economic and Revenue Forecast Council
Economic Development Finance Authority
Education Ombuds Appointment Committee
Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee
Employee Involvement and Recognition Board
Energy Strategy Advisory Committee
Eyewitness Evidence Work Group
Family Medicine Education Advisory Board
Financial Education Public-Private Partnership
Governor's Indian Health Advisory Council
Hatchery Spending & Project Task Force
Hate Crime Advisory Work Group
Independent Medical Examination Work Group
Informant Reliability Work Group
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Investment Strategy Subcommittee of the Long Term Services and Supports Trust Commission
Law Enforcement Officers & Fire Fighters Plan 2 Retirement Board
Legislative Committee on Economic Development and International Relations
Legislative Evaluation & Accountability Program
Legislative Oral History Committee
Legislative-Executive WorkFirst Poverty Reduction Oversight Task Force
Long-Term Care Skilled Nursing Work Group
Long-Term Services and Supports Commission
Mastery-Based Learning Work Group
Office of Homeless Youth Prevention & Protection Advisory Committee
Oversight Board for Children, Youth and Families
Pacific Fisheries Legislative Task Force
Pacific Northwest Economic Region Delegate Council
Pesticide Application Safety Committee
Professional Educator Collaborative
Public Defense Advisory Committee
Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee
Public Stadium Authority Advisory Committee
Road Usage Charge Steering Committee
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Best Practices Advisory Group
Sexual Assault Coordinated Community Response Task Force
Social Equity in Marijuana Task Force
State Actuary Appointment Committee
State Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission
State Medal of Valor Committee
Subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Employment Relations
Sustainable Aviation Biofuels Work Group
Task Force on Improving Institutional Education Programs and Outcomes
Universal Health Care Work Group
Washington Marine Resources Advisory Council
Washington State Criminal Sentencing Task Force
Washington State Institute for Public Policy
Washington State Leadership Board
Washington State LGBTQ Commission
Washington State Task Force Against the Trafficking of Persons
Washington State Tourism Marketing Authority Board of Directors
Washington State Women's Commission
Washington-Hyogo Friendship Council
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force
Women's History Consortium Board of Advisors
Work Group for Global War On Terrorism Memorial
Work Group for the Care of Residential Habilitation Center Clients
Work Group on Natural Disaster Resiliency Activities
Work Group to Address the Needs of Students in Foster Care, Experiencing Homelessness, or Both
Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board
Work-Integrated Learning Advisory Committee
The Lt. Governor makes the following appointments to joint legislative boards and commissions consisting of members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives:
Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Statewide Coordinating Committee (Joint)
Joint Administrative Rules Review Committee
Joint Committee on Employment Relations
Joint Committee on Energy Supply & Energy Conservation
Joint Committee on Veterans' and Military Affairs
Joint Executive and Legislative Ruckelshaus Report Recommendations Oversight Task Force
Joint Higher Education Committee
Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought
Joint Legislative Executive Committee on Planning for Aging and Disability Issues
Joint Legislative Task Force on Community and Technical College Counselors
Joint Legislative Task Force on Problem Gambling
Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Resource Mitigation
Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Supply
Joint Legislative Task Force on Water Supply During Drought
Joint Oregon-Washington Legislative Action Committee
Joint Transportation Committee