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Advisory Committee

Committee Members

Arlene Abbott, Polar Star Consulting
Todd Arendt, TransAlta Centralia
Stan Burt, TransAlta Centralia
Jim Byrd, Lewis County PUD
Kurt Dobin, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
Bradley Folden, Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
Gary Franklin, TransAlta Centralia
Micah Goo, Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
Bob Guenther, IBEW Local 77
Jim Guenther, TransAlta Centralia
Bob Gust, TransAlta Centralia
Jamie Krause, Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council
Tom Lindmark, Portland General Electric
Bill Lotto, Lewis County Economic Development Council
John Loyle, Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council
Pat McCarty (chair), Tacoma Power
Bill Messenger, Washington State Labor Council
Len Moreau, TransAlta Centralia
Troy Nutter, Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
Kairie Pierce, Washington State Labor Council
Marcy Putnam, IBEW Local 125
Stan Ratcliff, Satsop Development Park
Dale Singer, Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Coulee Dam
Anne Wetmore, Dept of Labor Apprenticeship
Arnie Winkler, Northwest Public Power Administration (NWPPA)
Roy Zimmerman, Centralia City Light

Educational Partners

Randy Bachtel, New Market Skills Center
Chuck Burnett, Los Angeles Skills Center/Southern California Edison
Mike Campbell, Center of Excellence for Homeland Security, Pierce College
Julia Cordero, Center of Excellence for Construction, Renton Technical College
Alan Hardcastle, Washington State University Extension Energy Program
Mark Johnson, PanGlobal Publishing
Mike Kelly, Grays Harbor College
Theresa Kimball, Clover Park Technical College
Joe Kinerk, New Market Skills Center
Jim Malinowski, Clark College
Riva Morgan, Wenatchee Valley College
Jarrod Sorber, Evergreen State College

Centralia College Members

Rulon Crawford, Energy Technology Faculty
Jefte Frias, Director of Diversity and Retention
Barbara Hins-Turner, Center of Excellence for Energy Technology
Jim Lowery, WIRED Energy Coordinator
Cindy Mann, Center of Excellence for Energy Technology
MaryAnn Medlin, Institutional Research
Jay Pickett, Energy Technology Faculty
John Steidel, Energy Technology Faculty

Committee Meeting Notes and Handouts

01/25/08 Meeting Notes
01/25/08 Energy Workforce Report Summary (PowerPoint)
01/25/08 Wired Map
09/21/07 Meeting
02/02/07 Meeting
11/03/06 Meeting
03/09/06 Meeting
11/10/05 Meeting
09/16/05 Meeting
02/11/05 Meeting
12/03/04 Meeting
09/24/04 Meeting
06/25/04 Meeting
04/02/04 Meeting


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Pat McCarty
Pat McCarty, Generation Manager, Tacoma Power
COE Advisory Board Chair