GCDE members and associate members

View information about the Governor's Committee on Disability Issues & Employment (GCDE) members and associate members.

Members

Yvonne Bussler-White, Chair

  • Subcommittees: Employment Workgroup co-chair, Coordinating

Dave Carl

  • Subcommittees: Community Outreach chair, Membership chair

Amy Cloud, M.Ed.

  • Subcommittees: Employment Workgroup, Legislative, Coordinating (Member-at-Large)

Patti Dailey-Shives

  • Subcommittees: Community Outreach vice chair, Legislative chair, Membership, Coordinating 

Kristin DiBiase

  • Subcommittees: Youth Empowerment chair, Legislative, Coordinating

Lucas Doelman

  • Subcommittees: Youth Empowerment co-vice chair, Legislative, Coordinating (Member-at-Large)

Cullyn Foxlee, Co-Vice Chair

  • Subcommittees: Accessible Communities vice chair, Coordinating

Autumn Harris

  • Subcommittees: Accessible Communities, Membership, Youth Empowerment co-vice chair

Steven Lewis, Ph.D.

  • Subcommittees: Accessible Communities chair, Coordinating, Legislative

Brit Nuckles

  • Subcommittees: Employment Workgroup chair, Coordinating, Legislative, Membership 

Kristina Sawyckyj

  • Subcommittees: Legislative

Carolyn Sowdon

  • Subcommittees: Accessible Communities, Youth Empowerment, Legislative, Community Outreach

Napal Tesfai

  • Subcommittees: Legislative, Youth Empowerment (pending), Community Outreach (pending)

Ivyanne Van Der Peet

  • Subcommittees: Employment Workgroup, Community Outreach, Membership

Angela West

  • Subcommittees: Accessible Communities, Membership

Nancy Zellers

  • Subcommittees: Legislative vice chair, Youth Empowerment, Coordinating (Member-at-Large)

Associate members

David Puente, Jr.

  • Director
  • Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Olympia
  • dva.wa.gov

Marika Barto

  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Manager
  • Labor and Industries, Tumwater
  • lni.wa.gov

Jen Bean

Lucy Barefoot

  • Language Access Analyst
  • Administrative Services, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Olympia
  • dcyf.wa.gov

Courtney Williams

  • Executive Director
  • WA State Independent Living Council, Olympia
  • wasilc.org

Phyllis Campano

  • Special Programs Director
  • Special Education Support Center, Federal Way
  • sec.org

Vacant

Tania May

  • Assistant Superintendent, Special Education
  • WA State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia
  • k12.wa.us

Shauna Bilyeu

  • Executive Director
  • WA State Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth, Vancouver
  • cdhy.wa.gov

Vacant

  • Superintendent
  • WA State School for the Blind, Vancouver
  • wssb.wa.gov

Kimberly Meck

Danielle Miller

  • Director
  • WA Talking Book & Braille Library, Seattle
  • wtbbl.org

Brandi Monts

  • Executive Director
  • Developmental Disabilities Council, Olympia
  • ddc.wa.gov

Andreta Armstrong

  • Executive Director
  • WA State Human Rights Commission, Olympia
  • hum.wa.gov

Earnest Covington III

  • Director
  • Office of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing, WA State Dept. of Social & Health Services, Olympia
  • dshs.wa.gov/altsa/odhh

Pablo Villarreal 

  • Interim Director
  • Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, WA State Dept. of Social & Health Services, Olympia
  • dshs.wa.gov/dvr

Shelby Satko

  • Executive Director
  • WA State Rehabilitation Council, Olympia
  • wsrcwa.org

Allison Spector

  • ADA Compliance Coordinator
  • WA State Department of Transportation, Olympia
  • dot.wa.gov

Michael MacKillop

  • Executive Director
  • WA State Department of Services for the Blind, Seattle
  • dsb.wa.gov

Larry Watkinson

  • ADA Compliance Manager
  • WA State Dept. of Licensing, Olympia
  • dol.wa.gov