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2016 judicial scorecard
Meet the Washington Supreme Court
editorial staff
Kris Johnson, Publisher
Jason Hagey, Executive Editor
Robert Battles, General Counsel
awb officers
Mike Schwenk, Chair of the Board
UniWest, Pasco
Wendy Sancewich, Vice Chair
RSM, Seattle
Tom Pucci, Secretary/Treasurer
Expedia, Bellevue
Front row, from left: Justice Mary Fairhurst, Associate Chief Justice Charles Johnson,
Chief Justice Barbara Madsen, Justice Susan Owens, Justice Debra Stephens.
Back row, from left: Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Justice Charles Wiggins,
Justice Steven González, Justice Mary Yu.
Doug Bayne, Immediate Past Chair
Walla Walla Community College Foundation,
Walla Walla
awb executive team
• Chief Justice Barbara Madsen was elected to the court in 1992 and re-elected
in 1998, 2004 and 2010. As chief justice, she is the court’s chief spokesperson,
presides over Supreme Court hearings and conferences, and co-chairs the state’s
Board for Judicial Administration, the policy arm of the state judiciary.
Kris Johnson, President
• Associate Chief Justice Charles Johnson is the senior justice on the court.
He was elected in 1990, and won re-election in 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014.
Greg Welch, Director of Finance
Gary Chandler, VP, Government Affairs
Jason Hagey, VP, Communications
• Justice Susan Owens was elected to the court in 2000 and re-elected in 2006
and 2012.
• Justice Mary Fairhurst was elected to the court in 2002 and re-elected in 2008
and 2014.
• Justice Debra Stephens was appointed to the court in 2007 by Gov. Chris Gregoire,
and was confirmed by voters in 2008. She was re-elected in 2014.
• Justice Charles Wiggins was elected to the court in 2010.
• Justice Steven González was appointed to the court in 2012 by Gov. Chris Gregoire,
and was confirmed by voters later that year.
• Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud was elected to the court in 2012.
• Justice Mary I. Yu was appointed to the court in 2014 by Gov. Jay Inslee,
and was confirmed by voters in 2015.
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