SDC Staff

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Administration

Paulette Avalos
Chief of Staff
360.786.7342

Heather Lewis-Lechner
Leadership Counsel
360.786.7813

Crystal Florez
Liaison to Member Offices
360.786.7331

Communications

Aaron Wasser
Communications Director
360.786.7333
Sens. Billig, Conway

Chris West
Deputy Communications Director
360.786.7328
Sens. BilligPedersen, Rolfes

Simrun Chhabra
Communications Specialist
360.786.7918
Sens. Hunt, Nguyen, Nobles
LGBTQ Caucus

Kenneth Fockele
Communications Specialist
360.786.7013
Sens. Dhingra, Frockt, Keiser, Stanford

Sam Gutierrez
Communications Specialist
360.786.7477
Sens. Kuderer, Lovick, Wellman

Courtney James
Communications Specialist
360.786.7853
Sens. Hasegawa, Liias, Lovelett

Mykhail Lembke
Communications Specialist
360.786.6499
Sens. Carlyle, Robinson, Wilson

Rick Manugian
Senior Communications Specialist
360.786.7569
Sens. Cleveland, Mullet, Salomon, Van De Wege

Ali O’Neil
Communications Specialist
360.786.7052
Sen. Saldaña

Hannah Sabio-Howell
Communications Specialist
360.786.7326
Sens. DasRandall, Trudeau 
Members of Color Caucus

Policy

Matt Bridges
Senior Fiscal Analyst
360.786.7367
Ways & Means
Operating Budget; Revenue; Pensions; Redistricting

Adam Hall
Senior Policy Counsel
360. 786.7078
Law & Justice
State Government & Elections
Redistricting (legal & policy)

Heather Lewis-Lechner
Leadership Counsel
360.786.7813
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Rules
Appointments

Hannah McCarty
Senior Policy Counsel
360.786.7330
Transportation
Transportation Budget