John
King,
Board President
 A
Washington native and a lawyer in private practice in Seattle,
Mr. King
is chair of WPC's Policy Committee, which is primarily responsible
for the group's legislative affairs. He has been a naval officer,
counsel to U.S. Senate committee, and a law school adjunct professor.
Active on boards and committees of various civic groups, he
is a former president of the Arthritis Foundation's Western
Washington chapter and a recipient of the national Arthritis
Foundation's distinguished service award. Father of three grown
children, his current hobbies include playing basketball
and composing aphorisms.
Roger Erskine, Vice-President
 John
F. Howes,
CPA,Treasurer
Mr. Howes is a Certified Public Accountant who manages a tax and
business consulting practice in Vancouver, Washington. He also
serves as treasurer for both a nonprofit and a political action
group in Vancouver. He holds a B.A. degree from New York University.
He is a former Chair of the 17th Legislative District Democrats
and has been involved in various
capacities with political campaigns at the local, state
and federal levels.
Jean
Carlson
Jean Carlson has been a civic activist since the early '70's,
for Seattle Public Schools and state funding
of education, with the League of Women Voters on statewide issues,
and locally on the Madison Park Community Council. Currently she
is Publicist for WPC.
Ken
Dammand 
Ken
has served the citizens of his home town, Everett, as a firefighter,
paramedic and fire captain
for the past 26 years.
He’s been active in Firefighter’s Local 46 and various neighborhood
community groups. In his previous lives he was the drummer
in the 60’s era rock band Fragile Lime, a reluctant soldier, a
scholar (Ph.D. in developmental psychology from SUNY Stony Brook
in 1979), an adjunct professor, dish washer, and just about everything
in between.
Ken
posts his political commentary and poetry at kendammand.com and
hopes to write more after retirement. He comes to
the Board of WPC out of concern about a government, at both the
State and Federal level, in which elected officials must consider
past and future political campaign contributions more heavily
than the overriding
mandate to do the greatest good for the greatest  number
of citizens.
Don
Mitchell
Don is a retired physician, previously in private practice in
Renton. He is active in Physicians for a National Health Program,
a national organization that advocates for single payer health
care in the U.S.– Expanded and Improved Medicare for All.
He is currently the chair of the Western Washington chapter of
PNHP.
Bill
Nerin - No photo currently available.
Martin
Nyberg
Martin is a farmer, Internet and mobile marketing consultant,
and WPC Pierce County Chapter Chairperson.
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 Alice
Woldt
Alice Woldt is currently doing special projects work for several
non-profit organizations. She has served as the Public Policy Director
for the Washington Association of Churches (WAC); directed the Seattle
Alliance for Good jobs and housing for Everyone (SAGE); and on the
executive staff of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. She lives
in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. She is known in the larger
community for her activism on many peace and justice issues.
WPC
Staff
 Craig
Salins, Executive Director
A native of Seattle, WA, Mr. Salins has an extensive background
in program planning, grant writing, community organizing and public
policy work. A former VISTA Volunteer and Head Start director, he
has directed advocacy organizations on consumer issues, economic
cooperatives, and health care reform.
He
has been a workshop presenter and occasional consultant on grant
funding and legislation at national and state conferences for the
Day Care & Child Development Council of America, the Consumer
Federation of America, and the Universal Health Care Action Network.
He has served on the boards of Seattle's Pike Place Market Preservation
and Development Authority, the Puget Consumers Co-op, the Central
Area Motivation Program, and for four years during the 1970's, the
New Jersey Governor's Advisory Committee on Social Services.
For
several terms, he chaired the Issues Committee for the Washington
36th District Democrats and led lobbying efforts in Olympia on behalf
of the King County Democrats Legislative Action Committee. In 1993,
he co-founded the Washington Single Payer Action Network and led
the organization as volunteer president/director for four years,
during which time a statewide conference was held (1996) drawing
national leaders and 350 participants.
He
is a proud member of Carpenters Local 816, and for many years has
worked part-time as a remodeling contractor and carpenter - allowing
time to organize for issues he cares about, including Clean Elections!
In
his own words: "Until we achieve Clean Elections, we won't
see significant progress on the bread and butter issues that concern
most Americans, such as affordable health care for all, full funding
for education, living wages, safety on the job, sustainable energy
policies, respect for small business and family farms, and an environment
we can proudly leave to our children."
Dina
Lydia Johnson,
Graphic and Web Design
Dina is washclean's web designer. She designs promotional materials,
book layout, and other graphics. She also does illustration, digital
photography, and photo retouching at Digital
Genie.com.
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