Advisory Committee Members

2022-24 Executive Board members:

Cray Henry ​- President
​Mary Traxler - Vice-President
Linda Wallers - Secretary
Arlene Patton - Treasurer
Mary Binder District I Vice-president
Verna Wright- District II Vice-president
​Bea Bull - District III Vice-president

2022-24 Advisory Board members:
Outreach Committee (OC): Chair - Mary Traxler
       OC Member Recruitment chair -Vacant
     OC Member Retention chair - Merry Byrum
    District I Vice-president Mary Binder (OC member),
District II Vice-president Verna Wright (OC member), and
District III Vice-president Bea Bull (OC member)

Legislative (National) - Doug Rushton
NARFE PAC - Doug Rushton
State Legislative Chair - John Thurber 
Service Officer - Charles Caughlan 
Federation Reporter Editor - Mary Binder
Alzheimer's Chair - Lorie Bennett
Webmaster - Linda Wallers
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• Region IX Vice-president: Steve Roy (2022-2024)
• Region IX: Alzheimer's Chair: Vacant  (2022-2024)
• Region IX NARFE PAC Chair: Keri Barr (2022-2024)
• ​Region IX CAB Representative: Anne York  (2022-2024)

2022-2024 Nominating Committee
Carl Gallion (1192/D-1)
Linda Wallers (131/D-3)
Bill Powers (181/D-3)
Pat Rudd (193/D2)
​Lanny Ross (181/D3)

The governing body of the Washington State Federation is the Advisory Committee (AdComm) which is comprised of the combined Executive Board and Advisory Board members.

Regional-level Vice-president is an elected position, with ballots cast by NARFE members in all five states in Region IX (WA, OR, ID, MT, and AK) .

The Executive Board consists of four elected federation officers and three district vice-presidents, each elected to serve for two years at the biennial federation conference.

The remaining three regional-level officers are nominated by the regional Vice-president and forwarded to National HQ where the National President can either approve or reject the candidate.

The Advisory board consists of appointed committee or functional chairs who also serve for two years.

Regional officers hold their positions for two years.

Contact the Chapter or Federation Service Officer:
A NARFE Service Officer assists Chapter/Federation members and non-NARFE members by providing information, answering questions, and offering guidance in navigating issues relating to federal pay and benefits such as:
- Procedures governing delivery of annuity checks;
- Life insurance and health benefits;
- Survivor benefits;
- Change-of-beneficiary procedures;
- Death benefits;
- State and federal income taxes; and
- Social Security requirements.
He or she can assist members in preparing documents associated with the above topics. They can also provide a copy of the F-100 "Be Prepared for Life’s Events" Form which federal employees should complete with information that  surviving famly members will need in upon the death of a former federal employee. The Service Officer continues their education by staying up-to-date reading benefits-related articles in NARFE magazine and NARFE Insider.
(Service Officer Guide, FH-10, is available from National Headquarters).​