Commission Members
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Dan O'Neal, Chairman, Mason County Dan is on the Board of Directors of Greenbrier Companies (GBX), a publicly traded railroad car leasing and manufacturing company. He has owned and operated transportation and software businesses. Dan has actively participated in efforts to gain private and public sector support for improved freight transportation infrastructure. He is a member of the Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council. Prior to joining a law firm in 1980 he was Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He also served as Transportation Counsel to the Senate Commerce Committee chaired by Senator Warren Magnuson. Dan was appointed by Governor Locke in 2003 and reappointed by Governor Gregoire in 2009. Term expires June 30, 2015. |
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Tom Cowan, Vice Chairman, San Juan County Tom is a public policy consultant and also manages marine resources restoration projects. Tom was formerly the Director of the congressionally authorized Northwest Straits Commission and was a former Assistant Director for the Puget Sound Action Team. Prior to that, Tom was a San Juan County Commissioner for 12 years and served as President of the Washington State Association of Counties. Tom and his wife owned and operated an electrical contracting firm and the only hardware and building supply store on Lopez Island. Tom is currently the Chair of the San Juan County Land Bank and a Board member of the SeaDoc Society. Tom has lived on Lopez Island for the past 36 years and is a frequesnt ferry rider. He was appointed to the Commission by Governor Gregoire in 2011. Term expires June 30, 2016. |
| Anne Haley, Walla Walla County Anne comes to the Transportation Commission with a breadth of experience on private, public, and nonprofit boards and commissions, and thirty years experience of managing public libraries in Washington. She currently is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Brown & Haley, Tacoma. As Chairman of the Washington State Library Commission, she guided the Washington State Library's merger into the Office of Secretary of State in 2002. She was President of the Washington Library Association and Pacific Northwest Library Association, and Counselor-at-Large of the American Library Association. In Walla Walla, she founded Project Read, sat on the Sherwood Trust Advisory Committee, served as Chairman of the Budget & Allocation Committee of United Way, and served on various community organization Boards. After retiring from the Yakima Valley Library in 2002, she returned to school and earned a BFA degree. Anne was appointed by Governor Gregoire in 2011 for a partial term and reappointed in 2012. Term expires June 30, 2018. |
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Jerry Litt, Douglas County Jerry joins the Commission with 37-years experience in planning and community development. He has served as the Director of Planning and Community Development for the City of Lacey for 13 years and 10 years with Douglas County. His experience includes responsibility for a full-range of Planning and Community Development services, including public participation in Douglas County’s award winning GMA public involvement program and the City of Lacey’s “Designing Downtown 2000” program. He has also been involved with state-wide issues through the Washington City Planning Director’s Association as an executive board member. As past president of the Washington County and Regional Planning Director’s Association he has built a long history and awareness of community infrastructure needs at the forefront. He has additional experience in the private sector as a consultant in Spokane and Wenatchee, as a member of the Wenatchee Area Transportation Study, development of the Apple Capital Loop Trail, member of the Transportation Improvement Board, the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Urban Land Institute. Jerry was appointed by Governor Gregoire in 2011. Term expires June 30, 2017. |
Philip Parker, Clark County |
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Charles Royer, King County Charles served three terms as Mayor of Seattle from 1978 to 1989, during which time he also served as President of the National League of Cities. Charles served for five years as Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and Lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and later directed the University of Washington’s Urban Health Initiative. Charles serves as co-chair of the Seattle Central Waterfront Committee also served as co-chairman of the Advisory Committee on Tolling and Traffic Management that is recommending strategies and policies to minimize downtown traffic impacts from the tunnel replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Charles also serves as Chairman of the Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District. Charles was appointed to the Commission by Governor Gregoire in 2012. His term expires June 30, 2013. |
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Joe Tortorelli, Spokane County Joe is an economic development consultant with over 30 years experience working with cities, counties and Ports interested in growing their local economy by creating jobs and private sector capital investment. He began his career with Washington Water Power Co., now Avista Corp, after attending Eastern Washington University. He has served as president on numerous boards for economic development, also serves on a variety of local boards such as the Spokane Area Workforce Development Council, the Inland Pacific HUB Executive Committee, the SRTC and the Spokane Area Good Roads Association. Joe has lived in Spokane all of his life and is an avid cyclist and snow skier. He was appointed to the Commission by Governor Gregoire in 2011. His term expires June 30, 2014. |
