314 John L. O'Brien Building
Post Office Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
Full Name:
Stephen 'Steve' Tharinger
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Yvonne
Home City:
Sequim, WA
BA, Political Science and Government, Colorado College
Representative, Washington State House of Representatives, District 24 Position 2, 2010-present
Former Commissioner, Clallam County
Candidate, Washington State House of Representatives, District 24 Position 2, 2018, 2020, 2022
Member, Washington Association of Counties Coastal Caucus, present
Former Member, Capital Budget Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Clallam County Agricultural Advisory Committee
Former Member, Clallam County Agricultural Resource Lands Committee
Former Chair, Clallam County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
Former Co-Chair, Joint Committee on Aging and Disability, Washington State Senate
Former Member, Local Government Committee, Washington State House of Representatives
Former Member, State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidlers Health Care Reform Realization Committee
Former Member, United Way Access to Health Care Committee and Community Solutions Committee
Member/Chair, Clallam County Planning Commission, 1992-1997
Chair, Carlsborg Urban Growth Area Task Force, 1994
Member, Clallam County Forest/Mineral Lands Committee, 1991
No professional experience on file.
Ex-Officio Member, Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition Board, 2011-present
Chair, Clallam County Chemical Dependency/Mental Health Fund Advisory Board, present
Member, Legislative Advisory Committee, Watershed Planning Implementation, Washington Biodiversity Council, present
Member, Olympic Consortium for Workforce Development, present
Volunteer Mediator, Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center, present
Member, Sequim Sunrise Rotary, present
Former Member, Clallam County Board of Health
Former Board Member, Clallam County Economic Development Council
Former Member, Council of Governments for the Olympic Area Agency on Aging
Former Member, Dungeness River Management Team
Member, Health Care Reform Revitalization Committee, State Insurance Commissioner
Former Chair, Peninsula Regional Support Network for Mental Health
Former Member, Salmon Recovery Council and Ecosystem Coordination Board, Puget Sound Partnership
Former Member, Washington State North Coast Local Loan Board
Member/Chair, Washington State Salmon Recovery Funding Board, 2002-2010
Treasurer/Member, United Way of Clallam County, 2003-2009