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Steve Tharinger's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

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 Kreidler’s 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

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