Jim Moeller State Representative Washington 49th District, Position 2

Professional:

Chemical Dependency Counselor — Kaiser Permanente (20 Years)

Education:

• Washington State University — BS in Psychology

• Portland State University, Graduate School of Social Work

• Portland State University, Graduate — Mark Hatfield School of Government

Political:

• Washington State House of Representatives, 49th Dist. (2002 to present)
Three term incumbent for Position 2

• Vancouver WA City Council, 2 terms (1996 — 2003)

Current Term Committees and Duties

• Deputy Speaker Pro Tempore

• House Committee on Health Care and Wellness

• House Committee on Commerce and Labor

• Judiciary

• Joint Committee on Veterans and Families

Previous Term Committee and Task Force Assignments

• House Committee on Health Care

• House Capitol Budget Committee

• Vice-Chair, Juvenile Justice and Family Law Committee

• House and Senate Joint Task Force on Public Health Financing

• Governor’s Child Support Schedule Task Force

• Clark County Task Force on Methamphetamine

Community:

• Board Member — Southwest Washington Human Services Council

• Honorary Board Member — Big Brothers/Big Sisters

• Vice-Chair – Association of Washington Cities (former)

• Member of the Governors Council on Substance Abuse (former)

• Chair – SW Washington Health District Board (former)

• Co-Chair & Founding Member – Vancouver/Clark Ct. Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (former)

• Member — YWCA Diversity Task Force (former)

• Member — Clark College Advisory Committee on Chemical Dependency (former)

• Founding Member — Clark County Pride (former)

• Founding Member — Hands Off Washington

Public Service Accomplishments:

• Sponsored and Passed the Indigent Veterans Support Legislation

• Sponsored and Passed Health Care Declarations Registry

• Passed Instant Runoff Voting — WA House of Representatives

• Co-Founded — SW Washington Visitor and Convention Bureau

• Passed — Instant Runoff Voting Amendment to City Charter

• Passed — Domestic Partnership Benefits, City of Vancouver

• Sponsored & Built Vancouver’s First Skate Park

Honoraria:

• Columbia River Economic Development Council Outstanding Leadership Award for the Semiconductor Initiative – 2005

• Community Health Centers Health Care Champion — 2005

• Paralyzed Veterans of America Glenn Galbreath Sprit Award for Significantly Improving the Lives of Disabled Veterans – 2005

• Collaboration for Social Change Award from Gay Seattle Business Association – 2006

• Children and Family Services, Region VI, Community Diversity Award, 2002

• WA State DSHS Children’s Administration 2001 Outstanding Achievement in Diversity Award

• S.W. Washington Labor Roundtable Community Service Award, 2000

• Service Award Association of Washington Cities

• Service Award Governors Council on Substance Abuse

• Hands Off Washington Lifetime Hero Award, 1996