Jim Moeller – Resume
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Jim MoellerState RepresentativeWashington 49th District,
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Professional:
Chemical Dependency Counselor — Kaiser Permanente (25 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
• House Committee on Transportation
• House Committee on Community & Economic Development & Trade
• Joint Committee on Veterans and Families
Previous Term Committee and Task Force Assignments
• House Committee on Health Care
• Judiciary , co-chair
• 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
