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Staff Contacts

If you need to contact EFSEC please call 360-664-1345 or email efsec@efsec.wa.gov.

If you'd like to submit a comment for a project please email comments@efsec.wa.gov 

Looking for new staff members! If you are interested, you can look at our job openings here

For information about: Staff to contact:
  • EFSEC Chair

Kurt Beckett
EFSEC Chair

 

  • EFSEC Administration
  • Siting and Monitoring Processes
  • Rule Making
  • Legislation
  • Media Inquiries
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • EFSEC Review Process
  • General Council Information
  • Transmission Line Projects
  • SEPA official

Sonia Bumpus
EFSEC Director

 

 

  • Administrative support to the Director
  • Admin team supervisor
  • Public meetings manager
  • Website administrator
  • SharePoint administrator
  • HR liaison
  • IT liaison 

Joan Owens
Executive Secretary

 

  • TBA

Vacant
Director of Administration

  • TBA
Dave Walker
Executive Program Manager
  • EFSEC Administration
  • Siting and Monitoring Processes
  • Rule Making
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • EFSEC Review Process
  • Transmission Line Projects

Ami Hafkemeyer
Director of Siting and Compliance

 

  • EFSEC Review Process
  • Water Discharge Permits
  • Columbia Generating Station
  • WNP 1/4
  • Horse Heaven Wind Project
Amy Moon
Siting and Compliance Lead

 

  • Whistling Ridge Wind Project
  • Columbia Solar Project
  • Desert Claim Wind Project
  • Kittitas Valley Wind Project
  • Grays Harbor 1/2, 3/4
  • Chehalis Generation Facility
  • Goose Prairie
  • High Top
  • Ostrea

Sara Randolph
Site Specialist

 

  • Cascade Transmission Project

Maria Belkina
Site Specialist

  • TBA

Vacant
Site Specialist

  • Wautoma Solar Project

Lance Caputo
Site Specialist

 

  • Badger Mountain Solar Project

Joanne Snarski
Site Specialist

 

  • Hop Hill Solar Project

John Barnes
Site Specialist

 

  • SEPA 

Sean Greene
Environmental Planner 4

 

  • SEPA

Trevin Taylor
Environmental Planner 4

  • SEPA

Patty Betts
Environmental Planner 4

  • Pre-application
  • Green manufacturing
  • Hydrogen

Stewart Henderson
Clean Energy Program Manager

 
  • Legislative Activities

Lisa McLean
Legislative and Policy Manager

  • TBA
Ali Smith
Management Analyst 3
  • Invoice processing
  • Billings
  • Contracts

Sonja Skavland
Commerce Specialist 2

 

  • Public Records Requests
  • Records management
  • Records archiving
  • Forms
  • Adjudication filing

Catherine Taliaferro
Forms & Records Supervisor

 

  • Public Records Requests
  • Records management
  • Records archiving
  • Forms

 

Audra Allen
Forms & Records Analyst 3

  • Public Records Requests
  • Records management
  • Records archiving
  • Forms 

Alondra Zalewski
Forms & Records Analyst 3

  • Public Records Requests 
  • Records management 
  • Records archiving 
  • Forms 

Sairy Reyes
Forms & Records Analyst 3

  • General EFSEC information
  • General Council information
  • Council Meetings, Schedules, Agendas, Locations and Minutes
  • Answers phones
  • Public meetings coordinator
  • Additions to mailing lists
  • Website updates

Andrea Grantham
Administrative Assistant 4

 

  • General EFSEC information
  • General Council information
  • Council Meetings logistics assist
  • Answers phones
  • Website updates
  • Public comment processing
  • incoming/outgoing mail

Alex Shiley
Administrative Assistant 3

  • Assist PEIS manager
  • General EFSEC information
  • General Council information
  • Website updates

Adrienne Barker
Administrative Assistant 3

  • Media inquiries
  • Communications

 

Karl Holappa
Communications & Outreach

 


Office Information:

Mailing Address:
PO BOX 43172
Olympia WA, 98504-3172
Street Address:
621 Woodland Square Loop SE
Lacey, WA 98503
Office location
Phone number:
(360) 664-1345

EFSEC email address:
efsec@efsec.wa.gov