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SGC Members

Sentencing Guidelines Commission Members

The Sentencing Guidelines Commission consists of 25 voting members, 20 of whom are appointed by the Governor for three-year terms, including:

  • four Superior Court judges
  • two county prosecuting attorneys
  • two defense attorneys
  • one sheriff or police chief
  • one juvenile court administrator
  • one elected county official
  • one elected city official
  • five citizens (including one victim/victims’ advocate, one victim of crime, and one formerly incarcerated in the state correctional system)
  • one representative of tribal interests
  • one behavior health professional with experience in the criminal justice system
  • one academic with expertise in the field of criminology or sociology

The other five voting members serve in an ex officio capacity, by virtue of their positions in state government, including:

Secretary, Department of Corrections
Assistant Secretary of Department of Children, Youth, and Families – Juvenile Rehabilitation
Chair, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
Director, Office of Financial Management and Chair, Minority and Justice Commission

In addition, four legislators serve on the Commission as non-voting members, two appointed by the President of the Senate and two appointed by the Speaker of the House, with one from each party in each house.

Current Membership


The Honorable J. Wesley Saint Clair (Ret.), Chair
Citizen Representative
 
The Honorable Josephine Wiggs
King County Superior Court Judge
 
The Honorable Jeffery Swan
Yakima County Superior Court Judge
 
The Honorable Claire Wilson
Washington State Senator
 
Washington State Senator
To be filled
 
Jon Tunheim
Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney
 
The Honorable Sharonda Amamilo
Thurston County Superior Court Judge
 
Commissioner Tye Menser
Thurston County Commission
 
Norris "Norrie" Gregoire
Walla Walla County Juvenile Court Administrator
 
Ramona Brandes
Attorney at Law
 
Vasiliki Georgoulas-Sherry, PhD
Office of Financial Management Designee
 
Rochelle Cleland
Citizen Representative
 
The Honorable Veronica Galván
Co-Chair, Minority and Justice Commission

Jennifer Redman
DCYF - Juvenile Rehabilitation


 

Washington State Representative
To be filled
 
The Honorable Tarra Simmons
Washington State Representative
 
Prosecuting Attorney
To be filled
 
Greg Link
Director, Washington Appellate Project
 
Brian Smith
Chief of Police, Port Angeles
 
Tim Lang
Secretary, Department of Corrections
 
Kecia Rongen
Chair, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
 
Amy Anselmi
Citizen Representative
 
Citizen Representative - Victim/Victim Advocate
To be filled
 
Councilmember Carmen Rivera
City of Renton
 
Jeremiah Bourgeois
Citizen Representative
 
Behavioral Health Professional
To be filled
 
Tribal Member
To be filled
 
Esther Matthews, PhD
Academic Member
 
 
 
 
 

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