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Board of Directors

As laid out in Substitute Senate Bill 5445, twenty nominations for the Exchange Board were submitted by the house and senate caucuses and included individuals with expertise in individual health care coverage, small employer health care coverage, health benefits plan administration, health care finance and economics, actuarial science, and/or administering a public or private health care delivery system. Initial members of the board will serve staggered terms not to exceed four years. On March 15th, 2012, the Board will assume governing authority over the Exchange.

The governor's appointments include:

• Steve Appel, wheat and barley farmer and immediate past-President of the Washington Farm Bureau
• Bill Baldwin, Partner, The Partners Group
• Don Conant, General Manager at Valley Nut and Bolt in Olympia and Assistant Professor in the School of Business at St. Martin's University
• Doug Conrad, Professor of Health Services at the University of Washington School of Public Health
• Melanie Curtice, partner in the employee benefits section at the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP
• Dr. Ben Danielson, Medical Director at the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic
• Phil Dyer, Senior Vice President at Kibble & Prentice/USI and former state legislator
• Teresa Mosqueda, Legislative and Policy Director for the Washington State Labor Council and Chair of the Healthy Washington Coalition
• Chair: Margaret Stanley, retired Executive Director of the Puget Sound Health Alliance, and former Senior Vice-President at Regence BlueShield and head of public employee benefits programs in both Washington and California.
• Ex-Officio: Mike Kreidler, Washington State Insurance Commissioner
• Ex-Officio: Doug Porter, Director of the Health Care Authority

Press release from the governor's office

Upcoming Board Committee Meetings

All committee meetings are open to the public.

Policy Committee
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
3:15 - 5:00 p.m.

Radisson Hotel, SeaTac
San Juan Ballroom

• Agenda (56.1 KB)

Upcoming Board Meetings

All Board meetings are open to the public.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Radisson Hotel, SeaTac
San Juan Ballroom

• Agenda (58.9 KB)
• Draft April 9 Meeting Minutes (408.2 KB)
• Draft May 2 Meeting Minutes (258.1 KB)
• Policy Committee Charter (10.5 KB)
• May 2 Policy Committee Meeting Minutes (47.6 KB)
• Admin, Finance and IT Committee Charter (19.1 KB)
• April 27 Admin, Finance and IT Committee Meeting Minutes (28.4 KB)
• Exchange Board Memo on Self Sustainability (394.7 KB)
• Washington Exchange Financial Projections Report (1.4 MB)
• Exchange Sustainability Discussion (Beth Walter) (1.2 MB)
• Advisory Committee Nominees and Bios (1.2 MB)
• Draft Exchange Certification Timeline (9.4 KB)
• QHP Certification Criteria (Michael Arnis) (210.4 KB)
• Premium Aggregation (Michael Arnis and Brad Finnegan) (165.4 KB)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Wednesday, August 15, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Thursday, October 18, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Friday, November 16, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Wednesday, December 19, 2012
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Sea Tac, WA

Prior Meetings

May 2, 2012 - Board Policy Committee Meeting

• Agenda (55.8 KB)

May 2, 2012 - Special Exchange Board Meeting

• Agenda (82.6 KB)

April 27, 2012 - Board Administration, Finance & IT Committee Meeting

• Agenda (9.9 KB)

April 9, 2012

• Agenda (56.3 KB)
• Agenda with list of materials (45.2 KB)
• March 15 Meeting minutes - DRAFT (460.7 KB)
• Public Meetings, Public Records and Executive Ethics Overview (Melissa Burke-Cain and David Iseminger) (110.4 KB)
• Exchange Entity Update (Beth Walter) (539.1 KB)
• Resolution - Interim Delegation of Authority for Routine Operations (84.9 KB)
• Advisory Committee Discussion Handout (12.5 KB)
• Federal Final Rule Summary (570.8 KB)
• Federal Final Rule Update (Michael Arnis and Brad Finnegan) (119.7 KB)
• Policy Discussion Handout (61.5 KB)
• GMMB + LRP Memo to Board (349.8 KB)
• Communications/Branding Update (Alison Betty and David Smith) (139.5 KB)
• 3Rs Workgroup Discussion (Barb Flye and Michael Arnis) (708.6 KB)
• IT Update (John Anderson) (315.8 KB)

March 15, 2012

• Meeting Audio Recording (48.4 MB)
• Agenda (75.3 KB)
• Agenda with list of materials (45.7 KB)
• February 15 Meeting minutes - DRAFT (351.3 KB)
• Summary of objectives (139.5 KB)
• Exchange Objectives (Jon Kingsdale) (59.7 KB)
• Lessons Learned from Massachusetts (Jon Kingsdale) (935.1 KB)
• Draft bylaws (93.3 KB)
• Exchange Board subcommittees (6.4 KB)
• Technical Advisory Committee list (76 KB)
• Branding/Communications Update (David Smith) (1.3 MB)
• E2SHB 2319 - Final bill (195.7 KB)
• E2SHB 2319 Summary (78.2 KB)
• IT Update (Jon Anderson) (313.9 KB)
• Level Two Grant Update (Beth Walter) (825.6 KB)
• WA Level Two Grant narrative - DRAFT (2.2 MB)
• Description of insurance market reform placeholders in application (98.2 KB)
• WA Level Two budget narrative - DRAFT (1 MB)
• Results of E2SHB 2319 on Exchange Board (90.2 KB)
• Meeting Minutes (425.5 KB)

February 15, 2012

• Meeting Audio Recording (48 MB)
• Agenda (53.7 KB)
• Legislative Update (Jonathan Seib) (270.4 KB)
• IT Update (Richard Campbell) (376.5 KB)
• Tribal Update (Sheryl Lowe and Roger Gantz) (576.3 KB)
• Branding/Communications Update (Melissa Simpson and Tresa Undem) (357.4 KB)
• Level II Update (Beth Walter) (1.1 MB)
• Meeting Minutes (330.4 KB)

January 5, 2012 - Exchange Board Orientation

• Meeting Audio Recording (44.1 MB) - Due to technical difficulties, this audio recording only captured the last half of the meeting from 1:15 - 3 p.m. We apologize for the inconvenience.
• Agenda (53 KB)
• Exchange Activities to Date (Molly Voris) (242.6 KB)
• Faciliated Discussion (Jon Kingsdale) (242.4 KB)
• Meeting Notes (339.7 KB)