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EXECUTIVE BOARD
James Chapin, Chair
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4890 NW Eldorado Blvd.
Bremerton, WA 98383
(360) 692-2666
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Jim grew up in the Kent valley. After a fun-filled year at college he
joined the U.S. Air Force in 1968 where he learned Russian. He and his
bride, Jane lived in England for almost two years and then he finished
his enlistment alone at a remote site in Turkey. After discharge from
Active Duty he joined the Air Force Reserve and began attending the
University of Washington receiving a degree in Slavic Languages in 1975.
After the birth of their first son Jim and Jane moved to Maryland where
Jim worked for the National Security Agency at Ft. Meade. In 1978 the
family (add one more son) moved to work in West Berlin where Jim was an
advisor to the US Army and US Air Force for five years.
Life on the East Coast was an experience but did not offer what the
family (add one daughter born in West Berlin) had expected. In 1986 Jim
resigned from government work and moved to Kitsap County. Jim became a
real estate agent and Jane returned to her profession as an educator.
During the First Gulf War Jim, now a commissioned officer in the US
Air Force Reserve, was on active duty in Japan. Upon return he assumed
management of his parents in-law’s manufactured housing community and
rental properties. For 11 years Jim was involved in the problems
associated with mobile home maintenance, low-income housing, on-site
sewage systems and water quality management. Jim has been on an extended
sabbatical since 2002 working on various projects, volunteering for
schools, and supporting his school administrator wife.
Jim has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Boston
University and retired from Air Force Reserve as a Major in 1995. He has
been active with the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship serving on
the Board of Administrators, President Board, and on various committees.
He has also served on the boards of the Manufactured Housing Communities
of Washington and Central Kitsap Soccer Club and was a Toastmaster for
several years. He is currently the President of his neighborhood
association and has been on this board for too many, many years.
Jim worked on the Howard Dean campaign, was appointed a PCO in the
35thLD, and has made phone calls and walked neighborhoods for Kitsap
County Commissioner race, the NO on I_933 campaign, and for
school levies. He regularly attends Democratic dinners and fundraisers
where his wife buys items they do not need. |
Marcia Hamilton, Vice-Chair
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381 NE Tirger Way E.
Belfair, WA 98528
(360) 275-6701
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Marcia Hamilton is a certified PCM/ZOPP moderator, strategic planner,
training program manager, director, and designer with comprehensive
international experience in human-resource development and institution
building. She creates and manages training programs and projects,
writes, edits, supervises, and produces learning materials with a focus
on planning , development, gender, child labor, literacy,
entrepreneurship, community organization, teambuilding, training of
trainers, and computer technology. Her almost thirty years of
international experience includes substantial work in Nigeria, Niger,
Thailand, the Republic of the Philippines, Zimbabwe, Slovenia, Cambodia,
Switzerland, Italy, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Marcia
Hamilton is also registered as a counselor in Washington State and as
such has developed LOOP™ as a personal planning and counseling tool.
Marcia has always been an active Democrat. She has been involved in
federal and state campaigns in California, New York City (Bella Abzug
was her representative), Washington DC and Washington State, where she
has been active in the Mason County Democrats, Democratic Women’s Club,
served as a PCO for Belfair 4 & Belfair 6, was Bill Eickmeyer’s campaign
manager in 1998 , and (briefly) was co-Chair (with Stacia Bilsland) of
the 35th LD.
Even when living overseas, she was involved with Democrats Abroad,
helping form DAP (Democrats Abroad Philippines) and and DAT (Democrats
Abroad Torino), in Italy.
Marcia is a Certified PCM/ZOPP Moderator and a Registered Counselor
in Washington State. She has a BA in Psychology and has attended the
George Washington University and Antioch College .
Some development organizations for which she has worked include:
• The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
• Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• The World Bank (IBRD)
• The United States Peace Corps (PC)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Church World Service, Pakistan Afghanistan (CWS)
• The European Training Foundation (ETF)
• Training Associates, Philippines (TAP)
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• The In Touch Foundation (IT)
• The Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) |
Stacia Bilsland, Secretary
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P.O. Box 765
Elma, WA 98541
(360) 482-2431
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Voting for Democrats was my basic political activity until being
recruited to phone for the Bonker campaign in the 3rd Congressional oh
those many years ago. From there I became active in the political action
committee of Chinook UniServ Council which is a regional service
provider of the Washington Education Association. I have remained active
on that committee working on a variety of campaigns over the years. When
my husband decided not to run for PCO of Elma 2, I put my name on the
ballot and have serve in that capacity. For a number of years I served
on the banquet/auction committee of the Grays Harbor Democrats. In the
late 1990’s, a friend in Mason County talked me in to co-chairing the
35th District Democrats which I did and produced the Quad-County
Clarion, the meeting notice, during that time. Currently I serve as
the secretary of the 35th District Democrats. |
Larry J. Frank, Treasurer
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5115 NW Terrace View Dr.
Bremerton, WA 98312
(360) 337-1013
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Larry Frank is a Finance Manager with General Dynamics, Electric Boat
Corp. He has served the Navy’s submarine program throughout his career –
starting as a Navy submarine reactor operator, then as an engineer with
the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, and for the past 20 years with
Electric Boat.
He has both a BBA and an MBA from Idaho State University and is an
inactive CPA. He is fairly new to Washington and to the 35th district,
having moved here from upstate New York in 2003.
As a high school student he volunteered for Barry Goldwater, and once
voted for Ronald Reagan; but he has since matured. |
Cathi Bailey, State Committeewoman
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P. O. Box 1602
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 229-1905
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Cathi is a financial service specialist 4 for the Department of Social
and Health Services in Shelton. She has been a state employee since
1990. Democratic Party highlights:
Cathi was a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention for
John Kerry where she served as whip for the AFL-CIO and NARAL. She was
an official Kerry Campaign Speaker and represented the campaign at
events. She held a very successful fundraiser for Secretary of State
candidate Laura Ruderman.
She served as State Committeewoman for Mason County Democrats
2004-2006. Cathi won the Maggie Award from the Washington State
Democrats for State Committeewoman of the year in 2007. She has served
as Secretary of the WSDCC Labor Caucus since 2005.
In 1996 she was involved with the 7th CD Young Democrats. During that
summer she developed and implemented a YD Voter Registration project.
Volunteers registered 10,000 voters. Cathi is PCO for Mason County's
Northside precinct.
Labor activism:
Cathi is a member of the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE)
Local 443. She serves on the WFSE Executive Board representing DSHS
Economic and Social Services Employees. She is a member of the WFSE
Political Action and Grievance Committees, was/is a member of the 2006
and 2008 WFSE General Government Contract Negotiating Team, and was Shop
Steward of the year for 2007. Cathi serves on the Executive Board of the
Thurston Lewis Mason Central Labor Council. She has been a delegate to
the WFSE and Washington State Labor Council political endorsements
events for several years.
She lives in unincorporated Mason County with her yellow dog, Angus. |
Chase Gallagher, State Committeeman
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240 S. 7th St.
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 556-2379
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From standing on street corners waving signs on Election Day as a young
boy, to recently managing a legislative campaign, the Democratic Party
has been a large part of my life. What started as tagging along with my
parents has turned into a passion for progressive change, and now leads
me here today asking for your support as 35th District State
Committeeman. I grew up in Shelton, graduated from Shelton High School
and South Puget Sound Community College in 2002, and attended the
University of Washington and graduated in 2005 with a BA in Political
Science. During my senior year at UW, I interned with the State Party in
their main office. I worked for the Executive Director, and was tasked
with numerous individual projects like maintain a database of every PCO
candidate in the state, as well as assisting the other departments in
the office. I worked with the press office of the Gregoire/Murray
campaigns as well, helping organize rallies and helped with opposition
research.
For this election cycle, I managed Mike Rechner’s campaign for the
House in the 20th District, against minority leader Richard DeBolt, of
fake sex offender postcard fame. In this very conservative district we
gained a lot of ground in the results, and while unfortunately not
enough to win in 2006, we’re laying the groundwork for another run in
2008 to build on the progress we made this year. Also this year I helped
with my father’s campaign for Mason County Commissioner, and helped
return a Democratic majority to the Mason County Commission.
For the last few years, my father served as Mason County’s State
Committeeman, and in instances where he could not attend the meetings, I
would serve as his proxy. I know how the meetings are run and know how
we can voice our concerns to the state-wide body when times arise for
such action. I served on the Rules Committee for this year’s state
convention as well.
I look forward to representing our district on the state level for
the next few years. I’m excited about having this opportunity, and want
to make sure we have a strong voice on the committee. |
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