The department’s external advisory committee, created by the Legislature in 1963, consists of eight members, representing major constituencies. Its role is to consult, review, and evaluate policies, budgets, activities, and programs of the department as they relate to workplace health in the broadest sense. Current members are:
- Washington State Labor and Industries
- Represented by Joel Sacks, Director
- Washington State Department of Health
- Represented by Lauren Jenks, Assistant Secretary, Division of Environmental Public Health
- Washington State Labor Council
- Represented by Joe Kendo, Government Affairs Director
- Association of Washington Business
- Represented by Bob Battles, General Counsel and Governmental Affairs Director
- Washington State Medical Association
- Represented by Louis Lim, Medical Director of Quality and Care Management, Occupational Medicine and Internal Medicine
- University of Washington College of Engineering
- Represented by Linda Boyle, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- University of Washington School of Public Health
- Represented by Hilary Godwin, Dean
- University of Washington Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
- Represented by Michael Yost, Chair