Jennifer Joly, Vice-Chair, Tacoma

Commissioner Joly was appointed to the Public Disclosure Commission by Governor Christine Gregoire on January 15, 2010.

Ms. Joly is a trustee of Group Health Cooperative, a nonprofit health care system that provides both medical coverage and care for 600,000 residents in Washington State and North Idaho. She chairs Group Health’s Cooperative Development Committee, and serves on the Board’s Quality and Audit and Compliance Committees. An attorney, Ms. Joly served as General Counsel to Governor Gary Locke from 2002 through 2004. Between 1992 and 2002, Ms. Joly held various policy and executive staff positions in the Washington State Legislature and Governor's office.

Her current volunteer activities include Tacoma's Old Town Cooperative Preschool and serving as a board member with YMCA Youth & Government program, which sponsors the Youth Legislature and Mock Trial competition for high school students.

Ms. Joly graduated from the University of Washington and earned her law degree from Seattle University School of Law. She lives in Tacoma with her husband, Jason, and three sons.

Jim Clements, Member, Selah

Commissioner Clements was appointed to the Public Disclosure Commission by Governor Christine Gregoire on January 9, 2008.

Clements represented the 14th Legislative District as a State Senator and Representative. The 14th District includes Yakima, Union Gap, Selah, Naches, Tieton, Cowiche and all of Western Yakima County. A long-time orchardist in Selah, he was the president of his family's business and corporation for 30 years. Clements is a former high school principal and teacher. He also served six years as a Washington State Apple Commissioner.

His civic activities have included membership in the Washington State Growers League and the Yakima Valley Chamber of Commerce.  An avid outdoorsman and hunter, Clements is a member of Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, the National Rifle Association, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

He is a descendent of a pioneer Yakima Valley family. Clements graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.A. in Education, secondary majors in Social Science and English, and received a Masters in School Administration from the College of Idaho. He and his wife, Marjory, have two children: Charlotte, a nurse, and Troy, a deputy prosecuting attorney. 

Amit Ranade, Member, Seattle

Commissioner Ranade was appointed to the Public Disclosure Commission by Governor Christine Gregoire on December 1, 2011.

Amit Ranade is a litigation partner in the law firm of Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. in Seattle, where his practice focuses on commercial, banking, and real estate disputes as well as bankruptcy. Commissioner Ranade is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Washington School of Law, and a member of the Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission. He also serves on a variety of committees and task forces for the Washington State Bar Association. Commissioner Ranade previously served as Chair of the Seattle Parks & Recreation Commission and as a student member of the University of Washington Board of Regents while in law school.

Commissioner Ranade earned his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Washington in 1998 and his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 2003. Mr. Ranade lives in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood with his wife, Jennifer.

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