Allen Hayward joins the Commission 

Commission Chair Fred Jarrett welcomed new Commissioner Allen Hayward to his first meeting, following Hayward’s appointment two days earlier by Gov. Jay Inslee. 

Hayward is a longtime former legal counsel for members of the state House of Representatives. He said he looked forward to listening and learning at his first Commission meeting. 

His appointment brings the number of Commissioners to four; the PDC is awaiting the appointment of a fifth member. 

Before his retirement in 2013, Hayward spent more than three decades as legal counsel for House Republicans. He lives in Tumwater. 

Allen Hayward, longtime former legal counsel for members of the state House of Representatives, joins the Public Disclosure Commission as its newest commissioner this week.

Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Hayward to the Commission effective Sept. 21, 2021, for a term ending Dec. 31, 2025.

“We are looking forward to drawing on Allen’s expertise gained from many years in state government as we continue to make improvements in how we serve both the officials who disclose information and the public who consumes it,” said Commission Chair Fred Jarrett.

Hayward said his interest in the work of the PDC dates from the agency’s early days. As a student at Willamette University in 1974, he wrote his senior thesis on Initiative 276, which established campaign finance disclosure and public records law in Washington.

 “Little did I imagine that almost 50 years later I would be honored with an appointment to the Commission,” Hayward said.

Reappointed Commission leadership 

The Commission voted to reappoint Fred Jarrett as chair and Nancy Isserlis as vice chair. 

Both had assumed those positions in January during a transition in leadership cycles. These new appointments will run for the full fiscal year, from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. 

Jarrett joined the PDC in 2019, following a decades-long career of public service as Mercer Island mayor, state senator and representative and senior deputy county executive in King County. He also had a 35-year career at the Boeing Co. 

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The Commission heard four enforcement cases involving late or missing Personal Financial Affairs (F-1) reports. Officials in each of the four cases had previous violations on record.  

In each case, PDC staff sent multiple emails and other communications in an attempt to make filers aware of their most recent missing reports. 

In PDC Case 80222, the Commission voted to fine Jeff Jernigan, fire commissioner for the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority since 2013, $3,000 in addition to penalties previously assessed for missing F-1 reports. But the $3,000 was suspended, provided that Jernigan files reports for calendar years 2015 through 2018 within 30 days and pays penalties related to previous missing reports totaling $4,000 within 120 days. 

New Commission chair for 2021 

Fred Jarrett presided over his first Commission meeting as chair. Jarrett joined the Commission in 2019, following a long career of public service as Mercer Island mayor, state senator and representative and senior deputy county executive in King County.  

Spokane attorney Nancy Isserlis, who joined the PDC in 2020, is the Commission’s new vice chair. 

Rules for Personal Financial Affairs (F-1) statements 

The Commission voted to adopt permanent rules governing requirements for the Personal Financial Affairs (F-1) statements required from elected and appointed officials.