Governance

Governing Board

PSERN is governed by a Joint Board comprised of representatives from its four partner agencies:
King County, City of Seattle, Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency, and Valley Communications.

Formed in 2015, the Joint Board provides project oversight by making budget decisions, setting policy, and overseeing the project schedule.

Joint Board Members
Agency	Member
King County	Casey Sixkiller, COO, Chair
King County	Tanya Hannah, CIO
City of Seattle	Chief Harold Scoggins
Valley Communications	Lora Ueland, Director
Eastside Public Safety Communications Agency	Kurt Triplett, City Manager
Police Representative	Steve Burns, Chief of Police
Fire Representative	Chris Elwell, Fire Commissioner

Advisory Committees

PSERN Technical Committee

The PSERN Technical Committee is responsible for communicating recommendations on technical issues to Project staff based on user needs. responsibilities include but are not limited to: user needs based technical criteria development for vendor RFP’s, RFP evaluation and scoring, provide vendor selection recommendations, assist the Project staff with vendor management, provide site development oversight, and assist with the Project implementation activities.

Operations Board

The Operations Board members are considered the link between the Project and system users and will advise the PSERN Joint Board on operational matters. Members include:

Operation Board Members
Area of Expertise / Group Affiliation	Member
City of Seattle	Chris Lombard, Chair
Police	David Jokinen, Vice Chair
King County	Greg Thomas, Vice Chair
Valley Comm Cities	Angee Bunk
Emergency Management	Scott Currie
PSERN staff	Sean Douglas
Fire	Steve Heitman
EPSCA Cities	David Jokinen
EMS	Tim Dahl
PSAP	Ron Tiedeman
Utilities	Ned Worcester
Hospitals	Larry Kieling

Operational board meeting times vary.
For more information please contact the Board Chair, Battalion Chief Chris Lombard.