The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Pesticide Management Division (PMD) is looking for representatives for the newly established Pesticide Advisory Board (PAB)
To apply for a board position please fill out the application form by July 31, 2023. The form contains fields for your full name, organization, mailing address, phone number, email address, category/affiliation you wish to represent, and a section for a bio that describes your experience and qualifications for the position. While you may select more than one category/affiliation to be considered for, you are only eligible to hold one membership position. We will review applications as they come in and hope to make decisions on membership in August.
The board is composed of 13 voting members and 18/19 non-voting members. Appointed PAB members will serve for up to four-year terms.PAB meetings are tentatively planned for twice a year, additional meetings maybe requested by the director, chair of the board, or by the majority of theboard.
The PMD is excited to rebuild relationships with our stakeholders through this newly re-established Board. The original PAB was authorized from 1994 to 2010. The Board was an important group of stakeholders that PMD could rely on to communicate with and get feedback from those who work with or deal with pesticide issues. PMD strongly believes that an advisory group composed of stakeholders with varied backgrounds is extremely important for PMD to communicate with and to receive timely feedback on pesticide management program activities and ongoing events or challenges.
Listed below are the categories/affiliations of positions that will compose the PAB.
Categories/Affiliations of Voting Members
Categories/Affiliations of Non-Voting Members
• Pesticide applicator licensed to operate agricultural aerial apparatus
• Licensed pest control consultant, licensed pesticide dealer, or pesticide dealer manager
• A representative for the agricultural chemical industry
• Agricultural producer
• Pesticide Management Division Assistant Director or the assistant director's designee
• A toxicologist or pesticide investigations manager from the Department of Health
• Department of Labor and Industries Division of Occupational Safety and Health Assistant Director or the assistant director's designee
• A representative for the environmental community
• A representative from a federally recognized Indian tribe or an interested tribe that does not regulate pesticides
• Farmworker advocate
• Migrant farmworker
• At-large member as determined by the director
• A representative for the household and commercial products association
• The Director or the Director's designee of the Department of Labor and Industries
• The Director or the Director's designee of the Department of Fish and Wildlife
• The Director or the Director's designee of the Department of Ecology
• The Director or the Director's designee of the Liquor and Cannabis Board
• The Commissioner of Public Lands or the Commissioner's designee
• The Commissioner of the Employment Security Department or the Commissioner's designee
• The environmental health specialist from the Department of Health
• Entomologist in public service
• Toxicologist in public service
• A member of the National Pesticide Information Center (NPIC)
• A pesticide coordinator from Washington State University
• An agricultural health network advisor from the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health (PNASH) center
• WSDA’s pollinator health coordinator, apiarist, or both (2 positions)
• A commercial beekeeper
• A representative of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10
• A representative of the Department of Transportation with expertise in vegetation management
• A representative of the Noxious Weed Control Board
• A representative of an organization made up of agricultural producers, timber producers, wood preservers, and others whose mission includes supporting the science behind the responsible use of pesticides in both agriculture and forestry
We hope to have our members selected prior to our first meeting, tentatively planned for November 2023 as an in-person meeting in either Central Washington or Olympia depending on logistics and Board Member preferences. A virtual option will be available via TEAMS.