{"id":22,"date":"2023-08-30T14:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T14:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-03-23T20:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:29:53","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_903\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\" wp-image-903 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Port-TownsenLightHouse-OlympicPenisula_BradLanePhotographer_2023-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Port Townsen Light House, Olympic Peninsula, Brad Lane Photographer_2023\" width=\"296\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Port-TownsenLightHouse-OlympicPenisula_BradLanePhotographer_2023-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/02\/Port-TownsenLightHouse-OlympicPenisula_BradLanePhotographer_2023.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Port Townsend Light House, Olympic Peninsula. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradlanewriting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brad Lane<\/a> \u00a92023<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NARFE Washington Federation represents 140,000 active and retired Federal and Postal employees in our State, and includes more than 3,500 members and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/chapters\/our-chapters\/\">ten local chapters<\/a><\/strong>. All active and retired Feds and postal workers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/lp\/join-54z\/?utm_source=WA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>are invited to join us!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Federation and District Officers (Executive Committee), with the Advisory Committee, comprise the WSF Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<h5>Executive Committee<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President<\/a> <em>Tony Merola<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice-President<\/a> <em>Kathy Brooks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-western-wa-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western WA District Vice President<\/a> <em>Bea Bull<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-eastern-wa-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern WA District Vice President<\/a> <em>Mary Binder<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasurer<\/a> <em>Arlene Patton<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Secretary<\/a><em> Curtis Price<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Advisory Committee<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/region09\/contact-region-09-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Region IX Vice-President<\/a> <em>Steven Roy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/region09\/contact-region-09-cab-representative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Region IX CAB Representative<\/a> <em>John Detwiler<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/region09\/contact-region-09-alzheimers-coordinator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Region IX Alzheimer\u2019s Coordinator<\/a> <em>Linda O\u2019Donnell<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Legislative (Nat\u2019l) Chair\/NARFE-PAC Coordinator <em>Doug Rushton<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Service Officer <em>Charlie Caughlan<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Federation Reporter<\/em> Editor <em>Curtis Price<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Training Coordinator (acting) <em>Arlene Patton<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-webmaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Network Coordinator<\/a> (webmaster) <em>Curtis Price<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Outreach Committee<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federation VP<\/a> Kathy Brooks<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasurer<\/a> <em>Arlene Patton<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Secretary <em>Bea Bull<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-western-wa-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western Washington VP<\/a>\u00a0<em>Bea Bull<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-eastern-wa-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Washington VP<\/a> <em>Mary Binder<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-membership-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Membership Retention<\/a> <em>Merry Byrum<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Member Recruiting <em>Vacant<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Public Relations <em>Vacant <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<div class=\"pe-button text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=noopener target=_blank\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/contact-us\/\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-content  btn-primary \">\n\t\t\t\t<span>Contact Us<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_1451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/waseniorlobby.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1451\" class=\"wp-image-1451 size-medium img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/11\/WA_Senior_Lobby_logo-300x112.png\" alt=\"Washington State Senior Citizens Lobby\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/11\/WA_Senior_Lobby_logo-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/11\/WA_Senior_Lobby_logo.png 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NARFE Washington State Federation is a member of the Washington Senior Citizens\u2019 Lobby<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alz.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1553\" class=\"wp-image-1553 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/wa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/12\/AlzheimersLogo.png\" alt=\"Alzheimers Assoc Logo\" width=\"328\" 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