Executive Leadership Team

  

Shane Esquibel

Chief Operations Officer

Oversees Governor-elect Ferguson’s cabinet agencies

  • Served as Chief Deputy Attorney General for eight years
  • Served in the Office of Financial Management and the Department of Health
  • Earned his juris doctorate from the University of Utah

Franklin Plaistowe

Deputy Chief Operations Officer

Helps manage executive operations

  • Served as the Chief Human Resources Officer for the Attorney General’s Office
  • Worked as the State Human Resources Director at the Office of Financial Management
  • Earned juris doctorate from Gonzaga Law School

Kristin Beneski

Chief Legal Counsel

Serves as Chief Legal Counsel to Governor-elect Ferguson

  • Served as First Assistant Attorney General
  • Led litigation in the Attorney General's office for seven years. 
  • Earned a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and juris doctorate from Georgetown Law School

K.D. Chapman-See

Incoming Director, Office of Financial Management

Serves as Legislative Affairs Liaison

  • Led OFM's external government relations as Legislative Affairs Liaison 
  • Served as Policy Director for the Washington State House of Representatives
  • Earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago

Joyce Bruce

Legislative Director

Serves as Legislative Director for Governor-elect Ferguson

  • Led legislation in the Attorney General’s Office as Legislative Director
  • Led the Attorney General’s Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance.
  • Earned a juris doctorate from Seattle University School of Law

Sahar Fathi

Policy Director

Serves as Governor-elect Ferguson’s Policy Director

  • Served as Policy Director in the Attorney General’s Office.
  • Held leadership and policy positions with the City of Seattle and King County
  • Earned two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Southern California
  • Earned a master’s degree and a juris doctorate from the University of Washington

Mike Webb

Chief Strategy Officer

Leads policy, legislative, and communications work and oversees strategy for the Governor’s Office

  • Served as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General for seven years
  • Served as the Attorney General’s Legislative Director
  • Earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Richmond

Jaime Martin

External Relations Director

Leads external relations for Governor-elect Ferguson

  • Member of the Snoqualmie Tribe
  • Served as the Executive Director of Government Affairs and Special Projects for the Snoqualmie Tribe
  • Earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Washington

Brionna Aho

Communications Director

Manages communications for Governor-elect Ferguson

  • Served in the Attorney General's office for ten years
  • Worked as a reporter for The Daily World 
  • Earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington