This year's edition of Encompass Day in Olympia (Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011) was a big success, with a delegation of 10 Encompass board members and staff having individual appointments with 13 state legislators and six aides to legislators.

To see a larger photo of our delegation, click here. The delegation consisted of (from left):

-- Gregory Malcolm, executive director

-- Julie Forslin, lead preschool teacher

-- Steve Weaver, board member

-- Kerry Beymer, Family Support and Parenting Education manager

-- Katherine Ross, board member

-- Nela Cumming, director of Pediatric Therapy Programs

-- Alison Meryweather, board member

-- Paula Nelson, Early Childhood Education Assistance Program family support specialist

-- Kelly Harlin, board member

-- (not pictured) Clay Eals, communication officer

Here is a list of the legislators and aides with whom we met:

Individual appointments with these 13 legislators:

Senate
Sen. Andy Hill, (R-45^th District, Redmond) member, Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee
Sen. Derek Kilmer, D-26^th District, Gig Harbor, vice chair and capital budget chair, Senate Ways and Means Committee
Sen. Steve Litzow, R-41^st District, Mercer Island, ranking minority member, Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee
Sen. Cheryl Pflug, R-5^th District, Maple Valley, member, Senate Ways and Means Committee

House

Rep. Glenn Anderson, R-5^th District, Fall City, ranking minority member, House Education Appropriations & Oversight Committee, assistant ranking minority member, House Education Committee (he served on the Encompass board for nine years ending in 2008)
Rep. Roger Goodman, D-45^th District, Kirkland, member, House Early Learning and Human Services Committee
Rep. Bob Hasegawa, D-11^th District, Beacon Hill in Seattle, vice chair, House Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Ruth Kagi, D-32^nd District, Shoreline, chair, House Early Learning and Human Services Committee, and member, House Health & Human Services Appropriations and Oversight Committee and House Ways and Means Committee (she toured Encompass in June 2010)
Rep. Tina Orwall, D-33^rd District, Des Moines, House Early Learning and Human Services Committee
Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, D-21^st District, Lynnwood, vice chair, House Early Learning and Human Services Committee
Rep. Jay Rodne, R-5^th District, North Bend, Encompass board member
Rep. Larry Springer, D-45^th District, Kirkland, member, House Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-16^th District, Pasco, assistant ranking minority member, House Early Learning & Human Services Committee

Individual appointments with these six aides:

Senate
Suzette Cooper, aide to Sen. Rodney Tom, D-48^th District, Medina, member, Senate Early Learning and Human Services Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee
Marissa Ingalls, aide to Sen. Nick Harper, D-38^th District, Everett, vice chair, Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, and member, Senate Human Services and Corrections Committee
Carolyn Schaefer, aide to Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D-1^st District, Bothell, chair, Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee, and member, Senate Human Services and Corrections Rules Committee

House
Kari Boiter, aide to Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-36^th District, Seattle, chair, House Health and Human Services Appropriations and Oversight Committee, and member, House Early Learning and Human Services Committee and House Ways and Means Committee
Marilyn Pedersen, aide to Rep. Ross Hunter, D-48^th District, Medina, chair, House Ways and Means Committee
Nancy Ryan, aide to Rep. Jeannie Darneille, D-27^th District, Tacoma, vice chair, House Ways and Means Committee