Karen A. Johnson
Washington’s new equity director on where her office goes from here
Washington’s new Office of Equity director, Megan Matthews, wants you to know she’s ready to get to work. “This is real to me,” Matthews said. “This isn’t about a position. I don’t come to this with ego. I come to this humbly and with a lot of respect for what we are mandated to do.” […]
After firing first equity director, Inslee appoints a replacement
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday named a new director of the state Office of Equity. The move comes after Inslee fired the office’s first director earlier this year. Megan Matthews, who will take the agency’s helm, has worked there since April 2021 as an assistant director. She became acting director in May after former […]