J.D., University of Puget Sound, 1983

B.A., The Evergreen State College, 1979

Marilyn Glenn Sayan is serving her sixth term as Chairperson, having originally been appointed to the Commission in February 1996.  Her current term expires in September of 2021.

Ms. Sayan spent over thirty years in personnel/labor management in Washington State government. She retired in 1993 as Director of the State Department of Personnel, having previously served as Deputy Director and Labor Relations Manager for the Department and as the Appeals Program Manager for the State Higher Education Personnel Board. She served on the Executive Board of the Association of Labor Relations Agencies from 1998 to 2006 and as ALRA President from 2006-2007.

In addition to serving on the Commission, Ms. Sayan is also a mediator and is an active community volunteer.

B.A., University of Washington, 1974

J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, 1978

Mark E. Brennan has over 35 years’ labor relations experience as both a neutral and an advocate. He worked with the National Labor Relations Board in Seattle from 1978 to 1983. From 1983 to 2010, he represented private and public sector labor unions and employee benefit funds. Since 2010, he has acted as a mediator and arbitrator. He is on the FMCS and AAA arbitration panels and has been on the PERC Dispute Resolution Panel. In 2011, Governor Chris Gregoire appointed Mr. Brennan to the Marine Employees Commission. Mr. Brennan served on the Marine Employees Commission until its sunset in 2013. Governor Jay Inslee appointed Mr. Brennan to fill the Commission position most recently held by Pamela Bradburn. Mr. Brennan’s term expires in 2018.