Elevator Safety Advisory Committee (ESAC)
The ESAC’s purpose is to advise and work with the Program on all matters regarding how the elevator industry and its stakeholders are affected. This includes the adoption of laws, rules, and codes that apply to conveyances, methods of enforcing and administering this chapter, and matters of concern to the conveyance industry and to the individual installers, owners and users of conveyances.
The Director appoints the Elevator Safety Advisory Committee members to 4-year terms. These members represent the industry as a whole and are whom you can communicate with when you have needs or questions. The committee meets on the third Tuesday of February, May, August, and November of each year.
NOTICE: We are currently looking for a new Representative of Registered Architects or Professional Engineers. If this is you, please email a cover letter stating your interest and qualifications for this position and why you would be a good fit to sit on our committee, as well as your resume to Mandy.Ortega@Lni.wa.gov for us to review your information.
To get involved with elevator industry issues or speak with someone regarding a concern or idea, contact your elevator industry representative below:
Upcoming Elevator Safety Advisory Committee meeting
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025
Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. (Stakeholder portion begins at 8 a.m.)
Location: Virtually on Teams
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Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
Phone Conference ID: 152 505 975#
Agenda is subject to change.
Questions: ElevatorSect@Lni.wa.gov
Meeting minutes
- November 2024
- August 2024
- May 2024
- February 2024
- November 2023
- August 2023
- May 2023
- February 2023
- November 2022
- August 2022
- May 2022
- February 2022
Members
- Representative of Owner-Employed Mechanics Exempt from Licensing
- Scott Cleary, Mobility Concepts, Inc. (Primary)
Phone: 253-896-0970
Email: scott@mcielevator.com - Lyall Wohlschlager, Mobility Concepts of Idaho (Alternate)
Phone: 509-838-6616
Email: mobility@televar.com
- Scott Cleary, Mobility Concepts, Inc. (Primary)
- Ad Hoc Member and ESAC Chair
- Ricky Henderson, TKElevator (Primary)
Phone: 425-864-3584
Email: ricky.henderson@tkelevator.com - Vacant (Alternate)
- Ricky Henderson, TKElevator (Primary)
- Representative of Registered General Contractors and ESAC Vice Chair
- Garry Wood, Mobility Concepts, Inc. (Primary)
Phone: 253-370-3665
Email: garry.wood@mcielevator.com - Duke Davis, 16D LLC (Alternate)
- Phone: 206-354-0876
- Email: duke@16dllc.com
- Garry Wood, Mobility Concepts, Inc. (Primary)
- Representative of Licensed Elevator Contractors
- Cory Winchell, Schindler (Primary)
Phone: 206-291-3000
Email: cory.winchell@schindler.com - Jerome Phillips, Stiltz Lifts (Alternate)
Phone: 484-456-9861
Email: jerome.phillips@stiltzlifts.com
- Cory Winchell, Schindler (Primary)
- Representative of State Government and ESAC Secretary
- Gerald Brown, Chief Elevator Inspector
- Phone: 360-999-0592
- Email: gerald.brown@Lni.wa.gov
- Representative of Building Owners and Managers
- John Carini, Sound Transit (Primary)
- Phone: 206-945-8875
- Email: john.carini@soundtransit.org
- Carl Cary, Fujitec (Alternate)
- Phone: 206-584-8129
- Email: ccary@us.fujitec.com
- Representative of Registered Architects or Professional Engineers
- Brian Thompson, Aegis Engineering
Phone: 425-745-4700
Email: briant@aegisengineering.com
- Brian Thompson, Aegis Engineering
- Representative of Elevator Mechanics Licensed to Perform All Types of Conveyance Work
- Patrick Strafer, IUEC Local 19 (Primary)
Phone: 206-714-3491
Email: pstrafer@iuec19.org - Jim Norris, IUEC Local 19 (Alternate)
Phone: 206-465-8072
Email: jnorris@iuec19.org
- Patrick Strafer, IUEC Local 19 (Primary)
- Representative of City of Seattle
- Jan Gould, City of Seattle
Phone: 206-396-0219
Email: jan.gould@seattle.gov - Jason Howerton, City of Seattle
- Phone: 206-512-7094
Email: jason.howerton@seattle.gov
- Jan Gould, City of Seattle
- Representative of City of Spokane
- Duane Leopard, City of Spokane
Phone: 509-625-6129
Email: dleopard@spokanecity.org
- Duane Leopard, City of Spokane