Department of Social and Health Services Secretaries State of Washington
Dates of service	Secretary	Months of service
July 1, 1970 – July 6, 1973	Sidney E. Smith	36 months
July 7, 1973 – July 31, 1973	R.R. Rathfelder,	Acting 1 month
Aug. 1, 1973 – Oct. 31, 1973	Milton Burdman,	Acting 3 months
Nov. 1, 1973 – Aug. 15, 1976	Charles R. Morris	33.5 months
Aug. 16, 1976 – Jan. 11, 1977	Milton Burdman	Acting 5 months
Jan. 12, 1977 – April 12, 1978	Harlan McNutt, M.D.	15 months
April 12, 1978 – June 30, 1978	Gerald E. Thomas	Acting 1.5 months
July 1, 1978 – Jan. 13, 1981	Gerald J. Thompson	30.5 months
Jan. 14, 1981 – Feb. 8, 1981	Gerald E. Thomas	Acting 1 month (died May 2004)
Feb. 9, 1981 – Nov. 20, 1983	Alan Gibbs	33.5 months (died July 1998)
Nov. 21, 1983 – July 22, 1985	Karen Rahm	20 months
July 23, 1985 – June 30, 1986	A.N. (Bud) Shinpoch	11.5 months (died Oct. 2001)
July 1, 1986 – Jan. 2, 1989	Jule Sugarman	31 months
Jan. 3, 1989 – April 5, 1989	Richard J. Thompson	Acting 3 months
April 6, 1989 – May 15, 1992	Richard J. Thompson	37 months
May 16, 1992 – Jan. 31, 1993	Paul Trause	Acting 8.5 months
Feb. 1, 1993 – Dec. 10, 1995	Jean Soliz	34.5 months
Dec. 11, 1995 – June 30, 2000	Lyle Quasim	54 months and 20 days
July 1, 2000 – March 15, 2005	Dennis Braddock	56 months and 15 days
Jan. 5, 2009 – May 15, 2009	Stan Marshburn	Acting 4 months and 10 days
May 18, 2009 - present	Susan N. Dreyfus	Currently serving
Note: Dates are shown from effective date of appointment to effective date of successor’s appointment with any transition overlap excluded.  Updated 06-04-09