Meet our President
Washington Federation Republican Women - State President
REPUBLICAN WOMEN AFFILIATION:
After joining Chelan-Douglas Republican Women’s Club in January 2009, Dee didn’t waste any time in becoming an energetic participant. She soon became the publicity chair and established the club’s newsletter and website. Dee has been actively involved in fundraising and was the club’s treasurer for six years and held the position of 2nd Vice President-Membership. In 2011, Dee was asked to fill the vacated position of WFRW Membership Secretary by WFRW President Eileen Sobjack. Subsequently, she was the WFRW Treasurer for two terms, and is currently serving her second term as the WFRW President. She has served on the NFRW Technology Committee since 2016 and has been the committee chair since 2018.
In addition to her involvement in the federation, she held the Douglas County GOP Vice Chair position and was interim Chair due to the Chair’s inability to fulfill his term. Over the years, she has been the campaign treasurer for multiples candidates.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
At present, Dee assist’s her spouse in a business partnership by coordinating and attending trade shows, writing technical proposals and doing conceptual engineering drawings.
As a self-employed individual, she jointly purchased a 7.3-acre waterfront parcel on Lake Osoyoos in 2001. The development plan was to create a destination resort/recreational community for 21 families. This project required extensive government interface, regulation compliance, feasibility studies, pricing strategy, marketing, promotions and image branding. As the managing partner, she was personally responsible for negotiating contracts, scheduling sub-contractors, all aspects of daily operation and financial management. This project met its successful conclusion in 2009.
Dee’s 23 year banking career was wide-ranging and incorporated positions in human resources, corporate and branch administration, operations, loan servicing management, and as a retail and commercial lender. While a mid-level manager, she concurrently had profit and loss responsibility for multiple departments. Her diverse background lent itself well to be recruited as a member of the conversion management team for a major northwest bank merger and as a founding senior account executive at a Washington start-up bank. She retired from banking in 1994.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN AFFILIATION:
After joining Chelan-Douglas Republican Women’s Club in January 2009, Dee didn’t waste any time in becoming an energetic participant. She soon became the publicity chair and established the club’s newsletter and website. Dee has been actively involved in fundraising and was the club’s treasurer for six years and held the position of 2nd Vice President-Membership. In 2011, Dee was asked to fill the vacated position of WFRW Membership Secretary by WFRW President Eileen Sobjack. Subsequently, she was the WFRW Treasurer for two terms, and is currently serving her second term as the WFRW President. She has served on the NFRW Technology Committee since 2016 and has been the committee chair since 2018.
In addition to her involvement in the federation, she held the Douglas County GOP Vice Chair position and was interim Chair due to the Chair’s inability to fulfill his term. Over the years, she has been the campaign treasurer for multiples candidates.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER:
At present, Dee assist’s her spouse in a business partnership by coordinating and attending trade shows, writing technical proposals and doing conceptual engineering drawings.
As a self-employed individual, she jointly purchased a 7.3-acre waterfront parcel on Lake Osoyoos in 2001. The development plan was to create a destination resort/recreational community for 21 families. This project required extensive government interface, regulation compliance, feasibility studies, pricing strategy, marketing, promotions and image branding. As the managing partner, she was personally responsible for negotiating contracts, scheduling sub-contractors, all aspects of daily operation and financial management. This project met its successful conclusion in 2009.
Dee’s 23 year banking career was wide-ranging and incorporated positions in human resources, corporate and branch administration, operations, loan servicing management, and as a retail and commercial lender. While a mid-level manager, she concurrently had profit and loss responsibility for multiple departments. Her diverse background lent itself well to be recruited as a member of the conversion management team for a major northwest bank merger and as a founding senior account executive at a Washington start-up bank. She retired from banking in 1994.
President Dee Drewry Chelan Douglas RW
1st Vice President Meetings/Programs Colleen Wise East Pierce County RW
2nd Vice President Club Development Gail Pappacostas RW of Whatcom County
3rd Vice President/Fundraising Cristi Lysne RW of Whatcom County
Recording Secretary Sharon Hanek East Pierce County RW
Membership Secretary Billie Jean Liedahl Silverdale Seabeck RW
Treasurer Cindy Kadinger Snohomish County RW
Immediate Past President Roxanne Husmann
1st Vice President Meetings/Programs Colleen Wise East Pierce County RW
2nd Vice President Club Development Gail Pappacostas RW of Whatcom County
3rd Vice President/Fundraising Cristi Lysne RW of Whatcom County
Recording Secretary Sharon Hanek East Pierce County RW
Membership Secretary Billie Jean Liedahl Silverdale Seabeck RW
Treasurer Cindy Kadinger Snohomish County RW
Immediate Past President Roxanne Husmann
Our 2020-2021 NFRW Executive Board
Your National Federation of Republican Women is meeting at headquarters this week to finalize budget proposals and committee appointments in advance of the Spring Board Meeting and prepare for NFRW success in the critical year ahead. Clockwise from left: Frances Taylor (AL), 3rd Vice President; Dr. Linda Lee Tarver (MI), Executive Committee Member-at-Large; Vanessa LaFranco (NJ), Secretary; Martha Jenkins (NC), 4th Vice President; Michelle Buckwalter-Schurman (IL), Treasurer; Ann Schockett (NY), President; Suzanne Heinzmann (IN), Executive Committee Member-at-Large; Jody Ruston (TX), Immediate Past President; Beverly Owensby (SC), Executive Committee Member-at-Large; Julie Harris (AR), 2nd Vice President; and Eileen Sobjack (WA), 1st Vice President
