Solutions Center Directory

The Washington State Association of Counties has developed a network of partnerships geared towards helping your county find solutions and cost savings. Our partnerships continue to grow weekly. If you don’t see a solution that fits your needs, let us know, and we can work on finding a partner that does.

Delivers value-added, costcutting solutions to counties by evaluating their needs and harnessing the collective purchasing power of 3,069 counties with a dedicated workforce of 3.6 million employees.

NACo Edge

Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS) provides county employees with a Section 457 Deferred Compensation Program. Since its inception in 1980, NACo’s Deferred Compensation Program has grown to become the largest supplemental retirement income program available to county employees.

Kristopher Morton
Program Director
k.morton@nationwide.com
(614) 398-7184
nrsforu.com

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Together, we are leveraging our collective strength to combat skyrocketing Rx costs for your employees. NACo Public Promise Insurance has partnered with CVS Caremark and Aetna – one of the largest PBMs in the nation – for both a stand-alone PBM contract and an integrated PBM contract that includes:

  • Best in market pharmacy pricing, including discounts, dispensing fees, and rebates
  • Access to Caremark / Aetna’s suite of pharmacy programs and cost management solutions
  • Transparency and streamlined contracting with multi-year pricing guarantees
  • Combined purchasing power of 3.6M county employees across the United States

Alex Herrera
Managing Director
aherrera@naco.org
(713) 396-6001
publicpromiseinsurance.org/pbm

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness PSLF is a federal program designed to forgive the remaining balance on eligible federal student loans for borrowers who work full-time for qualifying public service employers after they make 120 payments. As of August 2024, 2.3% of PSLF applications have been accepted since November 2020.

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Tony Raffa
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Tony@bysavi.com
bysavi.com

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Data. Not Opinions.

A liquidity data tool for the public sector & higher Ed to execute borrowing, investing, and cash management decisions with more confidence and greater ease. Because three+one is neither a bank nor a Registered Investment Advisor, we provide a pure and independent perspective on making certain every dollar you have is being put to work efficiently, every day.

Samantha Rothschild
Marketing Coordinator
slr@threeplusone.us
(585) 484-0311 (ext. 712)
threeplusone.us

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Enhanced, structured partnerships with revenue sharing, that focus on establishing long-term solutions for common services that add value and effectiveness to county government and public entities.

Trusted Partners

ACM specializes in not-at-fault fleet vehicle claims with a goal of delivering the most complete recovery possible under the law and with good practice, our damage recovery approach differs from traditional subrogation with much better results. We collect for often overlooked damages.

ACM can go back into your old claims to recover anything that was missed. Your dusty old files or computer records could be worth significant monies. (We can work files with no releases and remaining time under statute of limitations)

altclaim.com

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PETPARENT, is an animal welfare solution provider brought to you by Gov Companion. Our program builds an inclusive and high capture rate pet registry and animal services programming to work towards no kill shelters, help animal services, and return lost pets to their owners.

petparentusa.com/Program.aspx

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Proofpoint, Inc. is a leading cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions that mitigate their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

proofpoint.com

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Public Surplus has been helping government agencies sell their surplus for over 20 years. Public Surplus is excited to announce a new partnership with WSAC. Call us today to learn how your county can benefit.

Jaren Waters
Account Executive
jarenwaters@thepublicgroup.com
(801) 932-7000 (ext. 428)

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Transforming Your Budgeting Process with Purpose
Fund your future with passion and purpose. ResourceX supports governments in strategically aligning resources with community outcomes. Through priority-based budgeting (PBB) methodology and software, governing bodies are:

  •  Accelerating data-driven decision-making
  • Budgeting to align resources toward society’s biggest challenges
  • Providing a platform to fund equity initiatives, climate action plans, and a fiscally sustainable future for residents and the community

resourcex.net

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Tiered marketing program to recognize private relationships that are dedicated to providing reliable and proven solutions to county governments.

Corporate Members

PLATINUM

Washington State Association of Counties is providing its members with free Business Prime! Already paying for Prime? As a WSAC member, you can receive a prorated refund!

WSAC Member Benefits:

  • Free Business Prime ($3,499 value, unlimited users per account)
  • Pre-Approved line of credit of $5k+ with pay by invoice
  • Discounts on thousands of essential products within Office, IT, JanSan, and MRO categories
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GOLD

Chorus’ digital health platform has helped state & county public-sector health agencies and health systems create and scale digital health applications through participatory design. Chorus’ core product and solution offerings support a broad range of use cases including templates for community facing resource navigation tools, public and behavioral health workflows, and health system digital transformation.

Ryan Napier
Business Development Lead
ryan@joinchorus.com
(310) 359-5263
joinchorus.com

NextEra Energy Resources is America’s premier clean energy leader and the world’s largest producer of wind and solar energy. We develop, construct and operate power projects to produce electricity. Equally important, we are dedicated to quality, committed to environmental stewardship, and care about our communities.

Trystine Payfer
Lead Community Engagement Manager, Western Region
trystine.payfer@nexteraenergy.com
(949) 239-4516
nexteraenergyresources.com

Sanitary Service Company, Inc., (SSC) is a family owned company serving much of Whatcom County since 1929. SSC provides full service recycling and solid waste collection for residential and commercial customers. SSC works closely with Whatcom County on solid waste and recycling issues and proves services consistent with the County’s Comprehensive Solid Waste Plan.

Ted Carlson
General Manager
ted@ssc-inc.com
(360) 820-0355
ssc-inc.com

WCIF was established in 1958 by the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) to provide more cost-efficient health benefits for county employees. WCIF is a public non-profit multiple employer benefit trust (501 C9) that provides health and welfare benefits for the employees of counties and other publicly funded entities. WCIF currently provides services to over 100 participating employers within the State of Washington.

Bobby Jackson
Executive Director
bobby@wcif.net
(360) 292-4475
wcif.net

SILVER

Focused on inspiring organizations to transform and innovate, our Local Government Practice Group partners with municipal, county, regional, and quasi-governmental entities throughout the US to help them meet their biggest challenges. We partner with local governments at the enterprise level, as well as within and across departments, to meet the most critical needs of your community, emphasizing principles of equity and engagement. We take pride in tailoring our projects to recognize the work our clients do every day. We care about what we do, and we care about the people impacted by our work.

Michelle Kennedy
Organization Development Certified Consultant | Manager Consulting Team I Local Government Practice Group
mkennedy@berrydunn.com
(503) 688-0720
berrydunn.com/local

McKinstry is a Northwest-based company specializing in energy efficiency, building system optimization, and facility management solutions. They provide engineering, construction, and consulting services focused on improving the sustainability, resiliency, and efficiency of the built environment.

Ty Druffel
Business Development Manager
McKinstry Essention, LLC.

tydr@mckinstry.com
(206) 413-6369
mckinstry.com

Washington state’s largest energy utility, serving over 1.2 million electric customers and 800,000 natural gas customers across 10 counties. Aspiring to reach beyond net zero carbon emissions by 2045.

Carryn Vande Griend
PSE Local Government Affairs
carryn.vandegriend@pse.com
(509) 218-9012
pse.com

We provide piece of mind with security solutions that work. We work with our customers to develop security and fire systems that are designed to meet your unique needs as a county government.

Jamie Vos
President
sales@ssnw.co
(360) 815-2771
ssnw.co

KB & Associates, LLC dba Vivid Co. is a small business located in Olympia, Washington. We provide high-caliber organizational development, project management, and organizational change management. With over 16 years of experience, we have successfully handled numerous engagements ranging from single-day coaching and facilitation sessions for small teams, to several high-risk, high-profile efforts involving tens of thousands of diverse stakeholders, thousands of staff, and multi-million-dollar budgets. Our firm specializes in supporting public entities; we have served a significant number of government organizations — county, state, and municipal.

Kindra Benavidez
Partner
kindra@vividco.com
(360) 561-5239
vividco.com

ASSOCIATE

We’re an integrated design firm. Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This inspires a culture of design and fuels the work we do around the world. We are 100 percent employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary employee-owner teams, engaged with all project life-cycle stakeholders.

Justin Stranzl
Principal
jstranzl@dlrgroup.com
(206) 461-6000
dlrgroup.com

Jenoptik’s Smart Mobility Solutions division provides photonics-based, innovative and sustainable solutions, including technology and services for road safety, public security and road user charging. As an end-to-end solution provider, we support our customers with the provision of roadside equipment and software, including integration, installation, maintenance and financing models through to full-service operation of our solutions.

Our strong global presence and installation base is supported by a reliable partner network. With innovation as our driving force, Jenoptik is a world-leading enabler for smart mobility, with intelligent solutions and services constantly evolving to help make roads, journeys, communities and our environment safer around the globe.

Justin McDole
Key Account Manager
justin.mcdole@jenoptik.com
(619) 252-5844
jenoptik.us/markets/public-safety

MyWay MSK, Inc. with a patented, ‘MSK Care Deliver Savings Strategy,’ uniquely provides participant-centric MSK therapeutic care. Participants utilize their mobile device technology and receive, in less than 5 minutes, joint specific therapeutic relief, fully supported by staff as needed, without plan design changes. No AI, no in-depth interviews, just proven techniques to relieve their pain.

Mark Meyocks
President/CEO
markm@mywaymsk.com
(509) 834-8378
mywaymsk.com

Waste Connections is one of the largest full-service provider of solid waste collection, providing non-hazardous solid waste collection, recycling and landfill disposal services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. Waste Connections is the third largest solid waste management company in North America with a network of operations in 41 states and 6 provinces.

Mark Gingrich
Division Vice President
mark.gingrich@wasteconnections.com
(253) 240-0655
wasteconnections.com

From new and used equipment purchase to equipment rental, parts sourcing and machine + bumper to bumper diesel service, Western States Cat has what it takes to satisfy all of your heavy equipment needs.

For over 65 years, Western States Cat has led the Heavy Equipment Industry in the Northwest by meeting the heavy equipment, mining and construction equipment needs of customers across Idaho, Eastern Washington and Oregon, and Western Montana and Wyoming. With convenient locations in each state to serve you better, there’s a Western States Cat near you.

Beyond our network of branches and service locations, we are also available for on-site maintenance and repairs emergencies to keep you working.

Natalie Tyler
natalie.tyler@wseco.com
(208) 884-2366
westernstatescat.com