The ELS Class IV has been selected from a great pool of applications.  This was truly difficult as ALL applicants submitted a fantastic packet.  In the end of the day, graduates from previous classes guided the final list.  I am hLucas Hughesumbled to announce that the following 7th District members will commit one-year of thier lives to gaining skills, knowledge and education to better serve thier Local, thier State Associations, this 7th District, the IAFF and Labor as a whole.  They are:

Leighton Wright of Local 4075 (Grays Harbor, WA), Joy Beth Cottle of Local 1324 (Fairbanks, AK), Andre Ursino of Local 1296 (Kennewick, WA) , Reed Thompson of Local 726 (Central Pierce, WA), Lucas Hughes of Local 2829 (Redmond, WA), Adam Morse of Local 3152 (Key Peninsula, WA), Kyle Eldridge of Local 1556 (Twin Falls, ID), Justin Pickens of Local 1828 (South County, WA), Jeremy Garrett of Local 1433 (Pasco, WA), Matt Pidjeon of Local 4626 (Middleton, ID), Sadie Inman of Local 4303 (Juneau, AK), Mason Bailey of Local 187 (Pocatello, ID), Bryan Copeland of Local 1488 (West Pierce, WA), William Schwitters of Local 1983 (Mount Vernon, WA), Gavin Burnett of Local 453 (Wenatchee Valley, WA)and Randy Marler of Local 29 (Spokane, WA).

If you know them, please reach out and extend a congrats to them.  Thier journey begins in April of 2025 and they will graduate in April of 2026.