| 2024 | Sandi Roberts, Graham Fire & Rescue | Yakima |
| 2023 | Stacie Tellers, State Auditor's Office | Spokane |
| 2022 | Dan Legard, City of Kennewick | Tacoma |
| 2021 | Jack Broyles, Woodinville Water District | Virtual |
| 2020 | Dale Hough, Lacey Fire District #3 | Virtual |
| 2019 | Craig Warner, Yakima County | Yakima |
| 2018 | Jana Brown, City of Poulsbo | Vancouver |
| 2017 | Ade’ Ariwoola, City of Federal Way | Kennewick |
| 2016 | Carmen Hayter, Yakima County | Spokane |
| 2015 | Jan Hawn, City of Bellevue | Tacoma |
| 2014 | Dan Mason, Office of State Treasurer | Yakima |
| 2013 | Marilou Moore, City of Everett | Tulalip |
| 2012 | Marilou Moore, City of Everett | Kennewick |
| 2011 | Ron Cone, City of Moses Lake | Spokane |
| 2010 | Dan Underwood, City of Richland | Vancouver |
| 2009 | Sandy Langdon, City of Marysville | Bellevue |
| 2008 | Tim Jensen, City of Yakima | Yakima |
| 2007 | Jim Chase, City of Pasco | Kennewick |
| 2006 | Cathy Mulhall, Chelan County | Tacoma |
| 2005 | Glenn Golay, Birch Bay Water / Sewer District | Sea-Tac |
| 2004 | Diane Supler, City of Tacoma | Wenatchee |
| 2003 | John Payne, Clark County | Spokane |
| 2002 | Steve Marcotte, Tacoma | Yakima |
| 2001 | Debbie Tarry, Shoreline | Wenatchee |
| 2000 | Mike Bailey, Lynnwood | Ocean Shores |
| 1999 | Jim Scovil, Vancouver | Yakima |
| 1998 | Dean Walz, Olympia | Bellevue |
| 1997 | Shirley Dunsmoor, Spokane | Spokane |
| 1996 | Mike Matthews, Mercer Island | Tacoma |
| 1995 | Dan Clements, Snohomish County | Pasco |
| 1994 | Gayla Gjertsen, Tumwater | Vancouver |
| 1993 | Gayla Gjertsen, Tumwater | Spokane |
| 1992 | Jack Tonkovich, Pullman | Bellevue |
| 1991 | Bob Noland, Kennewick | Wenatchee |
| 1990 | Pete Luttropp, Tacoma | Tacoma |
| 1989 | Georgette Wendt, Medical Lake | Pasco |
| 1988 | Tom Riffe, Longview | SeaTac |
| 1987 | Linda Miller, Mukilteo | Spokane |
| 1986 | Kent Shorthill, Vancouver | Tacoma |
| 1985 | Nancy Gratias | Yakima |
| 1984 | Pete Fortin, Spokane | Bellevue |
| 1983 | Harry Kinzer, Walla Walla | Pasco |
| 1982 | Beverley Schirman, Everett | Vancouver |
| 1981 | Jim Bannerman, Bellingham | Spokane |
| 1980 | Mary A. Cook, Olympia | SeaTac |
| 1979 | Gale D. Cradock, Longview | Yakima |
| 1978 | Margaret Drotz, Kent | Rosario |
| 1977 | Walt Chappel, Yakima | Richland |
| 1976 | Dick Saunders, Bellevue | Olympia |
| 1975 | Shirley Heitzman, Kelso | Spokane |
| 1974 | Jack McKenzie, King County | Spokane |
| 1973 | Robert C. Weiss, Mercer Island | SeaTac |
| 1972 | Lucille Person, Mountlake Terrace | Yakima |
| 1971 | Ted Bennett, Renton | Olympia |
| 1970 | Norm Smith, Ellensburg | Richland |
| 1969 | Maurice Seefeldt, Toppenish | Vancouver |
| 1968 | Royce Lawrence, Vancouver | Olympia |
| 1967 | Dave Gago, Pierce County | Yakima |
| 1966 | Dale Scarborough, Camas | Renton |
| 1965 | Roy Foss, Cheney | Spokane |
| 1964 | G. Eldon Marshall, Olympia | Tacoma |
| 1963 | Darrell Tucker, Sunnyside | Yakima |
| 1962 | Clar Gaisford, Tacoma | Aberdeen |
| 1961 | Carl W. Kruegel, Richland | Walla Walla |
| 1960 | Gladys H. Richter, Yakima | Longview |
| 1959 | J. Howard Vognild, Everett | Richland |
| 1958 | Marvin G. Listoe, Sunnyside | Olympia |
| 1957 | D. Wiley Carpenter, Longview | Yakima |
| 1956 | Ron G. Lovett, Vancouver | Vancouver |