District 7 Representative: “My name is Dr. Diane Sherwood Palmer. I am a past president of the WSCA and the current District 7 representative. I have been in practice since 1984 after graduating from Palmer (Davenport). I am the daughter of Drs. Vernon Sherwood and Jeannette Charbonneau Sherwood who also graduated from Palmer in 1959. My practice, which my husband and I purchased after graduation, was started by my parents and has been opened and treating patients since 1959. I am the mother of four children and Grandma D to four. I often get asked why I am so involved. Frankly, I love chiropractic and hanging out with my tribe (chiropractors and like-minded). I am proud to be involved with the new Washington Chiropractic College, which will be opening up soon. I enjoy keeping up on trends by attending ChiroCongress and other seminars that bring us all together nationally and internationally. Chiropractic is not only my livelihood and passion. but it is also in my blood. Aside from my two parents, both of my brothers and my sister graduated from Palmer and are chiropractors, too.”
District 8 Representative: “My name is Dr. Thomas Ovenell and I am the current District 8 representative. I have been practicing in the Wenatchee Valley for 26 years and have a satellite practice in Quincy. I graduated from Palmer Chiropractic College in 1996 and finished the CCSP program in 2002. I am an inaugural
member of the WSCA sports council, past president of the North Central Washington Chiropractic Association and currently serve on the NCW Chiropractic IPA board. In the past few years, I have served on two medical mission trips to Africa, where I was blessed to adjust hundreds of underserved patients in the rural portion of Northern Benin. Besides being a past triathlete, I enjoy hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, snowshoeing and snowmobiling in the beautiful NCW. I have also been blessed with a beautiful wife and five beautiful daughters, although I think they may be why I’m losing my hair! I joined the WSCA board in 2022 to help advance our profession, work with some of the greatest docs in our state and help navigate the ever-changing healthcare system with my fellow chiropractors.”
District 9 Representative: Dr. Randy Baze has been treating patients for over 40 years. He graduated from Sherman College of Chiropractic in 1983 and currently practices in Renton. When he is not treating patients he enjoys basketball, weightlifting, skiing and coaching his sons’ sports. He currently serves as the runs the time-honored Philosophy Forum which meets at Baze Chiropractic at 8pm the first Monday of
each month. What led his passion to commit and dedicate his life to chiropractic is that chiropractic saved his life and has given him an opportunity to serve his community, his family, and his profession.
District 10 Representative: “I’m Dr. Ron Wilcox and I have been in practice for over 34 years in the Olympia area. I have spent 15 years on LNI committees and been involved with teaching consultation and approved examiner programs over the years. I have three kids and three grandchildren that are frankly a lot more fun!!!
I have been a member of WSCA since around 2003 and on the Board of Directors for District 10 for the last 12 years.”
Legislative Director: Dr. David Butters is a 1973 graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport). He is the founder and owner of Rainier Valley Chiropractic in the Rainier Valley area of South Seattle, which he established in 1977. Dr. Butters currently serves as WSCA Legislative Director. He also serves as chairman of the
Washington State Chiropractic Trust—Washington’s chiropractic political action committee. He is a member and Fellow of the International Chiropractor’s Association. Dr. Butters served by gubernatorial appointment for 11 years between the former Washington State Chiropractic Disciplinary Board and the now- Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission, serving terms as the chairperson of both the Board and Commission. He served for more than 15 years on the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington and for 11 years on the Board of Regents of Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, California. Dr. Butters and his wife, Judy, have been married for 49 years and have four grown daughters: Keely, Natasha, Tiffany, and Tess. They have 5 grandchildren, Zoey, Zander, Penelope, Victoria, and Emma. In their free time they enjoy hiking, short trips to explore new places, and spending time with their kids and grandkids.
Immediate Past President: My name is Dr. Kimberly Palmer-Yee and I am the most recent Past President of the WSCA. I have been a member of the WSCA since 2001, when I began practicing in Puyallup. I currently practice along with my husband,
Dr. Edward Yee, in Federal Way at Twin Lakes Chiropractic. For the past six years I have been serving on my local school board and sit on a variety of different clubs and foundations in my community. I am a mom of three with my oldest, Palmer, in his second year of university; Libby is a senior in high school, and Owen is a freshman. I am proud and honored to serve alongside many dedicated fellow chiropractors who are helping navigate the association into the future.
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