Board Members

The Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB or Board) members are appointed by the Washington State Governor. The Governor names one of the members as Chair. All members serve five year terms.

• Dennis Thaut, Member, retired from an extensive career with Department of Corrections. He worked both in prisons and community corrections. The Governor appointed him to the Board in 2005.
  
  
• Tom Sahlberg, Member, retired from the Spokane Police Department in 2004. He has also served as Victim/Witness Coordinator with the Spokane County Prosecutor's Office before joining the ISRB. He was appointed to the Board in 2007.
  
  
• Betsy Hollingsworth, Member, has been on the faculty of Seattle University Law School. Before that she was the Chief of the Consumer Protection Section of the Washington Attorney General’s Office. She was appointed to the Board in 2007.