WashCOG staff

The Washington Coalition for Open Government is a nonprofit 501(c) organization that relies heavily on volunteers, notably our officers and Board. However, we are also led by an executive director and staff.

Executive Director Colette Weeks

Longtime journalist and access advocate Colette Weeks is the executive director for the Washington Coalition for Open Government.

Weeks joined WashCOG in 2023 as deputy director. She was director of content for Skagit Publishing publications, which includes the Skagit Valley Herald and Daily Record of Ellensburg and two weeklies. She also served on the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association board of directors.

Weeks is a native of South Carolina, where she worked for The Post and Courier, and also for the Associated Press.  

Director Emerita and Adviser Juli Bunting

After five years as executive director of WashCOG, and originally hired as as communications director in 2014, Juli Bunting is serving as a coalition adviser through 2025.

Bunting is the author of two e-book novellas and working on a third. She is a former journalist, working most recently as a Capitol Correspondent for Texas State Network, a regional radio network based in Dallas. She previously owned and operated Whistling Rabbits Events, an event management company in Seattle.