The Chehalis River Valley is stunningly beautiful, verdant and home to some of the most bountiful farms in Washington State. Climate agnostics, climate inactivists, climate pacifists. “I love Washington [State], to start with,” he said. Jay Gordon, the executive director of the Washington State Dairy Federation, is also a member of the governor’s climate change panel. Annie Salafsky (L) and Susan Ujcic (R) with Washington State Gov.