January 30, 2026

State of Washington

Gov. Bob Ferguson appointed Jane Nesbitt as interim director of the Washington state Office of Independent Investigations (OII), following the departure of Director Roger Rogoff. Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Rogoff as the first director of OII — created by the Legislature in 2021 to provide independent investigations of police use of deadly force _ in June 2022. Prior to leading OII, Rogoff was a King County Superior Court judge, a senior deputy prosecutor in the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office and a Law Enforcement National Security Team attorney for Microsoft. His resignation is effective March 3. He departs the agency to join the Seattle law firm Osborn Machler & Neff.

Nesbitt has served as chief of staff at OII since August 2022, where she is responsible for overseeing the agency's mission, vision, growth and development. She provides strategic leadership across key areas such as hiring, training, policy and organizational development. In her new role, Nesbitt will work closely with the executive leadership team on the transition process, as well as continue efforts to expand OII's area of operations in Washington state. Before joining OII, Nesbitt served 18 months as the first statewide COVID compliance operations manager for the State Emergency Operations Center during the pandemic. She has been in state government since 2014 and has a Ph.D. from Creighton University School of Medicine. Nesbitt's appointment is effective Feb. 1.