I Think I Found Some Government Waste

From Crosscut:

Participating were former GOP state party Chair Chris Vance, a Crosscut contributor who has also served on the King County Council, as a state representative in Olympia, and is currently on the state's payroll as a part-time advisor to state schools Superintendent Randy Dorn.

Beyond finishing 3rd in the race for SPI in 1996, when Terry Bergeson first took the office, what does Chris Vance bring to OSPI that's worth paying $2,000 a month for? Vance apparently advised Dorn in 2008; what does he do now? I also find some cites that have Vance with the PSE when Dorn was their executive director.

Is this essential?