Distinguished Speakers

The following speakers participated in the 2008 summer program:


Governor Barbara Roberts
• Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury
Julia Pomeroy, Chief of Staff to Congressman Earl
Blumenauer

Hon. Serena Cruz Walsh, Former County Commissioner

• Felisa Hagins, SEIU Political Director

• Councilwoman Kristin Johnson, Lake Oswego City Council

• Cyreena Boston, Community Activist, Multnomah County Public Health
• Chiquita Rollins, Multnomah County Domestic Violence Coordinator

• Amanda Fritz, Candidate for Portland City Council

• Lillian Tsai, President, Tsai Comms

• Shelli Romero, ODOT

Dana Haynes, PCC Public Affairs

Jensine Larsen, World Pulse & Pulsewire Founder

• Robin Doussard, Oregon Business Magazine Editor

• Lynne Saxton, Executive Director, ChristieCare

• Hon. Karen Minnis, Former Speaker of the House

• Commissioner Elect Deborah Kafoury

• Ellie Booth, Director State Government Relations, Covanta Energy

• Becca Uherbelau, Oregon Education Association

• Treasure Mackley, Campaign Manager, Kate Brown for Secretary of State

• Laura Terrill-Patten, Campaign Services, FuturePAC

• Leyla Estes, Campaign Services, House Republicans

• Hon. Tina Kotek, State House Representative

• Jennifer Williamson, Public Affairs, Superintendent of Public Instruction

• Mary Miller, Vice President Marketing, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management

Michelle Singer, OHSU OneSky Center Communications Director

Jeannie McNair, Klamath Tribal Councilwoman

Aurolyn Stwyer, Warm Springs Tribal Council Vice Chair

Judge Darleen Ortega, Oregon Court of Appeals

Peggy Lou Hillman, State of Oregon School Law Coordination Team

Columba Fernandez, State of Oregon Public Health Educator

 

The following speakers participated in the 2005 summer program:

Melody Rose, Associate Professor of Political Science, Portland State University
Governor Barbara Roberts
Lawrence Wallack, DrPH, Dean - College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
Lois Bronfman Ph.D., Bronfman and Associates/Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Portland State University
Lillian Tsai, President, Tsai Comms
Dee Walsh, Executive Director, REACH
• Caitlin Baggott, Co-founder, Bus Project
• Niki Terzieff, Legislative Aid to Representative Mary Nolan
• Cristina Uribe, Western Regional Director of EMILY’s List
Jessica Mindlin, Sr. Staff Attorney, National Crime Victim Law Center
Hon. Gretchen Kafoury, former Multnomah County Commissioner
John Charles, Policy Analyst, The Cascade Policy Institute
Cassandra Garrison, Public Policy Manager, Oregon Food Bank
• Holly Wilkalis, Program Coordinator, Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force
Hon. Susan Castillo, Superintendent for Public Instruction
Margarita Molina, Former Judicial Clerk to the Honorable David Schuman, Oregon Court of Appeals/Associate, Davis Wright, Tremaine, LLP
Dolores Pigsley, Confederated Tribes of Siletz
N. Kathryn Brigham
Hon. Betty Roberts first female Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Kay Toran, President and CEO of Volunteers of America Oregon
Gayle Atteberry,
Executive Director of Oregon Right to Life
Hon. Gail Shibley, former member of the Oregon legislature
Shelby Oppel Wood , journalist for the Oregonian
Dana Haynes, PCC Public Affairs
Cliff Jones, TACS Senior Associate
Deborah Murdock, Government Relations, PSU

Hon. Karen Minnis, Speaker of the Oregon House
Hon. Jackie Dingfelder, Oregon Representative House District 45
Hon. Goli Ameri, US Representative to 60th UNGA

 

 

 


 

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