Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Personal IS Political:
Get Involved, Stay Involved, Save the World
WHEN:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
WHERE:
The Governor Hotel
614 SW 11th
Portland, Oregon 97205 |
Early-bird registration
by May 16
Members: $25 | Non-members: $40 |
 How can women make the most of our political and community involvement?
What are the keys to leading change?
Join Portland Female Executives (PDXfX) on Tuesday, May 20, as we host Gail R. Shibley, Oregon's Administrator of the Office of Environmental Health and former Oregon State Representative. Gail draws on her extensive public and private sector experience to discuss women's political and community involvement and how we can increase our effectiveness in these arenas. You'll hear from Gail how we can do more than just play by the rules – we can make them.
Gail is passionate about involvement. She speaks to the practical and philosophical reasons for making a difference for others through political and community action. Participants can expect:
- insight on how to plug in to the system
- ways to turn interests and ideas into actions and results
- renewed passion for political and community involvement
- resources for getting involved and leading positive change
About Our Speaker
Gail Shibley is the Administrator of the Office of Environmental Public Health within Oregon’s Department of Human Services. Named to this Executive Service position in February 2003, she is responsible for assuring public safety in a wide array of environmental and regulatory public health efforts. Her Office employs approximately 120 employees and oversees more than $44 million a biennium from almost 100 different funding sources.
An Oregon native, Gail has worked in the private and public sectors, and has served in the legislative and executive branches of federal, state and local government. She was a Presidential appointee and served two cabinet Secretaries in the second term of the Clinton administration. In 1991, Gail made history as Oregon’s first openly gay or lesbian legislator, serving six years in the Oregon House of Representatives where she represented central portions of Portland and Multnomah County.
Gail began her public service career working for former US Representative Jim Weaver (D-OR), serving as both legislative aide in Washington, DC and as director of his Eugene, Oregon office. After moving to Portland, she served as a senior manager in Portland’s Office of Transportation under then-City Commissioner Earl Blumenauer, where she designed and ran Portland's Slow Down for Kids' Sake initiative.
A University of Oregon undergraduate, Gail received a Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies from Harvard University, and is now completing her second year at Lewis & Clark Law School, focusing on environmental and administrative law.
5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. - The Governor Hotel (614 SW 11th, 97205).
Registration by May 16: PDXfX members $25; non-members $40.
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