Science and Technology Committee

Held at Oregon State University, COAS Admin. Bldg.

Bishop David Brauer-Riekie has been head of the Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 2007. Ordained in 1987, Rev. Brauer-Rieke served as pastor at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Milton-Freewater,1987-2005; and Atonement Lutheran, Newport, OR 2005-2007. The Oregon Synod includes more than 45,000 Lutherans who belong to more than 116 congregations and mission sites in the state of Oregon. Rev.

Dr. Mark Abbott is an ex-officio member and serves as a vice-chair on the commission. He is Dean and Professor in the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. in Conservation of Natural Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1974 and his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis, in 1978. He has been at OSU since 1988 and has been Dean of the College since 2001. Dr.

Angus Duncan serves as Chair of the Commission. Angus has served as President and CEO of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation since its formation in 1998. The Foundation is a non-profit business venture that generates revenues from regional and national sales of renewable energy and carbon-offsetting Green Tags. Prior to BEF, Angus served on the Northwest Power Planning Council from 1989 to 1995.