Oregon Climate Action Commission Members

The Oregon Climate Action Commission includes includes 35 members – 13 voting members appointed by the Governor and 22 nonvoting members.

Interested in joining the commission? Information about how to apply for an appointment is available on the Governor's website.

 

Commission Chair (1)

  • Cathy Macdonald, North America Natural Climate Solutions Director at The Nature Conservancy

VOting members from specified sectors (9)

  • Manufacturing: Vacant

  • Energy: Kristen Sheeran, Director of Sustainability and Resource Planning, Portland General Electric

  • Transportation: Aurora Jackson, Northwest Pacific Transit and Rail market lead for WSP

  • Forestry: David Ford, Senior Fellow, American Forest Foundation

  • Agriculture: Tom Rietmann, Owner/Operator, Rietmann Ranch

  • Fishing Industry: Vacant

  • Environmental Policy: Nora Apter, Oregon Environmental Council

  • Environmental Justice: Vacant

  • Youth Representative: Vacant

At-large voting members (3)

  • David Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, NW Natural

  • Cheryl Shippentower, Ecologist, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

  • Karenga Ross, School Board Member at Gaston SD

NonVoting Members, state agency leadership (15)

  • Department of Energy Director

  • Department of Transportation Director

  • Public Utility Commission Chair

  • Department of Environmental Quality Director

  • Department of Agriculture Director

  • Oregon State Forester

  • Water Resources Department Director

  • Department of Land Conservation and Development Director

  • Oregon Health Authority Director

  • Oregon Business Development Department Director

  • Oregon Department of Administrative Services Director

  • Department of Consumer and Business Services Director

  • Department of Fish and Wildlife Director

  • Oregon Housing and Community Services Director

  • Oregon Watershed Enhancement Executive Director

 
 

At-large non-voting members from state agencies or academic institutions (3)

  • Rachael Banks, Public Health Division Director, Oregon Health Authority

  • Brenda Bateman, Director, Department of Land Conservation and Development

  • Tom Potiowsky, Director, Northwest Economic Research Center, Portland State University

 

Legislative non-voting Members Appointed by the Senate President and House Speaker (4)

  • Senator Michael Dembrow

  • Senator David Brock-Smith

  • Representative Ken Helm

  • Representative Bobby Levy