Congrats to Karen Pearson who has been promoted to Gresham Human Resources Director. Karen transitioned from Clackamas County to Gresham in the last couple of years. We profiled this transition in a previous ELGL feature which is included below. Two snaps and a hey for Karen! Previous ELGL feature on Karen: What’s it like transitioning … Continue reading
A former chief of staff for State Sens. Burdick and Metsger, Jen has transitioned to working as a policy analyst for Cover Oregon. Cover Oregon is a central marketplace where Oregon individuals and employers will be able to shop for health insurance plans and access financial assistance to help pay for coverage. With the Affordable Care … Continue reading
ELGL member Anthony Petchel is living the dream of every kid in Portland. He is working for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). While we’re sure his job is fun, he doesn’t spend his days in the science playground playing with silly-putty or making sand castles. Instead, Anthony is the Director of Development … Continue reading
Courtney has taken the leap back to the public sector after spending several years at Beery Elsner. Her individual practice areas at Beery Elsner were municipal law and governance and urban renewal and economic development. We caught up with Courtney to discuss her job transition, her career accomplishments, and of course, her best lawyer joke. … Continue reading
Gary Rebello has been learning the nuisances of the public sector since April 2011 when he began working for Marion County. Before that experience, Gary had spent the bulk of his career in the private sector working for LaCrosse Footwear, Mentor Graphics Corporation, and Intel. He now finds himself leading the human resources department for the … Continue reading
What’s it like transitioning from working for a county to working for a city? How about returning to a five-day work week after working a four-day work week? These are the questions we had for Karen Pearson who recently dealt with these transitions. We also asked her for a few tips for on the job … Continue reading
If you can’t reach your childhood dream of playing in the NHL, why not settle for second best by becoming the Bend Assistant City Manager. That’s where Jon Skidmore landed which turned out quite well, since if Jon was in the NHL his family might have missed out on Christmas this year due to the … Continue reading
While there are many attributes ELGL appreciates about Joe Gall, what we appreciate most is you will never hear “I’m too busy” as an excuse from Joe. We often wonder how he has time for everything and we concluded he probably has a dirty room at home. Other than that, we hope others in local … Continue reading
As we suffer through the cold, rainy season in Oregon, ELGL thought it would be timely to catch up with one of our California members, Amanda Lamb. Amanda was an early ELGL supporter and helped raise ELGL’s visibility among county staff. Earlier this year, Amanda made the transition from Multnomah County to the City of … Continue reading
The City of Jerome, Idaho shares few similarities with Portland, Oregon but that is where we caught up with ELGL member Zoe Monahan. Zoe is transitioning from working as a assistant planner for the City of Sherwood to serving as the community development director in Jerome, Idaho. Her new position is providing the crucial skills (supervisory skills, land … Continue reading
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