2020, Profile
Val Hoyle Oregon Labor Commissioner. Val Hoyle was born at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California on February 14th, 1964 and grew up in a proud union household in New England. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a concentration in...
2020, Profile
David Gaba Arbitrator and Mediator, Compass Law Group PS Inc. David Gaba is a graduate of the University of Nebraska receiving his J.D. from the College of Law in 1984 and his M.B.A. in 1987. Since joining the bar he served as an attorney for the Department of Labor,...
2020, 2025, 2026 Speaker, Profile
Mark Brenner University of Oregon’s Labor Education & Research Center Mark is a career instructor at University of Oregon’s Labor Education and Research Center, where he focuses on teaching and leadership development. He is best known for his 12-year tenure...
2020, Profile
Kim Kelly Labor Journalist — Teen Vogue, The New Republic Kim Kelly is a freelance writer and organizer born in rural South Jersey and currently based in Philadelphia. She is the labor columnist for Teen Vogue, and a columnist on class and labor at the New Republic....
2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Speaker, Conference Organizer, Profile
Graham Trainor President, Oregon AFL-CIO Graham grew up in a small, rural, Midwestern town in the heart of the historical stronghold of the American automobile manufacturing industry, not far from the birthplace of the United Automobile Workers. His grandfather, a...
2019, 2020, 2025, 2026 Speaker, Co-planner, Profile
Diana Winther Co-Planner, General Counsel, IBEW Local 48. Diana attended Lewis and Clark Law School. Prior to becoming general counsel of IBEW Local 48 in 2015, Diana was a law clerk at St. Andrew Legal Clinic, the Oregon Education Association, the Labor Education and...
2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Speaker, Profile
Caren Sencer Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld Caren Sencer is a shareholder in the Alameda officeof Weinberg, Roger &; Rosenfeld. Since 2004, she has represented unions in all aspects of labor and employment law, as well as provided institutional advice to unions....
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Speaker, Profile
David Rosenfeld Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld. David Rosenfeld has been practicing Union law since 1973. He has argued many important cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court, various federal and state courts of appeal and the NLRB. His...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2026 Speaker, Profile
Richard G. McCracken McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP. Richard became Senior Counsel on January 1, 2023. He was the principal counsel to the Culinary Workers and Bartenders unions in Las Vegas from 1987 to 2020. He was General Counsel of the International...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, Profile
Richard F. Liebman Attorney, Barran Liebman, LLP Although he is a management attorney, Rick is quick to point out that he has represented a number of Unions in their capacity as an employer. Rick has been representing employers in labor and employment law since 1972....
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, Profile
Howell Lankford Arbitrator and Mediator After graduating from Reed College, Howell had a few real jobs and then became a lawyer in 1977. He was an administrative law judge for Oregon ERB for five years and became a full time arbitrator in...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Speaker, Profile
Liz Joffe McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP After graduating from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1988, Liz worked at the UAW International in Detroit. Liz then attended the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkley, graduating in 1993....
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024, 2025, Co-planner, Profile
John Bishop Co-Planner, Attorney, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP John has spent his entire legal career working exclusively for labor unions and their members in disputes with employers. He began his legal practice in New York City in 1985 and continued it after moving to...
2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2025, Co-planner, Profile
Noah Barish Co-Planner, Attorney, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP Noah Barish, Co-Planner, Attorney, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP. Noah practices in the areas of labor and employment law, representing private and public sector labor unions and their members in administrative...
