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, Profile
Mark Brenner (LERC), UFCW Local 555, IUPAT Local 10 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 directing Labor Notes, a...
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 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, 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 Speaker, Profile
Caren Sencer Caren Sencer is a shareholder with the law firm of Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld. Caren has represented unions in all aspects of labor and employment law, as well as provided institutional advice to unions. Ms. Sencer regularly practices before the...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 Speaker, Profile
David Rosenfeld David Rosenfeld is a shareholder with the law firm of Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld. David has been practicing union-side labor law since his graduation from University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 1973. Mr. Rosenfeld has argued...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 Speaker, Profile
Richard G. McCracken General Counsel, UNITE HERE General Counsel, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Internal Association (“SMART”) Richard McCracken became a Senior Counsel at McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP on January 1, 2023. He was the...
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 Speaker, Profile
Liz Joffe McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP Liz Joffe is a founding partner of McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP in Portland, Oregon. She has been working with the labor movement since 1988, when, after graduating from the University of Michigan, she worked with the UAW’s legal...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024 Speaker, Co-planner, Profile
John Bishop Co-Planner, Attorney, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP John Bishop is a founding partner of McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP, in Portland, Oregon, a law firm that specializes in union-side labor law. John has devoted his entire legal career to representing labor unions...
2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, Co-planner, Profile
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 and civil proceedings. Noah has successfully represented unions...
