2023 Speaker
Shianne Scott Labor Arbitrator and Mediator and Principal of Scott Dispute Resolution Shianne Scott has over twenty-five years of combined labor/employment experience. Ms. Scott is currently a labor arbitrator and mediator and principal of Scott Dispute Resolution....
2023 Speaker, Profile
Darrin Boyce SMART Local 16 2023 keynote...
2023 Speaker, Profile
Scott Oldham IUPAT DC#5 Painters Local #10, District Council 5 2023 keynote...
2023 Speaker, Profile
Amanda Sager Operations Organizer, Portland, Jobs with Justice 2023 keynote...
2023 Speaker, Profile
Sarah Thompson Organizing Program Manager, AFSCME Council 75 Sarah Thompson is the Organizing Program Manager at Oregon AFSCME. She first got involved in the labor movement when she tried to organize a union at Borders Books and Music in the 1990’s. Since that first...
2020, 2023 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...
2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 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...
2018, 2019, 2023 Speaker, Profile
Shirin Khosravi Member, Oregon Employment Relations Board Shirin Khosravi is a Member of the Employment Relations Board. She received her B.A. from Bard College and her J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School. Before joining the Board, Shirin was the Supervising Attorney...
2017, 2023 Speaker, Profile
Christina Stephenson Civil Rights Attorney, Oregon Labor Commissioner-elect Christina Stephenson is a native Oregonian and was elected Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries in November of 2022. Prior to becoming Labor Commissioner, Christina was a small...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 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, 2023 Speaker, Profile
Adam L. Rhynard Board Chair, Employment Relations Board Adam earned his B.F.A. and M.A. at the University of Arizona and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. Before moving to Oregon, he practiced extensively in the areas of labor, employment, and...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023 Speaker, Profile
Richard G. McCracken General Counsel, UNITE HERE General Counsel, Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Internal Association (“SMART”) Rich is a partner in McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry, headquartered in San Francisco. His work has been concentrated...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 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, 2019, 2023 Speaker, Profile
Jessica Dietz Officer in Charge, NLRB Subregion 36 In 2015, Jessica Dietz was appointed Officer in Charge of NLRB Subregion 36 after working as a Field Examiner in the Portland office for nine years. She leads the Subregion’s outreach program and is a frequent speaker...
2015, 2016, 2019, 2023 Speaker, Profile
Barbara Diamond (she/they) Diamond ADR Arbiter Barbara J. Diamond became a labor arbitrator after practicing union side labor law for over thirty years. She is a graduate of NYU Law School and Binghamton University as well as the Federal Mediation and Conciliation...