2023
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, 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, 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...
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....
2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 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, 2024, 2026 Speaker, Profile
Christina Stephenson Oregon Labor Commissioner 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 business owner and civil...
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, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 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, 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, 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, 2019, 2023, 2024, 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, 2025, 2026 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...
