2027 Speaker
Talia Yasmeen Guerriero Founder, Beacon Employment Law. Talia Yasmeen Guerriero founded Beacon Employment Law from a passion for advancing social justice and civil rights and with a desire to help people find their voice in situations of disempowerment. Talia has...
2027 Speaker
Emily Templin Fox Attorney, Fox Law LLC Emily Teplin Fox is an experienced civil rights litigator who represents workers, tenants, and others willing to stand up to powerful interests. After graduating from Yale Law School in 2007, Emily started her legal career as an...
2027 Speaker
Sarah Drescher Managing Partner, Tedesco Law Group. Shortly after graduating law school in 2004, Sarah began working as an Associate attorney for Michael Tedesco. Together, they established Tedesco Law Group. Sarah is an equity partner at the firm and served as the...
2027 Speaker
Allen Smith Position Bio to...
2027 Speaker
Katelyn Oldham Shareholder, Oldham Law Offices Katelyn has been practicing law for more than twenty years. She has a traditional labor law practice and represents labor unions before arbitrators, state labor boards, and the National Labor Relations Board. She also...
2027 Speaker
Jessica Giannettino Villatoro Deputy Labor Commissioner, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. Jess Giannettino Villatoro (she/her) is the Deputy Labor Commissioner for the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, appointed in 2023 by Commissioner Christina Stephenson....
2027 Speaker
Tina Fletcher President, Ullico Casualty Group, LLC. Ms. Fletcher oversees all daily activities of Ullico’s property and casualty department, which includes supervising teams of underwriting, claims, and marketing professionals. She also manages Ullico Casualty...
2027 Speaker
Lane Toensmeier General Counsel, Oregon AFSCME. Bio to...
2027 Speaker
Sarah Moe Lead Organizer, Oregon AFSCME. Bio to...
2027 Speaker
Charles Du Deputy General Counsel, SEIU 32BJ Charles Du is Deputy General Counsel with SEIU 32BJ in New York, which represents property services workers. Charles has extensive experience in worker representation and policy...
2027 Speaker
Lynn Rhinehart Senior Fellow, Economic Policy Institute Lynn Rhinehart is a senior fellow at EPI, where she works on labor and employment policy with a focus on unions and collective bargaining. Rhinehart returns to EPI after serving in the Biden administration as a...
2026, 2027 Speaker
Charese Rohny McKanna Bishop Joffe LLP. Charese specializes in representing private and public employees in employment law, discrimination, civil rights and labor law matters. Since 1995, Charese has advised and represented public and private employees on wide range...
2026, 2027 Speaker
Dorothy Foley Arbitrator Dorothy Foley graduated from the Benjamin N. Cardozo (Yeshiva University) School of Law. While in law school she interned for the Brooklyn (NY) District Attorney’s Office and the law firm of Carpenter, Bennett and Morrissey. After law school...
2026, 2027 Speaker
Brenna Wolf Field Attorney, National Labor Relations Board Brenna is a Field Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board, based in Subregion 36 in Portland, Oregon. She handles unfair labor practice and representational matters throughout the Pacific Northwest,...
2025, 2026, 2027 Speaker
Krista Cordova Attorney, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP. Krista joined the firm in 2023, after serving as in house counsel for ATU 757. She has extensive experience in representing public sector unions and their members in administrative hearings and arbitration. She also...
2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 Speaker
Benjamin O’Glasser Member, Oregon Employment Relations Ben O’Glasser is a Member of the Oregon Employment Relations Board, first appointed by Governor Kotek as a Board Member effective May 1, 2023. Before joining the Board, he was a pro tem judge for the...
2020, 2025, 2026, 2027 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...
2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 Speaker, Profile
Caren Sencer Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld Caren Sencer is a shareholder in the Alameda office of 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, 2027 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, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 Speaker
Daniel Hutzenbiler Attorney, McKanna Bishop Joffe, LLP. Dan began working with McKanna Bishop Joffe in 2016, after working for nine years at Seattle-based Robblee Detwiler & Black and previously serving as general counsel for the Washington and Northern...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 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, 2027 Speaker, Profile
Richard G. McCracken Senior Counsel, McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP. Richard McCracken became a Senior Counsel at McCracken Stemerman & Holsberry, LLP on January 1, 2023. He was the principal counsel to the Culinary Workers and Bartenders unions in Las...
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 Speaker, Profile
Elizabeth 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...
2015, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2026, 2027 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...
