David retired in 2018 after serving over eight years as City Manager for Independence, Oregon. While Independence was not the last City in which David served, there was none better over a 40-year public service career...

Mrs. Direlle R. Calica. J.D. has over 20-years of experience as a legislative, policy, planning, and regulatory advisor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office-District of Oregon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Intertribal...

Drawing on a 30-year career in Oregon state service and six years as chief executive of a natural resource agency, I now lead Portland State University's Executive Seminar in Natural Resources Leadership Program, based...

Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Service at PSU.

Senior Fellow

Gabe is Cayuse and Walla Walla, an enrolled citizen of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Gabe has worked for the past twenty years on behalf of the advocacy, protection and restoration of Indigenous...

Ivy O’Neal is a Center for Public Service Fellow. She currently serves as the Capstone Advisor and Instructor within the Executive Master of Public Administration program. Additionally, Ivy works with visiting scholars...

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Kent Robinson is a CPS Senior Fellow with an interest in local government service design, public revenue and finances, and public program governance. Kent has served as the project team leader for several CPS consulting...

KONO, Nariyo, Ph.D, is Senior Fellow, Center for Public Service and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University Studies Program at Portland State University in Oregon, USA.  Born and educated in Japan, Nariyo Kono received...

Nhu To-Haynes is a public health consultant and instructor with over 25 years of public health experience at both local and state levels of government. Dedicated to providing innovative and comprehensive technical...

Ms. Reva Feldman is an executive level leader with over 25 years of experience working in local  government, city management, finance, budgeting, legislative matters, grant management, leadership development, special...

Dr. Mogren completed a 27-year career as an Army engineer officer in June 2001. His final assignment was to serve as the Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff for the Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division headquartered...

Bob Winthrop has been a part-time Senior Fellow with Portland State's Center for Public Service since 2010. He led the development of the Center's expertise in Oregon public sector compensation. Bob has co-authored...

Ron Buchanan is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon. Prior, he was CISO for the state of Washington and Chief Information Risk Officer and Director, Information...

Sara is a research fellow for the Public Compensation team at Portland State University’s Center for Public Service (CPS). Her work focuses on data collection, data analysis, and report writing. In addition, she is...

Dr. Lazenby serves as Adjunct Associate Professor for the Center for Public Service and has taught courses in both the EMPA and MPA programs since 2007. In his research and projects role at CPS, Lazenby specializes...

Serina Fast Horse (Sicangu Lakota & Blackfeet) is a PSU post-baccalaureate student completing a second major in Indigenous Nations Studies to complement her BS in Community Development. Her multidisciplinary undergraduate...

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