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Jose Ibarra, Woodburn
Jose Ibarra is a management team member in US Bank's Oregon Mid Valley Region. An active community organizer and civic leader, he has served on the Commission since 2002 and was elected Chair, effective July 1, 2008. Mr. Ibarra was recently reappointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski to serve another 3-year term on the Commission.
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David Molina, Fairview
David Molina is an entrepreneur, and Co-Founder and Chief Executive of The BilingualHire Company, an online job resource for organizations to recruit bilingual [Spanish+ English] talent, and for bilingual talent to advance their careers. A community activist, he has served on the Commission since April 2006 and was recently elected Vice Chair, effective July 1, 2008.
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Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Ph.D., Corvallis
Dr. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry is Former Department Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department and Chicana/o Studies Professor at Oregon State University. An longtime community activist, author and writer, she has served on the Commission since July 2007.
Verenice Gutierrez, Ph.D., Happy Valley
Dr. Verenice Gutierrez is an Assistant Principal at Hosford Middle School in the Portland Public Schools, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix. As the first in her family to attend college, and product of the bilingual program of the El Paso Independent School District, she is passionate about serving students. Dr. Gutierrez has served on the Commission since July 2008.
Raymond C. Caballero, Portland
Raymond C. Caballero, formerly in law practice in El Paso, Texas, now resides in Northeast Portland and is active in community affairs. Mr. Caballero serves on the Oregon Progress Board, the Environmental Justice Task Force, and has served on the Commission since July 2008.
Michael Boyer, Newport
Michael Boyer is an ESL/ELL Teacher in the Lincoln County School District in Lincoln City. A passionate advocate for immigrant children, he has served on the Commission since October 2007.
Lily Caceres, Lake Oswego
Dagoberto Morales-Duran, Medford
Nina Sobotta, Stanfield
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Senator Fred Girod- R-Stayton, District 9
Senator Girod began his public service in the House of Representatives in 1992. He was recently appointed to serve a two-year term on the Commission. [read full bio]
Representative Chip Shields- D-Portland, District 43
Prior to being elected to the House of Representatives in 2005, Rep. Shields served as Executive Director of Better People, a non-profit, living-wage and counseling job placement center in N/NE Portland that he founded in 1998. He was recently apponted to serve a two-year term on the Commission. [read full bio]
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