Friday, September 6, 2013

August 2013 Event

The Joan Seitz Law Society's August event featured Kendall Clawson from the Governor's Office who spoke about opportunities to become leaders in Oregon by joining boards and commissions. 
Ms. Clawson is Director of Executive Appointments as well as the Arts and Culture Policy Advisor to Governor Kitzhaber. As a member of Governor John Kitzhaber's Senior Staff, the Director of Executive Appointments is responsible for the recruitment, appointment and management of the 2500 members of Oregon state boards and commissions. The Governor's Executive Appointments Office makes direct appointments to approximately 312 boards, commissions, task forces and work groups.

Ms. Clawson discussed the process of joining boards and commissions, and the desirability of women serving in those roles.  Her aim was to recruit more people, especially women, to serve the State and bring special insight that we have as women lawyers to those positions to affect positive change.  She also discussed how serving on boards and commissions is a great way for professionals to network, improve our resumes and introduce us to the political arena.
  
What are boards and commissions?  Most major state agencies and departments are headed by policy making boards appointed by the Governor. These very important citizens help the Governor in his efforts to highlight advocacy, create innovative community strategies, generate policy, and strengthen the responsiveness of governmental agencies.



The Joan Seitz Law Society is holding its next event on September 27th at noon in the Ford room at the Douglas County Library.  The topic of that event will be Domestic Violence in Douglas County, including local statistics and resources as well as presentation on screening for Domestic Violence during client contact. 

No comments:

Post a Comment