| Angela Donley, Senate Majority Office Senior Policy Advisor, Oregon Legislature Angela Donley is a third-generation Oregonian from Bend and a mother to an 8-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter with her high school sweetheart. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor's in education and a certified alcohol and drug counselor certification. She spent over eight years providing direct social work to low-income families, adjudicated teens, and foster youth before she received her master's in social work from Portland State University with a focus on macro social work. Angela has worked for nine Oregon elected officials at the state and local levels. Her focus areas are Human Service, Public Safety, Housing, and Education. She has been a policy advisor for the Senate Majority Office since 2022 and teaches as an adjunct professor at the Portland State University School of Social Work.
| | | Emerson Hamlin, Political Organizer, Oregon Nurses Association
Emerson Hamlin has worked for the Oregon Nurses
Association since 2022. Prior to joining ONA, they served in two state
legislative offices and worked on various political campaigns. They were proud
to participate in the successful effort to form the first state legislative
staff union in the United States. In Emerson's free time, you can find them
West Coast Swing dancing, or hanging out with their cat, Sir Ollie.
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| James I. Manning Jr., Senator, Senate District 7, Oregon Legislature
James began his professional and community service as a state corrections officer, and later a police officer, railroad special agent and private investigator prior to enlisting into the United States Army 1 April 1983. James honorably retired from the United States Army after over 24 years active service. Since retiring from the U.S. Army in 2007 James and wife Lawanda (married 38 years) moved to Eugene where he continues to volunteer his time and unique talents serving his community as a mediator and on a number of nonprofits, local, and state boards and commissions. James served on the Board for the Pearl Buck Center Inc., and volunteered for United Way of Lane County. He is currently appointed to the Bethel School District Budget Committee and the Bethel School District Long-Term Facility Planning Committee. He co-founded of a community supported foundation that provides scholarships to underrepresented and low income students. James was appointed by two Oregon governors to the Oregon Commission on Black Affairs, and served three consecutive terms as Chair. He served six years as a member of the City of Eugene Police Commission, chaired the Police Commission Outreach Resources Committee, co-chaired the Gang Awareness Planning Committee, and was member to the policy screening committee. James was appointed to the Oregon State Senate for Senate District 7 on December 12, 2016.
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| Mark Owens, Representative, House District 60, Oregon Legislature
Mark Owens is the state representative for Oregon's House District 60. He is a local farmer, small business owner, Crane School Board Member, and former Harney County Commissioner. During the 2023 interim, Mark is Vice-Chair of the House Interim Committee On Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. He also serves on the Joint Emergency Board, and on the House Interim Committee On Climate, Energy, and Environment, and as an alternate on the House Interim Committee on Conduct and the Joint Committee. He also serves as House Republican Deputy Leader.
Eastern Oregon has been Mark's home for over 32 years, but his history in the community goes back much farther. Although he grew up in Boring, Oregon, Mark spent his summers as a teenager working on a ranch in Harney County before moving here as a young adult, meeting his wife, and making frontier Oregon their home. He currently owns and operates an alfalfa farm and custom haying business in Harney County. When not working on his farm, running his small businesses, or serving in public capacities, Mark enjoys traveling with his family, visiting his daughter in college, watching his son play sports, and fishing.
| | | Mazen Malik, Senior Economist, Legislative Revenue Office, Oregon Legislature Mazen Malik worked for the non-partisan Office for the last 22 years and provides the Oregon Legislature with analyses and evaluations of tax and revenue policy. As an expert in multiple subject areas, he issued many publications, presentations, impact statements, and research reports. Prior to joining LRO, Mazen was the Chief Transportation Economist for the State of Oregon. Mazen has been involved in civil and human rights work and organizations for the better part of forty years, where he started his work early during college years in support of Arab, Palestinian rights, and the rights for international students and the student body at large. He was one of the founders of the Capitol DEI committee in 2017 and served on the executive leadership of the Capitol DEI Committee for 3 years, where he was the chair of the committee during 2018-19.
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| Nolan Douglass, Manager of Member Engagement, Partners in Diversity Nolan Douglass joined Partners in Diversity in 2023 as its first Partner Engagement Manager, bringing with him many years of experience in DEI and legislative strategy. With a background in social impact, Nolan joined from the Governor’s office where he was part of the equity team under both Governor Kate Brown and Governor Tina Kotek. In this role, he spearheaded the legislative workings and facilitation for the Racial Justice Council, seven committees, and five workgroups addressing critical issues from criminal and data justice to economic opportunity and workforce procurement. Nolan has also worked as a liaison for the Governor’s DOC subcommittee to support Restorative Justice practices within the Oregon State Penitentiary and support those within youth correctional facilities.
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| Oanh Nguyen, Policy Advisor, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement Oanh Nguyen joined the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement as the Policy Advisor in 2024. Prior to this role, she worked in the Oregon Legislature as the Policy Analyst for the Oregon Legislative Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Caucus, a bicameral coalition of lawmakers united by a vision of a more racially equitable Oregon. Her work in public service is built on her lived experience as an immigrant Oregonian and a decade-long career in immigration justice working a researcher, policy advocate, and direct service provider. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, where she specialized in the political economy of labor migration.
| | | Phillip Lemman, Deputy State Court Administrator, Oregon Judicial Department
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| Sarah El Ebiary, House District 51 Legislative Assistant, Oregon Legislature
Sarah El Ebiary is an Intellectual Property attorney and is also working as a Chief of Staff at the Oregon Legislature. She has worked on several election campaigns at the local, state, federal, and presidential levels for candidates in Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii, Minnesota, and Iowa. She previously worked a legislative assistant for the Urban League of Portland and was also chosen for their Diversity and Civic Leadership Fellowship. She was among the class of Diversity Scholars for the American Bar Association's National Conference of Bar Presidents, as well as the Oregon State Bar Association's section on Diversity and Inclusion for its Leadership Institute cohort. Sarah is a lifelong Oregonian who often mentors and speaks on the importance of activating youth and minorities involvement in politics.
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