Nesbitt tapped for Kulongoski's transition steering committee

SALEM - Tim Nesbitt, president of the Oregon AFL-CIO, has been named to Governor-elect Ted Kulongoski's transition steering committee.

The group will help the longtime Democrat shape his administration, which he says will focus on the economy and living-wage jobs.

"I've always reached out to the best people available regardless of their political beliefs," Kulongoski said. "The people of Oregon expect the best and this transition team helps me set the table to grow the economy and create good jobs."

The team consists of leaders from throughout the state, with members from Bend, Corvallis, Newport, Echo, Umatilla, Baker City, Roseburg, Medford, Salem and the Portland metropolitan area.

Kulongoski will rely on this group to advise him on the creation of his administration and he said he will use them on a regular basis throughout his term in office.

"Government must be restructured. We must do things differently and this group will help me make the smart choices necessary to accomplish this," Kulongoski said.

Transition team members besides Nesbitt are: Chair Tom Imeson, a principal at Goldschmidt Imeson Carter, a consulting firm in Portland. Imeson served as chief of staff for Governor Neil Goldschmidt and worked for 16 years for U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield; Pamela Hulse Andrews, CEO of Cascade Publications in Bend; Peter Bragdon, senior counsel and director of intellectual property at Columbia Sportswear Company in Portland; Thomas Bruner, executive director of the Cascade Aids Project in Portland; Marty Brantley, retired president of KPTV Oregon's 12 in Portland; Duncan Campbell, founder and chairman of The Campbell Group, a timberland investment advisory firm in Portland; Karla Chambers, vice president/co-owner of Stahlbush Island Farms in Corvallis; Debi Coleman, co-managing partner of SmartForest Ventures in Portland; Sho Dozono, president and chief executive officer of Azumano Travel/American Express in Portland; Gerry Frank, president of Gerry's Frankly Speaking, Inc. in Salem; Scott Gibson, CEO of Gibson Enterprises and chairman of the board of Radisys Corporation; Matt Hennessee, president and CEO of QuikTrak, Inc., in Lake Oswego; Rom�n Hern�ndez, an associate at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt in Portland; Onno Husing, executive director of the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association, a non-profit organization representing cities, counties, port and soil and water conservation districts on the Oregon Coast; Jack Isselmann, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary at Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. in Portland; Paul Kelly, general counsel for international law & government affairs to Nike Inc., in Beaverton; Robert Levy, owner of L & L Farms located near Echo; Les Minthorn, treasurer for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in Pendleton; Mike Nelson, owner of Nelson Real Estate, Inc. in Baker City; Howard Sohn, chair of the board of Lone Rock Timber Company in Roseburg; Gordon Sondland, co-chair of The Aspen Companies in Gresham; and Nancy Tait, president and CEO of Bear Creek Corporation in Medford.

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