Gov. John Kitzhaber has submitted the names of 44 appointees to state boards and commissions for confirmation by the Oregon Senate. The Senate Rules Committee will meet at 8 a.m. Dec. 10 in Hearing Room B at the Capitol to consider nominations and hear from first-time appointees. The full Senate will vote on recommendations at 11 a.m. Dec. 12.
Among the nominees from organized labor:
Ken Allen, executive director of Oregon AFSCME Council 75, to the Oregon Health and Science University board of directors.
Michael Rose of Elkton, special representative for the International Association of Machinists, to the Board of Forestry.
Felisa Hagins of Service Employees International Union Local 49, to the Oregon Health Policy Board.
Ben Stange of Monmouth’s International Association of Fire Fighters, to a labor seat on the Workers’ Compensation Management-Labor Advisory Committee.
