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Board President
District—5, Seat Two (Bend)

Rory is a Staff Attorney at Central Oregon LandWatch. In that role, he advocates for the public interest in land use and environmental issues throughout Central Oregon.

Rory received his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law and M.C.R.P. (Master of Community and Regional Planning) from the University of Oregon Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management in 2016. He earned a B.A. in Geography from the University of Arizona. His Master’s thesis investigated the effectiveness of transportation funding and programming mechanisms to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals.

Rory and his wife live in Bend and he represents CUB members who live in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. He enjoys hiking, cycling, paddling, climbing, and skiing the many roads, trails, lakes, rivers, and mountains of Oregon; traveling to new and old places; and serving at the pleasure of his twin cats, Pancho and Lefty.

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Vice President
District—1, Seat Three (NW Portland)

Michael retired from Avangrid Renewables, formerly known as Iberdrola, in October of 2016. At Avangrid he was responsible for sales and marketing activities of renewable energy in Southern California, and throughout the Rocky Mountains; including Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Michael’s career in the energy industry has spanned over 30 years and included work in commercial business, marketing, trading, generation, transmission systems, power contracts and fuel procurement. He holds a B. A. from Arizona State University. Michael and his husband live in NW Portland and he represents CUB members in District 1. He enjoys golf, boating, hiking, and is a beginner piano player.

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Treasurer
District—2, Seat One (Lakeview)

Shelley is a native Oregonian who has lived in every Oregon congressional district. Presently Shelley lives in Lakeview where she represents CUB members in District 2. Along with being the Town of Lakeview Finance Director, Shelley and her husband own Tall Town Bike & Camp, supporting the many cyclists, skiers,  hikers and long-distance backpackers who are discovering the region.

Shelley is committed to community involvement. In addition to the CUB Board, she sits on the Lake County Library Board and is involved in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Literacy Program through the library.  She is part of the volunteer committee working on restoring and reopening the historical Alger Theater. In her spare time, she is an avid cyclist, former marathon walker and sings in the local ladies’ choir (Sagebrush Echoes).

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Board Member
District—1, Seat One (SW Portland)

Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez is a Professor and Associate School Head in the School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) at Oregon State University. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Vermont. His grid integration work spans from rural mini-grid distributed energy resources to transmission-level renewable generation. His technical contributions are focused on power system modeling, resilience, and security. These interests spire into several other research areas such as nonlinear dynamics, complex systems, smart grids, microgrids, and wide-area power system data.

Eduardo and his family live in Southwest Portland, representing CUB members in District 1. They enjoy taking the dogs for hikes around Portland, running, DIY projects at home, and traveling.

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Board Secretary
District—3, Seat Three (Happy Valley)

Ankur Doshi is the General Counsel for the Oregon State Bar. Previously Ankur worked as an attorney for TriMet and was staff litigation counsel at R.B. Pamplin Corporation. Prior to that, he was a civil rights investigator with the Bureau of Labor and Industries in Oregon.

Ankur received his B.A. in Political Communications from The George Washington University, and his J.D. from Cornell Law School. He lives in Happy Valley with his wife and two children, and represents CUB members in District 3. In his free time, Ankur enjoys tinkering with electronics and computers, cooking, reading, and exploring Portland.

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Board Member
District—4, Seat One (Corvallis)

Christy Anderson Brekken is a Legal, Policy, and Partnerships Advisor based in Corvallis, Oregon and is Of Counsel with Felling, Reid, and Duxbury, based in Albany, Oregon. She assists locally-grounded organizations in strategic planning across legal, economic, social, cultural, and geographical domains. Her law practice specializes in farm organization and succession planning to preserve the legacy of Oregon family farms through mission-driven solutions such as working lands and conservation easements, stewardship trusts, agrivoltaics, and other organizational innovations.

Christy received her law degree from the University of Minnesota in 2005, Masters degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University in 2011, and her Dr. Philos. degree from the Norwegian University of Environment and Life Sciences in 2024. She lives with her husband, two children, and dog in Corvallis, where they are avid bike commuters and engaged community members. She enjoys knitting, board games, gardening, farmers markets, cooking, and eating.

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Board Member
District—4, Seat Three (Eugene)

Pam has a 30+ year public and private sector history in social services, economic development, legislative advocacy, grants management, public rights of way advocacy, and telecommunications program management.

Pam has held leadership roles in both the Oregon Chapter and the national board of National Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) and is a long-time member of the American Public Works Association. She was a 4-year member of the Governor-appointed Oregon Telecommunications Coordinating Council. She was a 4-year appointee of the US Department of Interior to the BLM grants advisory committee for the Lane-Linn-Benton region, disbursing grants for critical water and land improvement projects.

Pam is a past recipient of an Oregon Connections Broadband Project Team Award and the Edwin B. Parker Enduring Achievement Award. Pam is a long-time Planning Committee member of the Oregon Connections Telecommunications Conference. She holds a Master of Arts in Social Psychology from the University of California, Davis. Pam and her husband Jeff Johnston are long-time Eugeneans and enjoy everything outdoors, RV jaunts, photography, their 10’x30’ HO Scale Railroad layout, and above all, seeing their grandchildren as often as possible.

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Board Member
District—5, Seat One (Bend)

Dan is a retired engineer with a 38-year career in the aerospace industry focused on the development and testing of aircraft flight control systems, aircraft integration & test facilities, and flight simulators. Following his retirement in 2018, Dan made it his mission to learn about and advocate for the clean energy transition as the most effective solution to limit global warming and climate change. Dan has become involved in local volunteer advocacy groups, including Electrify Oregon and Energize Bend, which are focused on educating and coaching the public about home and vehicle electrification choices.

Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and completed the Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Certificate program at the Stanford Center for Professional Development in 2020. Dan and his wife have lived in Bend for the past 7 years and take every chance to get outdoors in Central Oregon, particularly for alpine skiing, hiking, and mountain biking. They also enjoy SCUBA diving in the tropics and other international travel.

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Board Member
District—1, Seat Two (NW Portland)

Keith Kueny has worked in the energy sector for over a decade. Originally hailing from Kansas, Keith chose to stay in Oregon after attending Willamette University School of Law to pursue a career advocating for low-income Oregonians. Hist first job after school was with the Community Action Partnership of Oregon (CAPO). At CAPO, he was the energy policy manager where he helped guide policy and programming for agencies delivering energy assistance and weatherization programs for vulnerable communities. During this time, he was a partner with CUB for several low-income focused initiatives including the cold weather moratorium, increasing the Oregon Energy Assistance Program, and the energy directives in the Covid relief bills.

Currently, Keith is the Energy and Resiliency Manager for the Farmers Conservation Alliance, a nonprofit that specializes in irrigation modernization. Keith works with a team that manages irrigation districts through a modernization process that upgrades aging open canals, usually built at the turn of the 20th century. When these canals are piped, it offers a unique opportunity to develop renewable energy with in-conduit hydropower technology. Keith manages the energy development processes that lead to shovel-ready projects.

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Board Member
District—4, Seat Two (Corvallis)

Ashley is a Ph.D. student in Applied Economics at Oregon State University. Her research focuses on the intersection of recreational, social media, and public land management issues. She earned her B.S. in Economics from Portland State University in 2011 and her Master’s in Applied Economics in 2020.

Ashley and her husband are lifelong Oregonians from Logsden and Corvallis, respectively. They currently reside in Corvallis where Ashley represents members in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. She is an outdoor enthusiast and is only one long distance trail away from her triple crown; Pacific Crest Trail (2011) and Continental Divide Trail (2014).

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Board Member
District—6, Seat One (Polk County)

Chris is a retired federal government analyst and investigative journalist. He most recently was a senior analyst for the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of the U.S. Congress. There, his work focused on research, investigations, and analysis as directed by law and members of Congress, in areas including: waste, fraud, and abuse in various federal programs; federal safety oversight of the commercial space industry; abusive practices in the college student debit card industry; and investor outcomes and federal regulator performance during the Madoff investment fraud. Before that, he was an investigative journalist for several publications, including the San Jose Mercury News, U.S. News & World Report, and Business Week. His work included: government secrecy; the environment; health care; the Enron scandal; unequal justice for minority defendants in the court system; the influence of money in politics; and public employee retirement fraud.

He received a J.D. from George Mason University; an M.B.A from Boston University; and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst.

Chris is a Rhode Island native, and currently lives in Polk County, with his wife and two cats. He enjoys landscape photography, kayaking, exploring Oregon, and, while working, mentoring young staff.