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Policy Committees
- Business and Finance Committee
- Chair. Randy Miller, The Moore Company
- OBA believes a healthy business environment is essential for fostering economic growth. This committee was formed to analyze business climate and economic development issues including those that impact business profitability such as regulatory requirements, wage-related issues, immigration issues, cost changing mandates, tax credits and incentives. The committee also focuses on tax and finance issues.
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- Education Committee
- Chair (acting). Ruth Beyer, Stoel Rives LLP
- OBA works to develop a world-class education system from pre-kindergarten through higher education. The committee was formed to analyze educational issues such as funding and policy issues related to curriculum requirements, workforce training and life-long learning, cost-savings mechanisms and skill assessment.
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- Environment Committee
- Chair. Chris Rich, Perkins Coie LLP
- OBA believes that healthy, sustainable environmental practices can go hand-in-hand with a strong, healthy economy. This committee addresses traditional environmental issues as well as land use, water and air quality, forestry, and economic development in the clean energy sector.
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- Good Government Committee
- Chair: Anne Glazer, Stoel Rives LLP
- OBA believes that good government practices are important to the formation of good public policy. This committee was formed to analyze statewide governance issues with significant long-term effects. Recent issues addressed by this committee include election reform including campaign finance, judicial elections and judicial compensation, initiative reform and legislative process.
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- Health Policy Committee
- Chair: Ross Dwinell, Western Benefits, Inc.
- OBA believes that health care affordability and access are critical business issues. This committee was formed to analyze business health care insurance and related issues such as traditional employer health care insurance cost containment as well as societal and public sector health, health care and health policy issues including delivery, parity and quality.
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- Transportation Committee
- Chair: Dan Block, D.W. Block, Associates
- OBA works to restore and maintain a reliable, efficient infrastructure and transportation system that accommodates growth and moves people and goods efficiently. This committee examines issues of multi-modal planning and the associated funding issues.
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