Jessica Adamson

Jessica Adamson

Jessica Adamson is the Executive Director, State Government & Public Affairs for Providence where she oversees the state government relations efforts in seven states for the not-for-profit health system. Adamson has spent her career in and around Oregon state...
Frankie Bell

Frankie Bell

Founding MemberNamesake of the Bell AwardBell Award Recipient (2021) Frankie Bell capped her three-decade career as State Capitol Visitor Services manager by helping to launch the Oregon State Capitol Foundation as a founding member. Bell, who has a passion for...
Bruce Bishop

Bruce Bishop

Budget and Finance Committee Chair Bruce first entered Oregon’s Capitol in the mid-1960s in conjunction with a college political science field trip. That introduction through the revolving doors began a long and rewarding career as a lawyer specializing in public...
Hon. Ginny Burdick

Hon. Ginny Burdick

Ginny Burdick’s relationship with the Oregon Capitol began in 1973, when she was working onher Master’s thesis at the University of Oregon School of Journalism. Her topic: How lobbyistswork in the Oregon Legislature. Her thesis, researched in the 1973 legislative...
Hon. Jane Cease

Hon. Jane Cease

Sen. Jane Cease figured out early in life that what governments did mattered. Cease was elected to represent her Northeast Portland district in the Oregon House of Representatives in 1979. Male and female voters in the 1970s were unsure of whether a woman was up to...
Kim Duncan

Kim Duncan

Education Committee Co-chairWelcome Center Recognition Wall Subcommittee Chair Kim Duncan first saw the Capitol as a Californian freshman at Willamette University when she was on the hunt for the famous Capitol cinnamon rolls in the basement cafeteria. Little did she...