Inside Washington County with Rob Solomon

Mayor Frank Bubenik was elected to the Tualatin City Council in November of 2010 and re-elected in November 2014. In 2018 he was elected mayor, taking office in January 2019. Mayor Bubenik is committed to the safety of Tualatin's varied neighborhoods, understands the economics of a well-run city, and is dedicated to the well-being of all residents. Mayor Bubenik wants the city to be socially cohesive and inclusive, and wants to make sure that no section of the community is left behind.

Since Jason became a lawyer in 2009, he has participated in nearly 50 jury trials. He has more civil trial experience than any other Oregon lawyer of his generation. Jason works collaboratively with the other trial attorneys to prepare and try major cases. He also works with clients and insurance companies to get cases resolved before trial. Jason is active in the Honest Elections Oregon organization, a movement that supports campaign finance reform in Oregon.

Jason’s legal experience includes working for the Environmental Law Foundation in Oakland, where he helped draft a strategic plan to protect and expand California’s Public Trust Doctrine. As a summer associate at Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins in San Diego, Jason worked extensively on a consumer class action against Capital One credit cards for targeting and defrauding low-income citizens.

Cindy founded AgeCelebration in 2003, and in 2008, began a personal journey to help foster a stronger sense of community in Hillsboro. She started a volunteer initiative called My Hillsboro Creates Community and has continued to create new programs and partnerships that benefit and connect Hillsboro Community members. Cindy has also been an active member of the Hillsboro 2035 Outreach Team helping to collect community ideas for the year five update of the Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan.

AgeCelebration brings people together through innovative programming to intentionally create community and foster human connection. AgeCelebration now offers over 15 community programs to #CreateCommunity, including Walk with Friends, Hillsboro Community Pickleball, MENtours, Walk All Over Hillsboro, Walk with a Librarian, Community Greeters, Community Readers, Team AgeCelebration, Intergenerational Cursive, AgeCelebration Adventures, as well as “You’re Welcome” and “Quiet Mind” classes.

Felicita is the President/Director of Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District. She is also an enthusiastic nonprofit professional whose passion for the community has guided her work. She joined the THPRD Board in 2017. She has lived in Washington County since age five and took her first job as a camp counselor at THPRD when she was 15.

Felicita is the Policy and Advocacy Officer for Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center serving Washington and Yamhill Counties. In this role she supports the efforts of the internal Equity Team and leads the work of the Advocacy Team.

Raziah Roushan is the Executive Director of Tualatin Valley Creates, a local non-profit organization that drives the development of inclusive, resilient, creative communities using arts, culture, heritage, and humanities. Their vision is to foster the growth of a robust arts and culture ecosystem in Washington County by increasing visibility and community engagement with local happenings and engaging under-served populations by making arts and culture more accessible.

For two decades, Raziah has also been working as a professional artist in mediums such as oil, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, aerosol, printmaking, as well murals and large-scale chalk art. After receiving a Bachelors of Fine Art from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland Oregon in 2004, her travels lead to teaching, networking, and contracting for the purposes of visual art.

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Hilary Uhlig is the Oregon Chapter Leader for Moms Demand Action, a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. Moms Demand Action strives to pass stronger gun laws and work to close the loopholes that jeopardize the safety of our families. They also work in our own communities and with business leaders to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership.

Moms Demand Action has established a chapter in every state of the country and Washington, D.C. and, along with Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Students Demand Action and the Everytown Survivor Network, it is part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 6 million supporters and more than 350,000 donors.

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The following statements are those of the Oregon Firearms Federation (OFF).

"The Oregon Firearms Federation was founded in 1998. After several years of watching other local 'gun organizations' give away the store, it became obvious that Oregon needed a no-compromise voice for gun owners."

"We have seen numerous attempts to ban modern firearms, efforts to force "lock-up-your-self-defense" laws and constant attempts to ban guns anywhere school children gather. But since 1999 OFF has defeated almost all of them."

"When Oregon was forced into compliance with the Brady Campaign/NRA mental health reporting legislation, it was OFF members whose constant pressure forced over 10 amendments to provide protection for the privacy of Oregon residents and it was OFF that convinced the Psychiatric Security Review Board to remove some of its more onerous impediments to firearms rights restoration."

Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward has lived in Oregon since 1991. In December of 2011, she was first appointed to the Oregon Senate. With strong support from her District 17 constituents, she returned to the Senate in 2012. Senator Steiner Hayward's primary areas of combined concern and expertise include creating an affordable healthcare system, improving education statewide, improving the economy for small and local businesses, and building a balanced state budget.

In the Oregon State Legislature, Senator Steiner Hayward serves on the following committees:

* Joint Committee On Ways and Means, Co-Chair

* Joint Committee On Ways and Means Sub Committee on Capital Construction

* Joint Committee on Legislative Audits

When she is not serving in the Legislature, she works as physician practicing Family Medicine at OHSU. Her 25 years of experience as a health care provider have given her a breadth of understanding of state systems that can be transferred to other large systems and agencies in our state government.

She and husband Michael live in unincorporated Multnomah County. Their youngest daughter currently attends Macalester College, their middle daughter recently graduated from Harvard University and now lives in Chicago, and their oldest daughter and her partner make their home in northeast Portland.

Suzanne Bonamici grew up in a small town in Michigan. Her father worked for a local bank and her mother was a small business owner and piano teacher. Many of her strongest childhood memories are of family camping trips with her two brothers.

Suzanne was first elected to the US Congress in a special election on January 31, 2012. She was then elected to a full term in November of 2012, and reelected in November 2014, 2016, and 2018. She serves on the Education and Workforce Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

Mayor Snider was drawn to public service early in life. He worked as an emergency medical technician (EMT) his senior year of high school and served two years on the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board in Southern California during his junior and senior years of high school. In college, Mayor Snider took a semester off to attend paramedic school in Los Angeles, and he maintains his paramedic certification to this day.

Mayor Jason Snider has been a Tigard resident since 1999. He is the administrator of Kaiser Permanente Northwest's Regional General Surgery and Plastic Surgery Departments, and began his career as a clinical manager at American Medical Response.