A big welcome to Fred Neal, HDO’s newest Advisory Board member

The staff and board of Healthy Democracy Oregon heartily welcomes Fred Neal as the newest member of the HDO Advisory Board.   Neal has held various government-related positions in Oregon over a 32-year period. He retired in July 2006 as campaign finance manager for the Oregon Secretary of State's Office, Elections Division, a position he held for 11 years. Neal began his career as a deputy legislative counsel for the Oregon legislature. As executive director of the Sate Court Finance Action Committee, he was instrumental in passage of the 1982 State Court Reform that reorganized the trial court system under state administration and funding. For five years, he served as Legal Counsel  for the League of Oregon Cities and was then the intergovernmental relations officer for Multnomah County for seven years. Since his retirement, he served four months in 2008 as Interim County Clerk for Clatsop County, and oversaw the special school district merger election in Klamath County in March 2009. He is in his sixth term as the Oregon ACLU Affiliate's representative on the American Civil Liberties Union national board, where he serves as the National Affiliate Affirmative Action Officer. Neal has also served on the board of directors for the National Association of Counties, the Agri-Business Council of Oregon, and the Right to Privacy PAC. Neal joins Kappy Eaton, Andi Miller, Mike Greenfield, and former Secretaries of State, Phil Keisling and Norma Paulus on the Advisory Board of Healthy Democracy Oregon, and we are grateful to have his guidance and support.