A public policy leader, Jackie Dingfelder brings judgment born of four decades environmental consulting, an academic’s access to new insights, and an elected official’s leadership abilities. Currently Ms. Dingfelder serves as an adjunct professor at Portland State University’s Hatfield School of Government in public policy, where she earned her PhD there in 2017 after serving as a Fulbright/Ian Axford Scholar in New Zealand. Ms. Dingfelder brings over 35 years’ experience in the environmental planning field in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Ms. Dingfelder also directed two environmental non-profit organizations and served as senior advisor to Portland, Oregon Mayor Charlie Hales where she managed development of Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, No-New-Fossil-Fuels Ordinance, and award winning 2015 Climate Action Plan. In addition to her extensive professional portfolio, Ms. Dingfelder represented NE and SE Portland in the Oregon Legislature from 2001 to 2013. During her legislative tenure, she served as chair of the House and Senate Environment, Energy and Natural Resources committees where she championed numerous significant environmental, energy and public interest policies including creation of Oregon’s first Renewable Portfolio Standard, Oregon’s Global Warming Commission, the Clean Fuels Program, updating and expanding Oregon’s landmark Bottle Bill, creating Oregon’s E-cycles computer recycling program and Oregon’s first marine reserve program. Since retiring from the State Legislature in 2017, she has served as President of the Climate Solutions Board, as a Board Member of 1000 Friends of Oregon, and the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. Jackie holds a PhD from Portland State University, a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a BA in Geography from University of California, Los Angeles.