Karen
Mainzer, Director of Local Government Affairs
Karen
Mainzer is a graduate of Penn State University
and worked as an economist with the Bureau
of Labor Statistics in Washington, D.C.
She
moved to Oregon in 1994 and served as journal
editor for the Chief Clerk of the Oregon
House of Representatives for the 1995 session.
She then worked as committee staff for the
Oregon Legislative Assembly.
In
1999, Karen lobbied for the Association
of Oregon Counties Mental Health Directors
Association and served as executive director
of the Oregon Gambling Addiction Treatment
Program. After that legislative session,
she went on to lobby for Public Affairs
Counsel, a contract lobbying firm in Salem
which has worked with the Oregon Restaurant
Association since 1999. She
joined the staff of the Oregon Restaurant
Association in 2003.
In
addition to her political efforts, Karen
has also been a food server and wine store
manager in Alexandria and Burke, Virginia
and a data technician for the Oregon Health
Plan.
->Email
Karen Mainzer at karen@ora.org.
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