Leslie Lewis - Yamhill County Commissioner

    Meet County Commissioner Leslie Lewis...                                            experience that makes a difference for our county.

Current Government Experience:

●  Yamhill County Commissioner, 2001 to present, including the following duties:

- Current liaison for Yamhill County Public Works, Road Improvement Advisory Committee, Yamhill County Fair Board, Yamhill County Information Systems, and Special Transportation Fund Committee (transportation for seniors and disabled persons)

- Member of Yamhill County Budget Committee

- Chair, Yamhill County Transit Area Board of Directors

- Member of Yamhill County Parkway Committee, Newberg Urban Area Management Commission, Yamhill Communications 911 Dispatch Agency (YCOM) Executive Board, Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) Board of Directors, Mid-Willamette Area Commission on Transportation, and Project Oversight Steering Team for the Newberg-Dundee Bypass

- Chair, AOC District 6 (Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties)

- Vice-Chair, Northwest Seniors and Disabilities Services Budget Committee

- Previous liaison duties: Yamhill County Health and Human Services, Commission on Children and Families, and Yamhill County Emergency Management Steering Committee

Prior Governmental Experience:

●  Oregon Legislature, State Representative, 1995-2001, including committee assignments:

- Co-Chair, Joint Ways and Means Committee (responsible for entire budget and allowed expenditures for all state agencies)           - Co-Chair, Joint Legislative Audit Committee                                                                                                                                                             - Chair, House Environment and Energy Committee                                                                                                                                                - Member of numerous committees, including House Revenue, House Judiciary and House Natural Resouces

●  Yamhill County Planning Commission, member from 1990 to 2000

Current Business Management Experience:

●  25 years Business Co-Owner, 1983 to present: Uptime Technology, Inc. (electronics manufacturing company), located in Yamhill County since 1987

Community Involvement:

● Tilikum Christian Camping Ministry Board, member                                                                                                                                                         ●  Providence Newberg Medical Center Ministry Board, member                                                                                                                                  ●  Salvation Army Advisory Board, member                                                                                                                                                                          ●  Member of committees for the Greater McMinnville Chamber of Commerce and the Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce

Educational and Occupational Background:

●  Oregon State University, B.S. degree in Biochemistry-Biophysics                                                                                                                             ●  Attended graduate school, physics major, Oregon Graduate Center                                                                                                                        ●  Almost five years with Intel Corporation in manufacturing engineering

Personal:

●  Lifelong Oregonian, born and raised in Medford                                                                                                                                                             ●  Married since 1974 to best friend and business partner Don Lewis                                                                                                                         ●  Yamhill County resident for 23 years; small woodland tree farmer near Carlton