Board of Directors

Lisa Bentson

Lisa joined the League of Women Voters of Oregon as Membership Chair in 2022.

Barbara Klein

Barbara was born and grew up in the northeast. Step by step, living in many states, she’s made her way around the nation to land in southern Oregon.

Jean Pierce

Jean was introduced to the League in 2008 after she retired as a Professor of Educational Psychology at Northern Illinois University.

Mimi Alkire

Mimi Alkire lived in Portland, Oregon, from 1966 until 2005, when she and her husband moved to Bend.

Kermit Yensen

Kermit graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in Economics, and from Harvard Business School with an MBA.

Freddi Weishahn

Freddi joined the League of Women Voters of Oregon as Development Co-Chair in 2022.

Jackie Clary

I moved to Ashland at age six, spent my idyllic childhood in Lithia Park, building dams in the creek, watching OSF rehearsals - long before paid actors - with Angus Bowmer (our neighbor) directing.

Annie Goldner

League of Women Voters of Deschutes County since 2003 and on the local league board since 2017, as Event Chair and Program/Study Chair until present.

Jim Buck

Jim joined the League of Women Voters of Oregon as Voter Newsletter Editor in 2023.

Evan Tucker

Born and raised in Grants Pass, Oregon, civic engagement runs deep for Evan.

Elizabeth Kirby

Elizabeth has held the position of LWVOR DEIJ Chair since 2023.

Diana DeMaria

Diana was born and spent her early years in Colorado.

Eileen Burke-Trent

League of Women Voters Member since 1998.