The Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) is a five-member, all
volunteer, citizen panel appointed by the governor for four-year
terms to serve as DEQ’s policy and rule-making board. Members are
eligible for reappointment but may not serve more than two
consecutive terms.
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Bill Blosser
Chair |
Bill Blosser is owner of William Blosser Consulting. He
is employed by, and has held several positions with, CH2M Hill
in Portland. Bill served as Director of the Oregon Department of
Land Conservation and Development from 2001-2002 and was
formerly president of Sokol Blosser Winery in Dundee, Oregon.
Bill has served on and chaired numerous commissions and task
forces, including terms as chair of the Water Resources
Commission, chair of the Land Conservation and Development
Commission and chair of the Policy Advisory Committee on Water
Quality to the EQC. Bill has a bachelor of arts degree in
history and humanities from Stanford University and a masters
degree in regional planning from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. Commissioner Blosser was appointed to the
EQC in January 2006 and lives in Portland. |
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Donalda Dodson
Commissioner |
Donalda Dodson is Interim Executive Director of the
Oregon Child Development Coalition. She served as Administrator
of the Department of Human Services Office of Family Health and
as Manager of the Maternal/Child Health Program at the Marion
County Health Department. Donalda has a bachelor of science
degree in nursing and a master's degree in public health. She
has chaired or served on nearly a dozen public health committees
and task forces and expresses a strong interest in bringing
environmental issues into the public health arena. Commissioner
Dodson resides in Salem. |

Jane O'Keeffe
Commissioner |
Jane O’Keeffe, a native of northeast Oregon,
has been an operating partner in the O’Keeffe Family Ranch, a
fourth-generation cattle operation in Adel, near Lakeview, for
more than 25 years and has served as partner in the Campbell
Crossing Ranch in Kimberly since 2007. She has served as a
member and co-chair of the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
and has been active in other local natural resource boards
involving forest lands and sustainability. Her public service
also includes work as consultant to the National Forest Counties
and Schools Coalition and seven years as a Lake County
commissioner. Jane has a bachelor’s degree in agriculture and
resources economics from Oregon State University. Commissioner
O’Keeffe was appointed to the EQC in June 2008 and resides in
Adel. |
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Judy Uherbelau
Commissioner |
Judy Uherbelau is a graduate of
Ball State University with a B.S. in Economics/Political
Science. She received a J.D. from UCLA School of Law and
formerly worked as an attorney with Thomas C. Howser, PC in
Ashland. Judy served in the Peace Corps and the Oregon House of
Representatives as well as numerous boards and commissions.
Commissioner Uherbelau was appointed to the EQC in February 2005
and lives in Ashland.
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Ken Williamson
Vice-Chair |
Ken Williamson is head of the Department of Civil,
Construction and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State
University and serves as Co-Director of the Center for Water and
Environmental Sustainability. He received his B.S. and M.S. at
Oregon State University and his Ph.D. at Stanford University.
Commissioner Williamson was appointed to the EQC in February
2004 and lives in Corvallis.
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