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Oregon Employment Department Administration

Employment Department Leadership
Laurie Warner, Director
Laurie Warner
Laurie Warner, Director, Oregon Employment Department
Education: 
  • Bachelor of Science, Oregon State University 1975
  • Master of Business Administration, Atkinson Graduate School of  Management, Willamette University 1988
 
Work History:
  • 1976-1980 Clinical Dietitian Salem Memorial Hospital
  • 1980-1988 Nutrition Program Manager - Council on Aging
    (non-profit) & Mid Willamette Valley SSA (local-government)
  • 1988-1991 Assistant Director Child Nutrition and Food Distribution Programs, Oregon Department of Education
  • 1991-1999 Budget Analyst and Budget Section Manager, Department of Administrative Services 
  • 1999-2001 Deputy and Acting Director, Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department
  • 2001-2002 Internal Audit Manager, Department of Administrative Services 
  • 2002-2003 Facilities Division Administrator, Department of Administrative Services
  • 2003-2004 Acting Director Public Employees Retirement System
  • 2004-2005 Deputy and Acting Director Department of Administrative Services
  • 2006-present Director Employment Department
 
Ms. Warner began working in state government in 1988 when she was hired as Assistant Director of the Federal Child Nutrition Programs with the Department of Education.  In 1991 she was hired as a budget analyst in the Department of Administrative Services and was later promoted to budget section manager.  In 1999 she left DAS to become Deputy Director of the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, where she later served as Acting Director. 
 
Ms. Warner returned to DAS in July 2001 to serve first as the Internal Audits Manager and then the Facilities Division Administrator.  In October 2003 she was asked to serve as the Acting Director for the Public Employee Retirement System as it went through Board and program changes required by 2003 legislation.  In June 2004 Ms. Warner returned to DAS as the Deputy Director and served as the Acting Director from September 2004 through December 2005.  In January 2006, she was appointed the Director of the Employment Department. 
 
Ms. Warner has a Bachelor's Degree from Oregon State University and an MBA from Willamette University's Atkinson Graduate School of Management.