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Oregon Liquor Control Commissioners
About the Commissioners
Chairman Phillip D. Lang
Commissioner Robert Rice
Commissioner William Flinn
Commissioner Lindy Fisker
Commissioner Christine Lewandowski
About the Commissioners
The five citizen commissioners set policy for the OLCC. They meet monthly for one or two days to make decisions including liquor licenses, rules, contested case hearings, and appointments of liquor store agents.
 
Commissioners are appointed by the governor to four-year terms, subject to senate confirmation, each representing a state congressional district, with one from the food and beverage industry. Commissioners appoint the agency's executive director, who oversees the agency's 211 employees.

Chairman Phillip D. Lang
 
CHAIRMAN PHILIP D. LANG
SALEM
5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 
Philip Lang was appointed as Oregon Liquor Commission chairman in February 1998. Lang retired as Vice President of the North Pacific Insurance Company/Oregon Automobile Insurance Company in 1995.  He served in Oregon's House of Representatives for nine terms, from 1960-1979, the last four years wielding the gavel as speaker of the House.  A graduate of Lewis and Clark College, Lang began his career as an Oregon State Police Officer. He was also assistant to former Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk.
5769 SW Huddleson St., Portland, OR 97219
E-mail: pdavidlang@msn.com
Phone: (503) 872-5242
Fax: (503) 245-2452

Commissioner Robert Rice
 
COMMISSIONER ROBERT RICE
PORTLAND
1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 
Robert Rice, a Portland restaurant owner, was appointed to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in July 2003. Rice, who owns the Virginia Café, represents the hospitality industry as well as the 1st Congressional District.  Rice serves on the boards of the National Restaurant Association and Liberty Northwest Insurance Companies. In the past, he worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. as a certified public accountant and head of the firm’s small business division for the Portland region. Rice also served as president of the Oregon Restaurant Association and the Columbia Edgewater Country Club, and was a board member of Associated Oregon Industries.
 
6850 SW Gable Parkway, Portland, OR 97225
E-mail: rarice1946@MSN.COM
Phone: (503) 239-6889
Fax: (503) 232-6771

Commissioner William Flinn
 
COMMISSIONER WILLIAM FLINN
BEND
2ND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 
William Flinn, an attorney, represents the Second Congressional District for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission.He was appointed in April 2004. Flinn has been a practicing attorney for more than 30 years, most recently with the firm Hurley Re, PC in Bend. He received his juris doctor degree from the University of Oregon School of Law. The commissioner is a member of the Oregon State Bar’s Disciplinary Board and has chaired several other bar committees, including the Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners and the State Professional Responsibility Board.
 
747 SW Mill View Way, Bend, OR 97702
E-mail: weflinn@hurley-re.com
Phone: (541) 317-5505
Fax: (541) 317-5507

Commissioner Lindy Fisker
 
COMMISSIONER LINDY FISKER
PORTLAND
3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 
Lindy Fisker, Federal Regulatory and Compliance Manager with Portland General Electric (PGE), was appointed to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in April 2001. Fisker graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in business administration, and obtained her juris doctorate from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College. Commissioner Fisker worked as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Portland from 1990 through 1994. In 1994, she was PGE’s Assistant General Counsel.
 
9079 SE McLoughlin Blvd., Portland, OR 97222
E-mail: valencia.fisker@pgn.com
Phone: (503) 255-5613
Fax: (503) 464-2354

Commissioner Christine Lewandowski
 
COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE LEWANDOWSKI
EUGENE
4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
 
Christine Lewandowski was appointed to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in February 2001. Lewandowski grew up in Medford and has lived in Oregon for 49 years. She has been active in her community working on many fund raising events for non-profit organizations, including serving on the Scandinavian Festival Board of Directors, and four years on the Lane County Commission for Children and Families. In the past, the commissioner worked as a bookkeeper for a law firm, supervisor at a credit union, municipal court clerk, and as a legislative aide during the 1993 session.
 
3065 Skyview Lane, Eugene, OR 97405
E-mail: calkhr@comcast.net
Phone: (541) 342-4515
Fax: (541) 342-4515

 
Page updated: December 07, 2007

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