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.

Cassandra Skinner was appointed Chair of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s board of commissioners by Gov. John Kitzhaber on July 5, 2011. Skinner has been a member of the OLCC’s board of commissioners since June 2009.
 
She is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law and is currently General Counsel and Medicaid Program Director for Agate Healthcare, the parent company of Lipa (Lane Individual Practice Association) and Trillium Community Health Plan, all located in Eugene. She has held positions on the Governor’s Council on Domestic Violence, the Lane County Human Rights Advisory Committee, and the board of directors for Breaking Free, a non-profit organization promoting empowerment and self-defense for women and girls. Skinner’s broad range of community service includes volunteering for the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, Lane County Legal Aid, and several programs with the Oregon State Bar and the University of Oregon School of Law. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Head Start of Lane County, the Advisory Board for the Stop Violence Against Women Clinic Project and the Board of Directors for Oregon Women Lawyers. Skinner was recognized as one of Eugene Register Guard Blue Chip’s 20 under 40 for 2010. 
 
1800 Millrace Dr., Eugene, Oregon 97403
E-mail: Cass@trilliumchp.com 
Phone: (541) 431-1978
Fax: (541) 434-1109 

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) 319-6791
Fax: (503) 232-6771

Rob Patridge grew up on a working cattle ranch in Eagle Point, Oregon and has served southern Oregon as a Deputy District Attorney, President of the Medford City Council, and three terms as the State Representative from Medford where he was Majority Whip and Chaired the Public Safety Sub-Committee of Ways and Means. Rob was the General Counsel for the Rogue Vally Manor/Pacific Retirement Services, President of multi-state real estate development firm and served as the General Counsel and District Director for U.S. Congressman Greg Walden, and as a private business consultant. Rob serves on the Board of the Rogue Valley Timbers Soccer Club, Advisory Board for the S.M.A.R.T. reading program, and is active in Scouting. Rob has been married for 15 years to his wife Mary, and has two children.

PO Box 1161, Medford, OR 97501
E-mail: rob@patridge.com
Phone: 541-210-8280

 
E-mail: preed@lhs.org
Phone: 503-413-4630
 

 
Michael E. Harper, Sr. was appointed by Gov. John Kitzhaber to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission in June 2011. Harper has been an agent with State Farm Insurance for more than 20 years. He played basketball for the Portland Trail Blazers during the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons, and spent the following six seasons playing across Europe. He has coached numerous basketball teams at the elementary, middle and high school level for over 10 years. In addition, he has coached basketball at the University of Portland and is currently an assistant coach at Lewis and Clark College. He has served on the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board and the Oregon Commission on Children and Families. 
 
2387 College Hill Place, West Linn, Oregon 97068
E-mail: meharpersr@comcast.net
Phone: 503-349-8733

Board of Commissioners Fact Sheet (pdf)