Modernization team
Modernization Executive Steering Committee
Members include agency executives representing the functional and service areas of the agency, as well as external members as appropriate. They are accountable for providing guidance and direction to the Modernization Sponsors and ensuring that the program achieves the expected outcomes.
Voting Membership
DAVID GERSTENFELD | Modernization Executive Sponsor, Acting Director, Employment Department
RENEE ROYSTON | Modernization Sponsor, Modernization Director (Committee Chair), Employment Department
LINDSI LEAHY | Business Sponsor, Unemployment Insurance Division Director, Employment Department
KAREN MADDEN HUMELBAUGH | Business Sponsor, Paid Leave Oregon Director, Employment Department
JIM PFARRER | Business Sponsor, Workforce Operations Division Director, Employment Department
BILL TRUEX | Business Sponsor, Chief Information Officer, Employment Department
LORI GRAHAM | Contributions and Recovery Division Director, Employment Department
JEANNINE BEATRICE | Deputy Director, Employment Department
MIKE SMITH | Chief Financial Officer, Employment Department
BOB UHLENKOTT | Workforce and Economic Research Division Director, Employment Department
RANDY BLACKBURN | Chief of Staff, Department of Human Services
Non-Voting Membership
KRISTIN KAHLER JONES | Human Resources Director, Employment Department
Vacant | Workforce Investments Director, Higher Education Coordinating Commission
BRAD MCKINNEY | Interim Deputy Modernization Director, Employment Department
DAVID FORD | Modernization Program Manager, Employment Department
Support and Oversight
SEAN MCSPADEN | Principal Legislative IT Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Office
MICHELLE DEISTER | Senior Legislative Analyst, Legislative Fiscal Office
TAMARA BRICKMAN | Policy and Budget Analyst, Chief Financial Office, Department of Administrative Services
Vacant | Senior IT Portfolio Manager, Enterprise Information Services
CECILY WARREN | Assistant State Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Information Services
MAGGY ESPITIA | Oversight Analyst, Enterprise Information Services
DREW SUTTER | Vice President, Practice Lead of the Program Modernization, CSG Government Solutions
JAYNE MARTIN | Senior Consultant, CSG Government Solutions
BILL CHOLLMAN | Modernization Fiscal Analyst, Employment Department
ALEX KASNER | Modernization Business Team Manager/Quality and Risk Analyst, Employment Department
LYNN KNEELAND | Modernization Communications Specialist (Scribe), Employment Department