Commission Chair Julie Brown
Julie Brown has served as General Manager for the Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) since 2007. Nearly three decades of experience in transportation planning and service implementation have helped her to develop and shape transportation programs to serve the District as well as other agencies and programs throughout the nation. Chair Brown is currently the Vice President of the Community Transit Association of America (CTAA) and a Board member of the Oregon Transportation Association (OTA). She has served as an Oregon Transportation Commissioner for the State of Oregon since her appointment by Gov. Brown in 2018.
Commission Terms
4/1/2018 to 6/30/2020, 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2024, 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2028
Commission Vice Chair Lee Beyer
Lee Beyer was appointed to the Oregon Transportation Commission by Gov. Brown in 2023 following his retirement from the Oregon Legislature. Beyer served for three decades in state government and represented Oregon Senate District 6 from 2011 to 2023, during which he also served as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. Beyer served a previous term in the Legislature from 1991 – 2001 before being appointed by Gov. Kitzhaber to the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC).
Beyer retired as Chairman of the PUC in 2010 after serving for nine years, during which he also served on the Oregon Global Warming Commission and the Governor's Energy Planning Council. Beyer also served as Vice-Chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Electricity Committee, as a member of the NARUC Critical Infrastructure Committee and Climate Change Task Force and of the national Electric Power Research Institute's Advisory Council, and as a Director of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Inc.
Prior to his appointment to the PUC, Beyer worked professionally for over 25 years in business and industrial development and served for six years on the Springfield City Council. Outside of government, Beyer has participated in a wide variety of state, community, and private boards and committees. Beyer and his spouse, former State Representative Terry Beyer, have three grown children and have lived in Springfield for over 50 years.
Commission Term
1/1/2023 to 6/30/2025, 7/1/2025 - 6/30/2029
Commissioner Jeff Baker
Jeff Baker is a retired business executive and advisor to organizations and businesses. Baker retired as CEO of Rexel USA and as a member of Rexel Group's Executive Committee in 2022. Rexel USA is a national wholesale distributor of electrical material, doing business in Oregon as Platt Electric Supply. Prior to joining Rexel USA, Baker was the CEO of Poorman-Douglas Corporation, a Beaverton, Oregon based company providing administrative support services to the federal and state courts.
In addition to serving as a board member and advisor to for-profit companies, Baker is a member of the Knight Cancer Institute Advisory Council, and has served as a member of the Northwest Public Power Association Board of Trustees, the Washington State University Foundation Board of Trustees, Experience Works, the Lake Oswego Schools Foundation Board, and is a co-founder and board member of I Belong Here.
Baker holds a BA in Business (Accounting) from Washington State University and an MBA from the University of Washington. Oregon has been home for Commissioner Baker for more than 60 years.
Commission Term
7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025, 7/1/2025 - 6/30/2029
Commissioner Phil Chang
Phil Chang is a Deschutes County Commissioner who has built a career in public service conserving Oregon's natural resources. Before joining the Deschutes County Commission in 2020, he spent nine years at the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, which works to identify collaborative regional solutions for issues like housing, transportation, resource management, and more. During that time he helped create the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project and supported water resource stewardship initiatives. Chang has also served as Senator Jeff Merkley's Central Oregon Field Representative and as the manager of Oregon's Federal Forest Restoration Program. A Bend local since 2004, Chang enjoys volunteering for trail maintenance and river stewardship projects with a variety of local non-profits.
In addition to his service on the OTC, Commissioner Chang serves on a wide variety of committees including the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization, Deschutes Basin Water Collaborative, Deschutes County Public Safety Coordinating Council, Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project, Deschutes County Public Health Advisory Board, COIC's Regional Housing Council, Economic Development for Central Oregon, Redmond Economic Development, Inc., Steering Committee of the Deschutes Trails Coalition, Oregon Community Renewable Energy Program Advisory Committee, Wolf Depredation and Financial Assistance Compensation Committee, and Deschutes Cultural Coalition Board. Commissioner Chang holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a M.S. from U.C. Berkeley. He was appointed to the Oregon Transportation Commission by Governor Kotek in 2024.
Commission Term
9/25/24 to 6/30/2027