Hindsight is 20/20: Perspectives on Leadership Moderator: Phil Keisling Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski Washington Governor Chris Gregoire

Moderator: Phil Keisling Current Position?  Director, Center for Public Service Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University Education? BA – Yale University | American Studies First Job You Ever Had?  Picking strawberries at 11 in the fields of Washington County!  First "non-cash, by the books job" (that is, they deducted FICA taxes!) was working for Valley Lanes Bowling Alley in Beaverton. What Book Are You Currently Reading?  "A Time for Everything" by Karl Ove Knausgaard This Artist/Band Would Be On The Soundtrack To My Life:  Jack Bruce, and his bandmates Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker of Cream, a late 1960s British band

Governor Christine Gregoire Current Position?  Retired Education? BA - University of Washington, JD - Gonzaga University First Job?  Blueberry Patch stand manager - Auburn, WA What Book Are You Currently Reading?  Lean In This Artist/Band Would Be On The Soundtrack To My Life:  Fleetwood Mac Words I Live By: "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy ( )

Governor Ted Kulongoski Current Position? Distinguished Fellow of Policy and Politics at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University. Education? BA - University of Missouri JD – University of Missouri Background? Born in rural Missouri in 1940 and grew up in St. Louis in a Catholic boys’ home. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. After completing his military service, he spent a few years as a truck driver and a bricklayer in a steel mill. Interesting Fact: First Oregon governor to serve in all three branches of government.

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