Keynote speakers

Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State

Banquet keynote address

Sponsored by Hewlett Packard

7:00—10:00 PM, Saturday, April 5

Bill Bradbury grew up in Chicago, and moved to Bandon, Oregon in 1971. In Bandon, he owned and operated a small business before beginning his career in government. He served in the Oregon legislature for 14 years representing portions of Oregon's south coast as a State Representative and as a State Senator. He also held the positions of Senate Majority Leader and Senate President. As Secretary of State, Bill Bradbury is Oregon’s second-highest-ranking constitutional officer.

He is the auditor of public accounts, the chief elections officer, and the manager of the state's official legislative and executive records. Along with the Governor and Treasurer, he sits on the State Land Board, and he was appointed by Governor Kulongoski to chair the Oregon Sustainability Board.

“An Inconvenient Truth”

Bill Bradbury was part of a select group of 50 individuals chosen to receive intensive training by Gore and a team of renowned scientists about issues surrounding global warming. Each received technical training to become experienced presenters of a version of former Vice President Al Gore’s computer-based slide show, which became the basis of his best-selling book and documentary film, “An Inconvenient Truth.”

“Bill Bradbury is an outstanding example of the millions of Americans who have been energized by the call to action on the climate crisis,” said Gore. “Bill will be spending the next year making presentations in and around Oregon discussing how individuals and businesses, schools, and other organizations can be a major part of the solution to the growing crisis of global warming.”

Sallie Schullinger-Krause, the Oregon Environmental Council’s Global Warming Program Manager notes that “Bill Bradbury has become Oregon’s leader in global warming outreach. Not only has he tailored his presentation to include the very real effects of climate change on Oregon but he has developed tools to help his audiences become part of the solution.”

About the Oregon Environmental Council

The Oregon Environmental Council safeguards what Oregonians love about Oregon—clean air and water, an unpolluted landscape and healthy food produced by local farmers. For nearly 40 years we’ve been a champion for solutions that protect the health of every Oregonian and the health of the place we call home. Our vision for Oregon includes solving global warming, protecting kids from toxins, cleaning up our rivers, building sustainable economies, and ensuring healthy food and local farms. Find out more at www.oeconline.org.

Michelle Tortolani, SWE National President FY2008

Breakfast keynote address

Sponsored by Schlumberger

8:00—9:00 am, Saturday, April 5

Michelle Tortolani is serving as the Society’s President in fiscal year 2008. She assumes this role after serving on the SWE Board of Directors (BOD) for six years. Tortolani is a senior life member of SWE and has been a member of SWE for more than 20 years, holding a variety of positions at the section, region and national levels.

Ms. Tortolani is Senior Director of Repeater Engineering and Operations at XM Satellite Radio Inc., a satellite radio broadcasting company headquartered in Washington, DC. Tortolani has more than 15 years of experience in engineering management and terrestrial and satellite communications product and system design, development, and integration. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.

Mayor Royce E. Pollard, City of Vancouver

Lunch keynote address

noon—1:00 PM, Saturday, April 5

After 27 years of service in the US Army, including two years in Vietnam, Mayor Pollard began his public service career on the Vancouver City Council in 1989. He was elected Mayor of Vancouver in 1996 and has served in this capacity since that time. Mayor Pollard is a graduate of the University of Alabama, US Army Command and General Staff College.

Mayor Pollard will be sharing the sustainability efforts being undertaken by the City of Vancouver including the recent adoption of the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol is an agreement under which industrialized countries will reduce their collective emissions of six greenhouse gases. As of December 4, 2007, 740 US cities in 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, pledged support of Kyoto after Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle started a nationwide effort to get cities to agree to the protocol.