CONTACT INFORMATION:

For state-level issues and state trends:

Kimberly Larson

Deputy Political Director
State PIRGs
(206) 357-1788
(213) 251-3680 x323

For federal issues:
Elizabeth Hitchcock

Communications Director
U.S. PIRG
(202) 546-9707

Laura Etherton
Field Director, Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG)
(503) 231-4181 x 305 ·

Expertise: children's health care

Background: Ms. Etherton is responsible for a broad range of issues work and for coordinating campaign work and public involvement in communities across Oregon. She has led OSPIRG's field efforts to stop the rollbacks to our landmark environmental laws, including fighting proposals to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and  protecting roadless areas in Oregon's National Forests. She also has coordinated media outreach, coalition building and grassroots organizing efforts on OSPIRG's priority campaigns, and has appeared on KGW12 ,  OPB News and in The Oregonian.  Ms. Etherton works closely with Earth Share of Oregon, the Oregon Wild Forests Coalition and the Oregon Conservation Network. Previously she served as OSPIRG's Administrative Director for five years.  

Education: B.A., Macalester College, 1993

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