About the CAC
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition is a 501(c)4 non-partisan advocacy group specifically formed to lobby in Salem to ensure that all Oregonians have the opportunity and access to benefit from arts and cultural programs in their communities.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition is comprised as a partnership between business, community and cultural leaders representing all regions of the state. The CAC is solely funded through private donations and is not a recipient of public funds.
The primary mission of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition is to increase ongoing public investment in Oregon’s arts, heritage and humanities. Volunteers serve on the Board of Directors and include representatives from a broad number of interests to best represent the diverse mix of Oregon’s cultural community.
Neil Bryant
Board Chair
bryant@bljlawyers.com
Christine Drazan
Executive Director
T: 503.680.6387
christine.drazan@oregonculture.org
The Victory Group
Craig Campbell, Kevin Campbell
Lobbyists
T: 503-315-1411
Our 2013 Board of Directors
- Neil Bryant, President
Bryant, Lovlien, and Jarvis; Bend
- Kerry Tymchuk, Vice President
Oregon Historical Society; Portland
- Eloise Damrosch, Secretary
Regional Arts and Culture Council; Portland
- Janeanne Upp, Treasurer
High Desert Museum; Bend
- Steve Bass
Oregon Public Broadcasting; Portland
- Peter Bilotta
Portland Opera; Portland
- Chris Coleman
Portland Center Stage; Portland
- Greg Fitz-Gerald
Oregon Cultural Trust; Eugene
- Scott Freck
Eugene Symphony; Eugene
- George Kramer
Kramer & Company; Ashland
- JS May
Portland Art Museum; Portland
- Paul Nicholson
Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Ashland
- Stanley Penkin
Oregon ArtPAC; Portland
- Tina Rinaldi
University of Oregon; Eugene
- Henry Sayre
Oregon Arts Commission; Bend
- John Tess
Heritage Consulting Group; Portland
- Cara Ungar
Oregon Humanities; Portland
- Howard Lavine, Special Advisor to the Board
Pew Charitable Trusts; Washington D.C.
Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon / PO Box 9160 Portland, OR 97207