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.
Virginia Willard
Board Chair
vwillard@frontier.com
Christine Drazan
Executive Director
T: 503.680.6387
christine.drazan@oregonculture.org
Kristina McNitt
Lobbyist
T: 503.763.1833
F: 503.763.1834
Kristina@klmconsulting.biz
Our 2011 Board of Directors
- Virginia Willard, Chair
Arts Advocate; Portland
- Tim DuRoche, Vice-Chair
World Affairs Council; Portland
- Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, Secretary
Oregon Humanities; Portland
- Janeanne Upp, Treasurer
High Desert Museum; Bend
- Neil Bryant
Bryant, Lovlien, and Jarvis; Bend
- Eloise Damrosch
Regional Arts & Culture Council; Portland
- David Edwards
Imperiad Entertainment; Portland
- Greg Fitz-Gerald
Ceramic Artist, Retired Banker; Eugene
- Samuel Johnson
Columbia River Maritime Museum; Astoria
- Paul King
White Bird; Portland
- George Kramer
Oregon Heritage Commission; Ashland
- Howard Lavine
Consultant, Former Cultural Adviser to Governor Kulongoski; Portland
- Paul Nicholson
Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Ashland
- Henry Sayre
Oregon Arts Commission; Bend
- John Tess
Oregon Historic Property Owners Association; Portland
- Kerry Tymchuk
Oregon Historical Society; Portland
Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon / PO Box 9160 Portland, OR 97207