Phil Keisling
| Phil Keisling | |
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| Oregon Secretary of State | |
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In office January 14, 1991 – November 8, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Bill Bradbury |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 12th district |
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In office 1989–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Richard S. Springer |
| Succeeded by | Gail Shibley |
| Personal details | |
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June 23, 1955 Oregon |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
| Occupation | Director of the Center for Public Service at Portland State University |
Phil Keisling (born June 23, 1955) is a politician and business executive in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as Oregon Secretary of State from 1991 to 1999 and previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives. He is known for having championed the state's vote-by-mail system.
Currently, Keisling is the Director of the Center for Public Service, located in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. Keisling oversees more than a dozen separate programs serving local, state, federal government, and international organizations in the U.S. and several countries (including Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, and China).
Keisling graduated from Sunset High School in 1973 and Yale University in 1977.
Prior to seeking public office, Keisling pursued a career in journalism, including six years as a reporter and correspondent in Portland, Oregon, and Washington, and two years as editor of Washington Monthly. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Democratic Leadership Council.
From 2000 to 2009, Keisling was a Senior Vice President for Marketing for the Oregon high tech company, CorSource Technology Group, Inc. (formerly Hepieric, Inc.), has remained deeply involved in politics and civic affairs since leaving office, serving on a variety of local, statewide and national committees, commissions and organizations, both inside and outside of government.
In 2010, Keisling joined a new statewide Trade association, Smart Grid Oregon, as its Board Chairman. The organization has been created to enable, promote and grow the smart grid industry and infrastructure in the State of Oregon.
He accepted appointment in 1998 to the Performance Audit Implementation Steering Committee of the Portland Public Schools, which guided the financially troubled district through comprehensive reform in response to an independent performance audit.
When a proposal came before the Oregon State Legislature in 2003 transfer responsibility for audits of state agencies and programs from the Audit Division of the Secretary of State to the Legislature, Keisling joined with four other former Secretaries of States of both parties, Mark Hatfield, Clay Myers, Norma Paulus, and Barbara Roberts, to publicly denounce the move.
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