State Coordinating Committee (SCC)
The State Coordinating Committee (SCC) is charged with helping create and maintain the structure for Greens to participate and organize statewide. The SCC meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month (subject to change). Check our events page for meeting times and links. Meetings are open.
The responsibilities of the Coordinating Committee include:
- Managing state-level finances
- Maintaining compliance with state election law requirements
- Conducting state conventions
- Representing statewide Party interests
- Making binding interpretations of state organizational documents
- Appointing standing and ad hoc committees
- Any other duties that may arise requiring statewide coordination and administration efforts
The State Coordinating Committee is comprised of seven seats, to be filled by members who have been supporting members for at least three months prior to the SCC election. The SCC members shall serve two-year staggered terms starting in January, four in each odd-numbered year and three in each even-numbered year. The Pacific Green Party of Oregon uses Single Transferable Voting (STV) for SCC elections.
As of January 9, 2021, the State Coordinating Committee members are:
- Position 1: Nathalie Paravicini (Portland, OR) - 2023-2025
- Position 2: Devon Lawson (Vida, OR) - 2024-2026
- Position 3: Vacant (TBD) - -2025
- Position 4: Amy L. Sacks (Portland, OR) - 2024-2026
- Position 5: Vacant (TBD) - -2025
- Position 6: Mary Geddry (Coos Bay, OR) - 2024-2026
- Position 7: Felipe Lora (Portland, OR) - 2023-2025
Positions 1, 3, 5 and 7 are up for election in January, 2025 at the Winter Convention
❖ Thanks to previous SCC Co chairs: 2022 Ken Adams, Brian Setzler and George Hutchinson, 2023 Bob Zahnizer, Justin Filip, Connor Salisbury
❖ Thanks to previous Secretary Seth Woolley, and Treasurers Trisha Driscoll, George Hutchinson
for their terms of service.
You can leave a voice message for any Committee member at (541) 516-6059 or email [email protected]. We endeavor to answer calls the same day received and no later than two business days after receiving your call.
State Party Officers
- Treasurer: Ken Adams [email protected]
- Secretary: Justin Filip [email protected]
In Office
Greens are part of a worldwide progressive movement that holds over 200 elected offices in the United States and many more around the world. In Oregon partisan elections, we consistently top 50,000 votes. Click to see a list of Pacific Greens in Office
Delegates to the Green Party of the United States
Just as members of the major parties select delegates to represent their states at national presidential conventions, members of the Pacific Green Party select delegates to represent the state of Oregon at the Green Party of the United States national conventions.
Current GPUS national delegates for Oregon are:
- Mike Beilstein
- Justin Filip
- Nathalie Paravicini
Delegates to the National Presidential Nominating Convention
Presidential nominating delegates are elected at a convention before the National Presidential Nominating Convention. They are typically bound to a voting strategy decided at the convention where the first round is usually determined using a Single Transferable Vote with a number of seats equal to some number equal to or less than the total number of delegates, to determine qualification for final allocation by the Method of Equal Proportions, for the first round, with later rounds using the IRV/RCV single-seat winner after elimination, all based on ranked ballots for president cast by presidential nominating election participants.