Richard Burke

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Executive Director at Western Liberty Network @ Western Liberty Network
7100 SW HAMPTON ST STE 201, TIGARD,Oregon 97223,United States
Richard Burke's Location
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
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About Richard Burke

Richard Burke is the Executive Director of Western Liberty Network, a 501(c)3 organization that trains limited-government activists how to be strong citizen advocates, campaign volunteers, and candidates for local non-partisan office. Prior to that Richard was the Oregon Grassroots Director for Americans for Prosperity.Richard recently served a four-year term as an appointed commissioner on the Oregon Government Ethics Commission where he served one year as Chair. He has also served in elected office from 1993-2018 in three local offices including positions in the Beaverton School District and the Tualatin Valley Water Commission (TVWD) where Richard chaired a variety of intergovernmental organizations.Richard has an extensive background in campaign management for federal, state, and local ballot measure and candidate campaigns. He has worked in the Oregon Senate and House of Representatives as a Chief of Staff. Richard also has extensive media experience, having hosted his own radio show on KVAN (Vancouver, WA) and served as a substitute host on KUIK (Hillsboro, OR).Burke was the 1998 Libertarian nominee for Oregon governor, participated in gubernatorial debates with major party candidates, has professional media experience, and has a long history of community service. RIchard is proud to be a member of the National Eagle Scout Association, and is himself a double-bronze palm Eagle Scout who is also a member of the Order of the Arrow.

Richard Burke's Current Company Details
Western Liberty Network

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Executive Director at Western Liberty Network
7100 SW HAMPTON ST STE 201, TIGARD,Oregon 97223,United States
Employees:
3
Richard Burke Work Experience Details
  • Western Liberty Network
    Executive Director
    Western Liberty Network Nov 2011 - Present
    Western Liberty Network is a network of grass roots organizations wanting to expose their members to training about how to run winning campaigns for local office, how to manage those campaigns, how to be effective campaign workers, and how newly elected office holders can serve effectively.Richard runs the organization on a day to day basis. He is primarily responsible for fundraising, day-to-day management, curriculum development and delivery, building and maintaining the organizational network, and managing staff.
  • Oregon Government Ethics Commission
    Commissioner
    Oregon Government Ethics Commission Dec 2018 - Present
    Richard was nominated, confirmed and appointed to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission in 2018 and again in 2022. Richard served as Chair of the Commission in 2019 and as Vice Chair in 2018. In his first term, he was nominated by the Oregon senate minority office, confirmed by the full senate, and appointed by the governor. In his second term, Richard was nominated by the house minority office, confirmed by the full senate, and appointed by the governor. Though the commission prides itself on enforcing ethics laws in a non-partisan manner, Richard is the first Libertarian to lead the board of a state agency in Oregon.
  • Willamette River Water Coalition
    President
    Willamette River Water Coalition Nov 2016 - Present
    Richard Burke, an elected commissioner on the Tualatin Valley Water District's Board of Commissioners, is the districts primary representative to the The Willamette River Water Coalition (WRWC) and has been elected president of that body. The WRWC is comprised of four local governments, including the cities of Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, and the Tualatin Valley Water District.All of these members are committed to protecting the best interests of their communities by working together to secure water rights, investigate water treatment options and monitor water quality. The coalition holds the water rights from the Oregon Water Resource Department to 130 million gallons of water per day from the Willamette River.
  • Primeone Advocates, Dba
    Proprietor
    Primeone Advocates, Dba Jul 2001 - Present
    PrimeOne Advocates is a consulting firm which engages in legislative advocacy, voter identification, and strategic planning for political campaigns. The firm also provides limited IT consulting and computer programming services.
  • Tualatin Valley Water District
    Elected Commissioner
    Tualatin Valley Water District Jul 1999 - Jul 2018
    Beaverton, Or, Us
    One of five elected commissioners setting policy, adopting budgets, setting organizational goals, and working with a CEO supervising over 100 employees. Elected five times in competitive elections. Served as president of the board for eight years, non-consecutively, elected by the other four commissioners. Represented the district on intergovernmental boards and to the public at large. The Tualating Valley Water District is Oregon's second largest retail water provider serving over 200,000 residents and corporate customers including Intel, Nike, Tektronics, Reser's Fine Foods, and others.Chief accomplishments include spearheading the successful effort to get the district completely off the property tax base, helping to implement a cost-of-service pricing model, and working to develop redundant suppies of water to secure affordable and abundant water for future generations. Resigned from the board because of a change in residence.
  • Americans For Prosperity
    Oregon Grass Roots Director
    Americans For Prosperity Jan 2008 - Jul 2011
    Arlington, Va, Us
    Was responsible for organizing AFP-Oregon's 20,000 members into county organizations meeting monthly, developing grass roots curriculum on how to engage in political activity, extensive public speaking, some fundraising work and mass media presentations.
  • America Speaks
    Portland Conservative Coordinator For "Our Budget, Our Economy" National Conversation Project
    America Speaks 2010 - 2010
    Responsible for recruiting conservative organizations to engage their rank and file in an educational exercise where citizens came up with ways to solve America's debt crisis. Partipant dealt with people from the opposite side of the political spectrum. Over 400 people took part in the project, which was linked via the Internet with similar conversations held across the country. Richard was asked to assist in recruiting conservatives to participat in other cities after his recruitment efforts proved successful in Portland.

Richard Burke Skills

Politics Public Speaking Political Campaigns Public Policy Fundraising Strategic Planning Political Communication Public Relations Coalitions Policy Analysis Training Political Consulting Strategic Communications Government Grassroots Organizing Speech Writing Volunteer Management Management Legislative Relations Research Grassroots Campaign Management Organization Building Organizational Design Economics Technical Writing Consulting Nonprofit Organizations Organizational Effectiveness Networking State Government Team Building Team Leadership Training And Development

Richard Burke Education Details

  • Portland State University
    Portland State University
    Social Science
  • University Of Nebraska At Kearney
    University Of Nebraska At Kearney
    Political Science And Computer Science
  • University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
    University Of Nebraska-Lincoln
    Social Science

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Richard Burke works for Western Liberty Network

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Richard Burke's current role is Executive Director at Western Liberty Network.

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What schools did Richard Burke attend?

Richard Burke attended Portland State University, University Of Nebraska At Kearney, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Richard Burke has skills like Politics, Public Speaking, Political Campaigns, Public Policy, Fundraising, Strategic Planning, Political Communication, Public Relations, Coalitions, Policy Analysis, Training, Political Consulting.

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