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Bill Bradbury

Biography

Bill Bradbury was first elected as a State Representative in 1980. For fourteen years he served in the Oregon Legislature, representing the southern Oregon coast. He was elected to the State Senate in 1984, where he was elected Senate Majority Leader in 1986 and Senate President in 1993. From 1999-2009 Bill served as Oregon’s Secretary of State.
Bill’s career has focused on environmental protection and economic development. He worked to pass legislation to establish Small Business Development Centers at community colleges and he developed the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP). Bill was also responsible for first implementing Oregon’s hugely successful vote by mail system.
Bill was a member of Al Gore’s first “An Inconvenient Truth” training team and has given more than 200 presentations throughout Oregon.  Bradbury was appointed to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council in 2010 as one of two Representatives from Oregon.