About Us

NSO Board & Staff

NSO Board of Directors

  • Ken Combs, Acting President – musician, retired university administrator
  • Vacant, Vice President 
  • Susan Elizabeth Reese Painter, Treasurer – criminal defense lawyer and freelance writer
  • Bill Hite, Secretary – retired contractor
  • John Lavrakas, Immediate Past President – retired aerospace engineer
  • Brian Haggerty – lawyer, Newport Law; firefighter and emergency medical technician, Newport Fire Department
  • Kris Klavik – musicians' representative, Newport Symphony Orchestra musician personnel manager
  • W. W. "Clyde" Reid – retired editor
  • Camille Shieff – business owner
  • Gavin Shumate – doctor; priest, St. John's Episcopal Church
  • Joseph Swafford – retired business owner
  • Marcia Buckley - Judge of the Oregon 17th Judicial District Circuit Courts, Divorce attorney
  • Kate Sinkins- Immigration attorney

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