HCAO Committees

The committees of Health Care for All Oregon invite you to join in setting the direction of the movement by participating in a Committee. We are very interested in increasing representation from all regions of the state on all committees.

Meetings are often held by conference or video conference call. If you’re interesting in serving on a committees, please fill out the Volunteer Form.

Communications Committee

The Communications Committee:

  • Raises awareness of our HCAO mission and campaign through a variety of media

  • Develops messaging and marketing strategies to advance our purpose with focus on:

    • Health care is a human right (moral argument)

    • Health care is a public good (civic argument)

    • Universal publicly-funded health care is good for the economy (economic argument)

Deren Ash, Chair

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee:

  • Develops and proposes the annual budget,

  • Develops a fundraising plan and oversees its implementation,

  • Coordinates and consults with other committees, as needed.

Anyone interested in serving on the Finance Committee

Valdez Bravo, HCAO President

Legislative Committee

Formulates a legislative strategy to advocate for a publicly funded healthcare system that is affordable, universal, equitable, accountable, transparent, and for the public good in Oregon and the United States.

  • Organizes constituent contacts across state legislative districts to bring the voice of the public in advocating for related policies and legislation.

  • Continue to listen, develop, and build support for a plan within communities across Oregon especially those historically marginalized, HCAO member organizations and state government.

  • Engage in ongoing conversations with and monitoring of the Task Force on Universal Health Care to create a bill that meets the purposes, values, principles of their work.

  • Organizes for advocacy efforts to pass governmental and organizational resolutions that support the mission.

  • Reviews and makes recommendations on requests for endorsement of policies and legislation in alignment with the HCAO mission based on its Equity Principle.

  • Reviews and makes recommendations on requests to support events in alignment with the HCAO mission based on its Equity Principle.

  • Reviews and makes recommendations on requests to oppose policies and legislation that are contrary to HCAO’s mission and its Equity Principle.

  • Advocate, in conjunction with national organizations, for Medicare for All bills in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate. 

  • Advocate, in conjunction with national organizations, for a state-based universal health care bill.

Hayden Rooke-Ley, Chair

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee:

  • Recruits new organizations into HCAO,

  • Provides support to member organizations,

  • Assesses the capacity of member organizations,

  • Acts as a liaison between member organizations and other committees,

Sarah Spansail, Chair

Mobilization Committee

The Mobilization Committee is responsible for developing the strategies, tools, and resources needed to engage, educate, and mobilize Oregonians in our Health Care is a Human Right movement.

The Mobilization Committee:

  • Develops proposals for actions and projects to build the power of our grassroots base

  • Identifies, trains and supports leaders statewide

  • Supports development of new and existing chapters

  • Coordinates communication between chapters

  • Coordinate volunteer recruitment and placement

  • Coordinates Tabling activities

Kate Pfister-Minogue and Lauri Hoagland, Co-Chair

Nominations and Elections Committee

The Nominations and Elections Committee (as defined in the HCAO bylaws):

  • Conducts extensive recruitment process among member organizations,

  • Proposes nominees for officer, board and Nominations and Election committee members,

  • Administers elections.

Sarah Spansail, Chair