CWS Expands Board Leadership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
CONTACT John Aney, Phone: 503-557-5820; Email: johna@cwsor.org

CWS Expands Board Leadership

Oregon City, OR (May 28, 2019)— Clackamas Women’s Services (CWS) adds four new members to their board, expanding and enhancing the local non-profit’s leadership base. New board members include: Barbara Radler, Kate Buzbee, Mara Kennedy, and Emma Burke.

Barbara Radler has been practicing law in Portland since 1982. Radler’s practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions. She represents developers, landlords, lenders, borrowers, tenants, and brokers. Radler is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and she has served as the Chair of the Real Estate and Land Use Section of the Oregon State Bar. She has been listed in Best Lawyers in America and she has been top-ranked in real estate by Chambers USA each year since 2003.

Kate Buzbee is the Finance Manager at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center and has been with Providence since 2006 as an auditor and accountant. Buzbee strongly believes in each individual’s right to feel safe and secure and previously served on the Finance Committee at Bradley Angle, a Portland-based domestic violence advocacy center.

Emma Burke is a member of Lake Oswego School District’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, sits on the Policy sub-committee, and serves as Chair for the Community Outreach sub-committee. Burke also volunteers with the Government Relations Committee for the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)-Oregon Chapter. Burke joined the CWS Board of Directors in 2019 after serving several months on the CWS Public Policy Committee, raising DVSA awareness with Oregon politicians by providing her lived-experience testimony in public hearings at the state Capitol on related bills.

Mara Kennedy is Assistant Vice President of Business Development for The Doctors Company’s Northwest Region. She manages both the direct sales team and agent/broker relations for 14 states. Kennedy joined The Doctors Company in 2013, coming from Utah Medical Insurance Association where she was Vice President, Marketing and Business Analyst. She has a background in management, underwriting and marketing.