Don was reared in a literary family; his father, mother, and step-mother were English teachers. Before earning a degree in Journalism, he worked in many fields, from Operating Engineer on oil-field supply boats in the Gulf of Mexico, to maintaining radio-positioning transmitters for offshore survey crews, to working as a waiter in a French Restaurant in Mandeville, LA.
He studied radio electronics in Louisiana, earning the (now meaningless) FCC Radiotelephone Operators License. He combines his interests in electronics with his communications background by training the office computers to behave nicely, and keeping the firm’s website updated.
Professional Experience
- April 2015 – present; Marketing / Office Assistant; Kent Anderson Law Office, Eugene, OR;
- 2010 – 2011; Administrative Assistant, Concentric Sky, Eugene, OR;
- 2008; On-Call Employment Specialist, Lane County Youth Services, Eugene, OR;
- 2009; Eligibility Interviewer, Lane Workforce Partnership, Eugene, OR;
- 2008; Temporary Help Desk Technician, Oregon Medical Group, Eugene, OR;
- 2003 – 09; Customer Service Associate / Supervisor Call Center Service; Semperian, LLC, Eugene, OR;
- 2002; Commissioner’s Assistant; Lane County Board of Commissioners, Eugene, OR;
- 2002; Campaign Manager; Friends of Phil Barnhart, Eugene, OR;
- 2001 – 2002; Fundraising / Campaign Manager; Elect Sorenson, Eugene, OR;
Other Experience
- 1997 – 2002; Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon Department of Political Science, Eugene, OR;
- 1997; Dow Jones Copy Editor Intern, The Oregonian, Portland, OR;
- 1993 – 97; Clerk 2 (Technical Writer), Lane Community College Industrial Technology Deptartment, Eugene, OR;
- 1997; Editor, Flux Magazine; University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication, Eugene, OR;
Education:
- Lane Community College, Eugene, OR; Web Design & Computer Programming, 2010 – 2012;
- University of Oregon Graduate School, Eugene, OR; Political Science, 1997 – 1999;
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; BA Journalism & Political Science, 1997;
- Lane Community College, Eugene, OR; Associate of Arts, Oregon Transfer, 1995;
- RETS Training Center, Metairie LA; Certificate Electronics Engineering Technology, 1985