| Senate Republican Leader Ted Ferrioli
R-John Day
District 30
Biography
Ted Ferrioli was born in Spokane, Washington, on February 15, 1951. Ted moved with his family to Portland at age eight where he attended public school, graduating from U.S. Grant High School with honors in 1969.
Ted then attended the University of Oregon where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
After graduation,  Ted worked at the Department of Veterans Affairs and settled in Creswell, Oregon, to raise a family. He was appointed, then elected to the Creswell City Council, serving as chairman of the budget and police committees.
In 1986, Ted founded Community Relation Associates, Inc., a public relations firm dedicated to advocacy for natural resource producers. Ted is a co-founder of Oregon Lands Coalition.
Today Ted represents the citizens of Senate District 30, Oregon’s largest, which encompasses all of Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Malheur, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler and parts of Clackamas, Deschutes and Marion Counties. He also serves as the Senate Republican Leader.
Committee Memberships
2011 Session and Interim
Senate Republican Leader
Rules Committee, Vice-Chair
Legislative Administration Committee
2009 Session and Interim
Rules Committee, Vice-Chair
Commission on Indian Services
Oregon Broadband Advisory Council
2007 Session and Interim
Rules Committee, Vice-Chair
Legislative Administration Committee
Asset Forfeiture Oversight Committee
Task Force on Federal Forest Payments and County Services
Rural Policy Advisory Committee
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force
Oregon State Hospital Patient Care
2005 Session and Interim
Senate Republican Leader
Rules Committee, Vice-Chair
Office of Rural Health Policy, Advisory Board
Asset Forfeiture Oversight Advisory Committee of the
Criminal Justice Commission
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force
CSG-West Legislative Council on River Governance
2003 Session and Interim
Water and Land Use Committee, Chair
Revenue Committee, Vice-Chair
Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Co-Chair
Education Committee
Judiciary Committee
Permanent Organization and Order of Business Committee
Tax Reform Committee
2001 Session and Interim
Permanent Organization and Order of Business Committee, Chair
Revenue Committee, Chair
Natural Resources Committee, Co-Chair
Columbia River Gorge Commission Review
Subcommittee, Co-Chair
Revenue Options Committee – Co-Chair
Ways and Means Natural Resources Subcommittee
Education Committee
Health and Safety in Portland Public Schools Committee
Budget Committee
Audit Committee
Oregon Economic Development Coordinating Council
Oregon Hanford Waste Board
Pollution Control Tax Credit Improvement and Review Task Force
Task Force on Special Education and School Finance
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force
1999 Session and Interim
Assistant Majority Leader
Natural Resources Subcommittee, Chair
Permanent Organization and Order of Business Committee, Chair
Stream Restoration and Species Recovery Committee, Co-Chair
Ways and Means Committee
General Government Subcommittee
Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Transportation Committee
Emergency Board
General Government Subcommittee
Farm Worker Housing Task Force
Oregon Hanford Waste Board
Western States Legislative Forestry Task Force
Water Agriculture and Natural Resources
1997 Session and Interim
Natural Resources Subcommittee, Chair
Livability Committee, Chair
Ways and Means Committee
Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Water and Land Use Committee
Western State Legislative Forestry Task Force
Navigability Legislative Oversight for Salmon and
Stream Enhancement Committee
Budget Committee
Natural Resources Land Use Subcommittee |
