Other civic and professional activities include resident, Portland City Planning Commission, 1973-74; Member, Commission on the Judicial Branch; Chair, Citizens' Task Force on Mass Transit Policy, 1985-86; Chair, Oregon Jail Project, 1984-86; Chair, Oregon Criminal Justice Council, member, State Sentencing Guidelines Board, 1987-91; Chair, Portland Future Focus (city strategic planning process), 1990-91; Chair, Metro Charter Committee (statutory committee that prepared home rule charter for November 1992 regional vote at which charter was adopted), 1991-92; Chair, Governor's Task Force on State Employee Benefits, 1994; Co-chair, Governor's Task Force on State Employee Compensation, 1995; and former member, Oregon State Bar Committee on Continuing Legal Education.