A public policy leader, Jackie Dingfelder brings judgment born of four decades environmental consulting, an academic’s access to new insights, and an elected official’s leadership abilities. Ms. Dingfelder serves as a Senior Fellow at Portland State University’s Hatfield School of Government, where she earned her PhD there in 2017 after serving as a Fulbright/Ian Axford Scholar in New Zealand, and as a environmental policy consultant.  

Ms. Dingfelder brings over 40 years’ experience in the environmental planning field in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Ms. Dingfelder also directed two environmental non-profit organizations and served as senior advisor to Portland, Oregon Mayor Charlie Hales where she managed development of Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, No-New-Fossil-Fuels Ordinance, and award winning 2015 Climate Action Plan.  

In addition to her extensive professional portfolio, Ms. Dingfelder represented NE and SE Portland in the Oregon Legislature from 2001 to 2013. During her legislative tenure, she served as chair of the House and Senate Environment, Energy and Natural Resources committees where she championed numerous significant environmental, energy and public interest policies including creation of Oregon’s first Renewable Portfolio Standard, Oregon’s Global Warming Commission, the Clean Fuels Program, updating and expanding Oregon’s landmark Bottle Bill, creating Oregon’s E-cycles computer recycling program and Oregon’s first marine reserve program. Since retiring from the State Legislature in 2017, she has served as President of the Climate Solutions Board, as a Board Member of 1000 Friends of Oregon, and Chairs the Governance Committee for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators. 

Jackie holds a PhD from Portland State University, a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a BA in Geography/Ecosystems from University of California, Los Angeles.  

She is the immediate past president of Climate Solutions' board of directors, where she serves on the executive committee and co-chairs the governance committee.