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Henry O'Keeffe

( Oregon )

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Introduction

Henry T. O'Keeffe is a proven lobbyist and lawyer, helping clients engage in the legislative process and mold priorities into proposed legislation that protects community health, innovation, and opposes one-size-fits-all policies. His areas of expertise include but are not limited to health care, legal affairs, non-profits, local government, and agriculture.

Clients

1) AFC Urgent Care

2) All Care Health

3) Associated Wall & Ceiling Contractors (AWCC)

4) Bricklayers Local 1

5) Centene Corporation

6) City of Echo

7) City of Hermiston

8) City of Millersburg

9) City of Stanfield

10) City of Umatilla

11) Clatsop County

12) Clean Energy for Oregon

13) Coalition For A Healthy Oregon (COHO)

14) Coin Meter

15) Commonwealth Real Estate Services

16) Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

17) Dental Assisting National Board (DANB)

18) Direct Selling Association

19) Douglas County

20) Douglas County Independent Physicians Association (DCIPA)

21) Hermiston School District 8R

22) National Association of Social Workers (NASW)

23) National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)

24) New Sun Energy

25) Northwest Urgent Care Coalition

26) Operating Engineers Local 701

27) Operative Plasterers and Cement Masons' Local 82

28) Oregon Association of Acupuncturists (OAA)

29) Oregon Manufactured Housing Association (OMHA)

30) Oregon Seed Association (OSA)

31) Oregon State Credit Union

32) Oregonians for Rural Health

33) Salem Clinic

34) Southwest Oregon Independent Physicians Association (DOC PAC)

35) Umatilla County

36) Umatilla County Fire District #1

37) Umpqua Health

38) Valley Immediate Cre

39) Willamette Valley Physicians

40) Willamette Valley Special Seed Association (WVSSA)

Biography

As Vice President of Health Care Policy, Henry T. O'Keeffe is a lobbyist on the government affairs team at Pac/West Lobby Group specializing in health care and helping clients engage in the legislative rulemaking process and mold their legislative priorities into proposed legislation that protects community health, local innovation, and opposes one-size-fits-all policies.

Henry has a proven track record working in health care, local government, non-profits, and private business. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar and is skilled at organizing, drafting, and negotiating legal agreements and advancing legislation for his clients. Henry is inquisitive and talented at crafting clear, concise language for legislative concepts. 

Henry has a history of caring about helping people, whether in his capacity as a student volunteer at a domestic violence shelter in college, or as the principal attorney at his law firm today. His own personal health story has helped him understand the challenges and opportunities in Oregon's health care system and energized him in his role as an advocate.

Joining the team in 2022, Henry's background includes state legislative affairs, eight years as general counsel for Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc., and serving as a legislative aide for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington State. A native Oregonian, Henry has bachelor's degrees in philosophy, politics, economics, and anthropology/sociology from Eastern Oregon University and a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School.

Last Updated: July 30, 2023