Background
Kupillas, Sue Claire was born on October 1, 1941 in Ontario, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Wendell Paul and Barbara Louise (Schmidt) Carnefix.
Kupillas, Sue Claire was born on October 1, 1941 in Ontario, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Wendell Paul and Barbara Louise (Schmidt) Carnefix.
Bachelor in Interior Arcthl. Design, University Idaho, 1964. Standard Certified in Art Education, Western Oregon State College, 1974.
Former bookkeeper Boise Cascade Corporation, Indepdence, Oregon. Former teacher and substitute South Dakota 9 & South Dakota 549C, Jackson County. Commissioner Jackson County, Oregon, since 1988.
Chair Jackson County Urban Renewal, since 1991. Past president Rogue Valley Council of Government, Jackson/Josephine County, 1993-1995. Chair/treasurer R,C & D Council, 1993.
Board directors, chair School District 9, Eagle Point, 1980-1989. State board president Oregon School Boards Association, Salem, 1985-1988, chair state legislation committee, 1984. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Medford, 1993.
Caucus member Oregon Women's Political, 1996. Board directors OWPC Association, 1996-1997. Local government advisory committee, State of Oregon, 1997.
Board directors Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology reading program, 1996-1997, Rural Development Initiatives, Lowell, Oregon, 1992-1997, Oregon Corporation for Affordable Housing, Portland, 1993-1997, Bureau of Land Management advisory committee, Medford District Bureau of Land Management, 1989-1993. Chair/founding member Jackson County Child Care Task Force, 1990. Founding member Upper Rogue Educational Consortium Jackson County, 1993.
Appointed by Governor to Communications Economic Certified Revitalization Team, 1997. Member Association of Oregon Counties (district 4 president 1991-1992, member public lands committee 1995-1997).
Married Edgar Arthur Kupillas, July 27, 1931. Children: Joe, Liz; stepchildren: Steve, Greg, Karin.