Jeff Stone is the executive director/CEO of the Oregon Association of Nurseries. During his 15-year tenure at the OAN, he has led his association to pack a big punch as a political force - leading landmark policies at the state level on land use, water infrastructure and immigration-related policies. Stone has a strong reputation as a consensus builder and solution-oriented advocate. This is critical as he leads the nursery and greenhouse industry, which is the largest sector in agriculture in Oregon and third largest in the country, with industry sales at almost a billion dollars per year. The nursery industry is predominantly a Willamette Valley-based industry and often leads the entirety of the ag community on matters of policy. Stone's public sector experience includes serving eight years as the chief of staff to the Metro Council and prior to that worked for eight years for United States Senator Bob Packwood (R-Oregon).