Larry Galizio

Larry Galizio

Lawrence Galizio (born 1964) has been the President of Clatsop Community College since July, 2010 http://www.clatsopcc.edu/about-ccc/office-president/biography. Before coming to CCC, Dr. Galizio served as the Director for Strategic Planning for the Chancellor's Office of the Oregon University System http://former.ous.edu/news_and_information/news/081309.php. Prior to his position in the Chancellor's Office, Galizio directed the Portland Community College Speech and Debate Program and served as a full-time faculty member for 16 years. Under Galizio's leadership, the PCC Program earned four national community college championships in parliamentary debate http://www.parlidebate.org/npda-nationals/. Galizio co-authored one of the first textbooks on parliamentary debate in the US: The Elements of Parliamentary Debate: A Guide to Public Argument http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Parliamentary-Debate-Public-Argument/dp/0321024702.

From 2005-2009, Galizio served in the Oregon House of Representatives for House District 35 http://www.splc.org/jideas/feature/bill_signing_gallery.php. House District 35 includes parts of Tigard, Southwest Portland, King City, Metzger, and surrounding areas of unincorporated Washington County. Among his committee assignments, Galizio served as the Chair of the Joint Ways & Means Education Subcommittee and as Co-Chair of the Capital Construction Subcommittee of Ways & Means http://gov.oregonlive.com/committee/Joint/Capital-Construction-and-Info-Technology/2009/1169/ http://portlandtribune.com/component/content/article?id=92893. Other selected committee assignments include: Revenue, Consumer Protection, and the Emergency Board. In his first successful campaign in 2004, Galizio was the first Democrat elected to House District 35 in over two decades http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io-jHmVTIKU. At the time of his election, Rep. Galizio was a full-time instructor of communication studies, media studies, public speaking and argumentation and debate at the Sylvania campus of Portland Community College (PCC). He continued to teach at PCC during even-numbered years, as the Oregon legislature only meets in session during odd-numbered years.