2007 Conference Highlights

 

Lunch buffet line. First in line on the right is Patti Smith, Associate Ombudsman, Anchorage, Alaska Ombudsman office.	Left to right, Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin, Sue Halsam, Acting Director of Operations, Ontarion Ombudsman, and Ontario Ombudsman Special Ombudsman Response Team Director Gareth Jones.	USOA attendees view the Raven Statute at the entry to the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.	Charlene Burkett, Indiana Department of Corrections Ombudsman, Paula Campbell, Lexington-Fayette ombudsman office, and Columbia, S.C. Ombudsman Libby Gober, lead the group on their way to the USOA banquet.
Nebraska Corrections Ombudsman Oscar Harriott enjoys the fall foliage at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.	Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin, Anchorage Ombudsman Kristie Cada, and Paul Jenkins (husband of Linda Lord-Jenkins) of Anchorage watch Alaska Native dancers perform at the USOA banquet.	Ruth Cooperrider, USOA President, conducts the Board of Directors meeting.	From Left to Right, Syed Zia Mehboob, Director, Federal Tax Ombudsman Secretariat; Feroz Bashir Ansari, Secretary, Federal Tax Ombudsman Secretariat; Ruth Cooperrider, Past President, USOA; Justice Muir A. Sheikh, Federal Tax Omdudsman; and Justice Fazal Ur Rauman, Ombudsman, Proviincial Ombudsman Office.