Susan Bower is an Assistant Attorney General in the Charitable Activities Section at the Oregon Attorney General’s Office and a past Chair of the Nonprofit Organizations Law Section of the Oregon State Bar. She joined the Oregon Department of Justice in 2006. Prior to joining DOJ, she worked as an attorney in private practice, specializing in estate and trust administration and litigation. Ms. Bower graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, and obtained her undergraduate degree in biology from Indiana University.

Lottie Zorn is a Certified Public Accountant who has dedicated her career to the nonprofit sector. She currently serves as Audit Coordinator for the Charitable Activities Section of the Oregon Department of Justice, where she conducts financial investigations of charitable organizations and assists with the Department’s education and outreach activities. Prior to serving the Department, Lottie performed financial audits of nonprofit organizations at a specialty accounting firm in Portland; worked for two educational nonprofits as an administrator and bookkeeper; and assisted numerous organizations as a board director, adviser, and volunteer.