Trudy Allen first joined the OWLS Foundation Board as Historian in 1999 and is also now the Secretary. She served on the Queen’s Bench Board for 11 years (President twice) and on the OWLS Board for 7 years (Historian for 5 years).
She has retired from the practice of law, where most recently she was General Counsel of U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, a division of U.S. Bank. In addition to her current volunteer service for the OWLS Foundation, she is doing volunteer work for the Oregon Women Judges project, a joint effort between Oregon Women Lawyers and the U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society to compile information on all the women who have served as judges in Oregon.
She received her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1982 and her B.S. from Penn State in 1972.