The OLCC Commissioners may soon be considering Steve Marks for the top position of Exeuctive Director at the OLCC. The position has been open since late 2012 when Steve Pharo chose to retire (under some pressure to do so). The OLCC’s next meeting is scheduled for October 24-25 at its Portland headquarters. Steve Marks has a long history with Governor Kitzhaber, but does not appear to have experience running a state agency. Most recently, Marks has been working on the governors’ regional solutions program. The agency is headquartered in Portland with regional offices in Bend, Eugene, Medford and Salem. The OLCC has the exclusive right to sell packaged distilled spirits, which are dispersed statewide from a distribution center in Portland and sold in 242 retail liquor stores operated by contracted agents.