 Chair, Governor's Task Force on State Employee Benefits, 1994 (appointed by Governor Barbara Roberts).Co-chair, Governor's Task Force on State Employee Compensation, 1995 (appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber).Prior to running for the state's Attorney General position in 1996, Myers had considered trying for the position for some time but did not want to run against Dave Frohnmayer who held the position in the 1980s, or against fellow Democrat former neighbor Gov.