Becca Gose serves as Vice President and General Counsel for Oregon State University (OSU). As Chief Legal Officer, she leads the Office of the General Counsel, consisting of a team of attorneys focused on strategic and preventive advising, finding innovative solutions, and fostering collaborative problem-solving. Reporting directly to the President, Becca is a member of the University Cabinet and advises the Board of Trustees, President, Provost, and various levels of university leadership.
Becca has served OSU since 2010, as Assistant and then Associate General Counsel, and began her role as Chief Legal Officer in 2015. Prior to joining OSU, she was an associate litigation attorney in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles and Olson, where a portion of her practice was dedicated to representing higher education institutions. She received her JD from the University of California at Berkeley and her BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Following law school, she clerked for the Honorable David M. Ebel on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Becca actively contributes to the higher-education legal community through her involvement in NACUA and is currently serving on the Board of Directors, chairs the Committee on Strategic Planning, and leads the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. Her prior engagements include participation on the Annual Conference Planning Committee, Committee on Legal Education, General Counsel Institute Planning Committee, and the NACUA Membership and New Members Committee. She has also been a speaker or a discussion leader at multiple NACUA conferences and workshops. Additionally, she recently completed a 6-year term on the Board of Trustees for the Corvallis Public Schools Foundation, where she served as Chair, Immediate Past Chair, and Secretary.