Roberts was a member of international delegations : the United States Department of Labor delegation to the International Conference on Innovations in Apprenticeship in Paris , the United States delegation to China , 1980 and 2000 , sponsored by the American Council of Young Political Leaders , at the behest of the United States State Department — and a school-to-work apprenticeship program in Germany , which she created , in partnership with the state of Upper Saxony . She was a speaker at President Jimmy Carter 's re-election kickoff dinner and at the 1980 Democratic National Convention . Roberts was president of the National Association of Government Labor Officials and of the National Apprenticeship Program Board . She was profiled in the 1983 book '' Images of Oregon Women '' , by Ellen Nichols . Roberts ran for Oregon Secretary of State in 1992 , and lost to incumbent Democrat Phil Keisling
1980 Democratic National Convention
1980 Democratic National Convention
Mary Wendy Roberts