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Governance
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, elected by county voters, governs the library. In turn, the commissioners appoint citizens to the Library Advisory Board, which oversees library operations.
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners
- Ted Wheeler, Chair
- Maria Rojo de Steffey, District 1
- Jeff Cogen, District 2
- Lisa Naito, District 3
- Lonnie Roberts, District 4
Library Advisory Board
Library Advisory Board meetings
Board members
Virginia Koontz, Chair
Retired Vice President, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon
Mark Garber, Vice Chair
Publisher, Gresham Outlook; Vice President, Community Newspapers
Joe Arellano
Attorney and partner, Kennedy, Watts, Arellano & Ricks
David Blount
Attorney, Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP
Robert Brading
CEO, MetroEast Community Media
Marian Creamer
Founder, Children's Literature Alive!; retired Library Media Specialist
George Feldman
Physician, Kaiser Permanente
Stephen Feltz
Treasurer/Controller, Northwest Natural Gas
Ruth Gundle
Director, Soapstone, Inc.
Rick Gustafson
Partner, Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc.
Ethan Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Diane McKeel
Executive Director, West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce
Alice Meyer
Community volunteer; former President, Friends of Multnomah County Library
Garrett Shepard
Youth Representative, Lincoln High School
Henise A. Telles-Ferreira
Teacher, Portland Public School District
Ellen Wallin
Youth Representative, Cleveland High School
Carlene Weldon
Management Coordinator, City of Gresham
Multnomah County Library Executive Team
- Director of Libraries: Molly Raphael
- Deputy Director: Vailey Oehlke
- Executive Assistant to the Director: June Mikkelsen
- Access Services: Cindy Gibbon
- Central Library: Candy Bertelson
- Neighborhood Libraries: Rita Jiménez
- Facilities: Mike Harrington
- Human Resources: Leila Wrathall
- Information Technology: Lance Murty
- Public Relations: Penny Hummel
- Support Services: Becky Cobb
- Youth Services: Ellen Fader
- Collections and Technical Services: Patricia French