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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

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