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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
- Deborah Kafoury, District 1
- Jeff Cogen, District 2
- Judy Shiprack, District 3
- Diane McKeel, 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
Heidi Beebe
Architect, Partner, Beebe Skidmore Architects
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
Rick Gustafson
Partner, Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc.
Ethan Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Portland State University
Kate Kerns
Youth Representative, St. Mary's Academy
Katie Lane
Attorney, Portland General Electric (PGE)
Henry Li
Youth Representative, Wilson High School
Alice Meyer
Community volunteer; former President, Friends of Multnomah County Library
John Potter
Assistant Director of Operation, State of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Henise A. Telles-Ferreira
Teacher, Portland Public School District
Carlene Weldon
Management Coordinator, City of Gresham
Sola Whitehead
Grants Program Specialist, Portland Veteran's Association Medical Center Research & Development Office
Multnomah County Library Executive Team
- Director of Libraries: Vailey Oehlke
- Executive Assistant to the Director: June Mikkelsen
- Access Services: Cindy Gibbon
- Central Library: Linda Fenster
- Neighborhood Libraries: Rita Jiménez
- Facilities: Mike Harrington
- Human Resources: Leila Wrathall
- Information Technology: Lance Murty
- Marketing & Communications: Penny Hummel
- Support Services: Becky Cobb
- Youth Services: Ellen Fader
- Reference, Adult Services and Programming: Brett Lear
- Collections and Technical Services: Patricia French