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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

Mark Garber, Chair

Publisher, Gresham Outlook; Vice President, Community Newspapers

Virginia Koontz, Vice Chair

Retired Vice President, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon

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

Stephen Feltz

Treasurer/Controller, Northwest Natural Gas

Martha Gies

Author

Dean Gisvold

Attorney, McEwen Gisvold, LLP; also board chair, Central City Concern

Ruth Gundle

Director, Soapstone, Inc.

Rick Gustafson

Partner, Shiels Obletz Johnsen, Inc.

Gwen Farnham Hyland

Community volunteer; retired National Sales Manager, Levi Strauss

Jon Kruse

Strategic Investment Manager, Intel Capital

Diane McKeel

Executive Director, West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce

Alice Meyer

Community volunteer; former President, Friends of Multnomah County Library

Donna Oden-Orr

Attorney, Bonneville Power Administration

Garrett Shepard

Youth Representative, Lincoln High School

Ellen Wallin

Youth Representative, Cleveland High School

Multnomah County Library Executive Team