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Members-Only Forum with Commissioner Susheela Jayapal

BBPDX is excited to welcome District 2 Multnomah County Commissioner, Susheela Jayapal for a members-only forum on October 22nd.

Commissioner Jayapal has served for District 2 since January, 2019. She was born in India, and came to the United States when she was 16, to go to college. An Oregonian since 1994, Susheela has lived in Northeast Portland for over 25 years, and is the mother of two Grant High School graduates. Susheela is a lawyer, whose last legal job was as General Counsel for adidas America; and has also spent two decades as a volunteer community leader/advocate for a number of different community-based organizations.

The Commissioner will be discussing: housing & homelessness, community safety, and property tax reform.

The Commissioner’s committee responsibilities include:

  • Chair, Multnomah County Sex Trafficking Collaborative

  • Co-Chair, Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Advisory Council

  • Co-Chair, Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team

  • Liaison and Executive Committee Member, Worksystems Workforce Development Board

  • Liaison, Metro Policy Advisory Committee

  • Member, Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure Oversight Committee

  • Chair, Joint Task Force on Supporting Business in Reducing Diesel Emissions (2020)

If you would like to submit a question ahead of time, please do so here.