Deborah Kafoury
Deborah Kafoury (born August 19, 1967) is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Deborah Kafoury | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners | |
| In office January 8, 2015 – December 31, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Marissa Madrigal |
| Succeeded by | Jessica Vega Pederson |
| Member of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners from the 1st district | |
| In office January 1, 2009 – October 18, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Maria Rojo de Steffey |
| Succeeded by | Liesl Wendt |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
| In office January 1999 – January 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Carter |
| Succeeded by | Chip Shields |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 19, 1967 Walla Walla, Washington, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Stephen Kafoury (father) Gretchen Kafoury (mother) |
| Education | Whitman College (BA) |
Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Kafoury received her bachelor's degree from Whitman College. She was the chair of the Multnomah County Commission, where she succeeded Jeff Cogen. She previously held a seat on the commission, which she resigned in October 2013 in order to run for chair in the May 2014 election. She noted her work on renovations to the Sellwood Bridge as something she would continue as chair, and pushed for the passage of Metro's 10-year, $2.4 billion homeless services measure.
Kafoury was a founder of the young-voter mobilization nonprofit X-PAC and served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives, from 1999 to 2005, including a leadership role in the Democratic Party caucus.
She is the daughter of Stephen Kafoury and the late Gretchen Kafoury. She is also the first cousin of Trevor Kafoury, formerly the VP of commercial real estate brokerage CBRE in Portland, Oregon.