Mitch Green (politician)
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Mitch Green | |
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.jpg) Green in 2024 | |
| Member of the Portland City Council from District 4 | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | office established |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Portland State University University of Missouri-Kansas City[1] |
Mitch Green is an economist who was elected to Portland City Council in 2024, representing District 4.[2] Green is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.[3]
Green grew up in Portland as well as Vancouver, Washington. He was the first member of his family to attend college.[4]
Career
Green has spent over a decade as a senior risk analyst specializing in energy economics for the Bonneville Power Administration. Before that, he has spent time as a professor of economics at his alma mater, Portland State University, as well as Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[4]
Green, along with fellow council members Tiffany Koyama Lane and Angelita Morillo of District 3 and Sameer Kanal of District 2, are members of the Democratic Socialists of America.[5]
