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Karin Power's Biography

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201 High Street Southeast, Suite 100
Salem, 97301-3398

Full Name:

Karin Power

Gender:

Female

Family:

Wife; 1 Child: Grady

Home City:

Milwaukie, OR

Certified, Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, 2011

JD, Lewis & Clark Law School, 2009-2011

Attended, Northeastern University School of Law, 2008-2009

BA, International Relations, Mount Holyoke College, 2001-2005

Public Utilities Commissioner, State of Oregon, 2025-present

Representative, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 41, 2017-2023

Assistant Majority Leader, Oregon State House of Representatives, 2019-2021

Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 41, 2016, 2018, 2020

Member, Milwaukie City Council, 2014-2017

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Energy and Environment Committee, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Co-Chair, Joint Committee On Carbon Reduction, Oregon State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Oregon State House of Representatives

Law Clerk/Staff Attorney/Associate General Counsel, Freshwater Trust, 2011-present

Contractor, In-House Legal Department, Nike, 2010-2011

Research Assistant, Professor Edward J. Sullivan, 2011

Intern, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, 2010

Law Clerk, Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, 2010

Legal Intern, Westwind Stewardship Group, 2010

Judicial Intern, Honorable Keith C. Long, Massachusetts Land Court, 2009

Campaign Associate, Museum of History and Industry, 2008

Community Outreach Coordinator, treehouse for kids, 2007-2008

Regional Coordinator, Benevon, 2005-2007

Member/Former Chair, Kellogg Good Neighbor Committee, 2013-present

Board Member, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon, present

Board Member, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, present

Member, Clackamas Community College Harmony Campus Citizen Subcommittee

Former Member, Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Oregon State Bar Executive Committee

Former Member, Good Neighbor Committee, Kellogg Water Pollution Control Plant

Former Member, Ledding Library Expansion Task Force, Milwaukie City Council

Former Member, North Clackamas Social Needs Roundtable, Milwaukie City Council

Former Member, Regional Wastewater Treatment Advisory Committee, Clackamas County

Former Member, Riverhealth Advisory Board, Clackamas County Service District Number 1

Former Member, Willamette Falls Locks Working Group, Milwaukie City Council

Participant, Emerge Oregon, 2015

Board Member, Housing Land Advocates, 2013-2015

Board Advocacy Committee Member, Oregon Food Bank, 2015

Chair/Secretary, Island Station Neighborhood Association, 2013-2014

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