Susheela Jayapal

About Commissioner Jayapal

Susheela Jayapal has proudly served as your District 2 Multnomah County Commissioner since January, 2019. She was born in India, and came to the United States when she was 16 to go to college. 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 community-based organizations. Her priorities include housing and homelessness; economic justice; clean air and climate resilience; and public safety.

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The Commissioner’s committee responsibilities include the following:

Liaison, Tri County Planning Body for Supportive Housing Services
Liaison, Supportive Housing Services Oversight Committee
Liaison and Executive Committee Member, Worksystems Workforce Development Board
Liaison, Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation
Liaison, Region 1 Area Commissioner on Transportation
Liaison, Regional Tolling Advisory Committee
Co-chair, Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge
Walnut Park Redevelopment Planning Project
Board Member, Association of Oregon Counties
Chair, Joint Task Force on Supporting Business in Reducing Diesel Emissions (2020)