MIKE DELMAN

OCCUPATION: Public Affairs Director, Portland Habilitation Center.

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Construction laborer; warehouseman, Field representative for Seafarers Int'l Union and AFSCME; Manager of Reliable Shoe, Inc.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Beaverton H.S.; University of Washington (B.A.).

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Chief of Staff to Commissioner Gary Hansen; Intergovernmental relations coordinator, Sheriff's Office; Strategic Planner, County Aging Services Department.

PERSONAL: Married to Lori (Irsfeld) Delman, an OHSU pharmacist, with two daughters attending public middle school.

“Mike Delman has the work ethic to deliver services to those in the county with the greatest needs. He'll make sure that everyone has a voice in the process and will make an outstanding Multnomah County Commissioner.”

Annette Mattson, David Douglas School Board Chair

COUNTY SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED

Mike Delman will:

• Restore the public health clinic to Southeast Portland by partnering with Providence and Good Samaritan health systems.
• Add Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN schools) programs to the Marshall cluster and David Douglas School District.

MEANINGFUL PUBLIC SAFETY 

Mike Delman will:

• Help open Wapato Jail as a multi-use facility that jails criminals and offers drug addiction and mental health treatment.
• Restore the Auto Theft Task Force that Mike helped create in 1996.

CARING FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

Mike Delman will:

• Continue improving the county's environmental health and sustainability efforts.
• Partner with non-profit organizations, state and federal leaders to find innovative solutions to our current health care crisis, including serving more of the uninsured.

“I know that with Mike Delman in office, the county will continue to address livability and sustainability issues.”

Mike Houck, urban greenspace advocate

“I'm supporting Mike Delman because he has the best and broadest experience of any candidate. He has great ideas – backed by proven experience – to push forward the change we need in county government.”

Mike Lindberg, former Portland City Commissioner

Mike Delman is endorsed by Stand for Children and is a “Greenlight” candidate for both Oregon NARAL and Basic Rights Equality PAC. Please see our website for a complete list of endorsers and supporters.

http://www.mikedelman.com

(This information furnished by Friends of Mike Delman, Treasurer Fred Christ)