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Councilor Rex Burkholder
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Rex Burkholder represents District 5, which includes Northwest Portland, North Portland, Northeast Portland, downtown Portland, a portion of Southwest Portland and a portion of Southeast Portland.
Rex Burkholder, elected for a second term in 2004 to represent District 5 in Multnomah County.
Responsibilities and initiatives
Burkholder chairs the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation and serves on the Bi-State Transportation Committee, as well as other regional transportation committees. He serves on the Metro Central and North Portland Enhancement committees.
In his first years, Burkholder led the council effort in directing federal transportation dollars to projects and programs to support regional land-use objectives and to increase transportation choices. He also was instrumental in designing new council district boundaries and overseeing operations of Metro’s regional facilities. His goals include further aligning regional transportation spending with land-use goals and economic opportunities as well as pursuing regional affordable housing goals.
Work and community experience
Burkholder helped found the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and worked as the policy director for the nonprofit organization, helping to make it one of Oregon’s most active grassroots organizations. He also has taught high school science and served as faculty at Portland State University Office of Student Development.
As a community activist for the past 20 years, he was a founding trustee of the nationally recognized Coalition for a Livable Future, which unites more than 50 citizen groups on the issue of sustainability. As a parent-volunteer, Burkholder helped establish the Northeast Community School, an innovative, diverse charter school in Portland. He has been honored as the 1998 Most Effective Citizen Advocate in the metro region by 1000 Friends of Oregon and as a 1999 founder of a New Northwest by Sustainable Northwest.
Education
Burkholder received a bachelor’s degree in biology and a teaching certificate from Portland State University. He earned a master’s degree in urban and environmental policy from Tufts University in 1989.
Burkholder is married and has two sons. Burkholder enjoys playing tenor guitar, spending time with his family and hiking or kayaking around the Northwest.
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