Lori Stegmann | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Urban Flood Safety & Water Quality District | |
| Assumed office January 2025 | |
| Member of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners from the 4th district | |
| In office January 1,2017 –January 1,2025 | |
| Preceded by | Diane McKeel |
| Succeeded by | Vince Jones-Dixon |
| Member of the Gresham City Council Position 6 | |
| Preceded by | Carol L. Nielsen-Hood |
| Succeeded by | Janine Gladfelter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Seoul,South Korea |
| Political party | Democratic (2018-present) Republican (before 2018) |
| Education | Portland State University (BS) Mt. Hood Community College |
Lori Stegmann is an American politician who served as a member of the Multnomah County Commission in Oregon representing the 4th district,which covers East Multnomah County and parts of East Portland. [1]
A Moderate Democrat,Stegmann was a Republican until 2018 when she switched party affiliation citing the Trump administration as her reason for switching. [2]
Stegmann was born in Seoul,South Korea and was abandoned by her parents on the steps of city hall. She was adopted from an orphanage by a Gresham family. She grew up in the Rockwood neighborhood. [3]
Stegmann attended Mt. Hood Community College and received her bachelor's degree in business from Portland State University. [4]
Stegmann runs Lori Stegmann Insurance Agency,and affiliate of Farmers Insurance Group. She served as vice-chair of the Gresham Planning Commission and a member of the Gresham Redevelopment Commission Advisory Committee and Rockwood Stakeholders Group before being elected to the Gresham city council in the 2010 elections where she served for 6 years. [5]
In 2016,Stegmann ran for and was elected to the Multnomah County Commission. She was the only Republican on the commission before changing her party affiliation to Democratic in 2018. [2] [6]
In 2022,Stegmann ran for County Chair. She came in fourth in the primary with 12.56% of the vote. [7]