Dan Saltzman
| Dan Saltzman | |
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| Portland City Commissioner | |
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Assumed office January 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Gretchen Kafoury |
| Constituency | Portland, Oregon |
| Multnomah County Commissioner | |
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In office 1993–1998 |
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| Constituency | Multnomah County, Oregon |
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| Born | 1953/1954 (age 62–63) Portland, Oregon |
| Residence | Portland, Oregon |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
Dan Saltzman is an elected commissioner serving on the City Council of Portland in Portland, Oregon.
Saltzman is a Portland native who attended schools in the Portland area and on the east coast before entering a career in environmental engineering. He graduated from Beaverton High School, received a B.S. from Cornell University's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and an M.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His political career has included a staff position with US Senator Ron Wyden, five years as a Multnomah County Commissioner (1993–1998), and his current fifth term as a City of Portland Commissioner.
Saltzman was first elected to Portland’s City Council in November 1998, defeating former Multnomah County Commission colleague Tanya Collier. He won on a platform that included domestic violence and child abuse, issues that were generally in the purview of the Multnomah County Commission. According to The Oregonian, he did not offer many specifics about his approach to these issues during his campaign. Saltzman, previously an environmental engineering consultant, was initially assigned the following bureaus by then-Mayor Vera Katz: the Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC), the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI), and the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES).
Saltzman has established two bureaus during his service with the City of Portland: the Office of Sustainable Development in 2000 and the Children’s Investment Fund in 2002. The Children's Investment Fund was renamed the Portland Children's Levy in 2009.
As assigned to him by Katz's successor as mayor, Sam Adams, Saltzman oversaw the following City of Portland bureaus, funds and systems: the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES), the Portland Children's Levy, the Gateway Center for Domestic Violence, and the Fire & Police Disability & Retirement (FPDR) system.
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