Gail Shibley

Gail Shibley

Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 12th district
In office 1991 – 1997
Preceded by	Phil Keisling
Succeeded by	Chris Beck
Constituency	portions of Portland and Multnomah County
Personal details
Born	1957/1958 (age 58–59)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Tiffany Harris

Gail R. Shibley (born c. 1958) is an American politician, who was the first openly gay person to serve in the Oregon State Legislature.

She was appointed to the Oregon House of Representatives in January 1991, to fill a vacancy caused by Phil Keisling's resignation to serve as Oregon Secretary of State. She was elected to the seat in 1992 and re-elected in 1994. In 1996, she did not run for re-election, but instead ran for an open seat on the City Council of Portland. She was narrowly defeated by Jim Francesconi. Shibley subsequently moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked for the Federal Highway Administration and the United States Department of Labor.

She subsequently returned to Oregon, working on Ted Kulongoski's campaign for Governor of Oregon in the 2002 gubernatorial election. She later served as the administrator of the Office of Environmental Public Health within the Oregon Health Authority. In December 2012, newly elected Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced that Shibley would serve as his chief of staff when he takes office in January 2013.