accepted report

Reappoint Traci Rossi to the Children's Levy Allocation Committee for term to expire June 30, 2024

budget finance
appointment
levy bond

Department: Portland Children's Levy
Introduced by: Former Mayor Ted Wheeler Councilor Dan Ryan
Status: Accepted

Impact statement

Purpose & background

The purpose of the proposed action is to renew the appointment of Traci Rossi as a citizen community representative to the Children's Levy Allocation Committee.

Financial impacts

This action has no financial or budgetary impacts.

Community impacts

The Portland Children’s Levy is overseen by a five-member Allocation Committee that operates under a set of bylaws and meets publicly to make funding decisions. It is composed of one Portland City Commissioner, one Multnomah County Commissioner and three citizen members: two appointed by the Mayor and one by the County Commission Chair. Meetings are open to the public, and notices are sent to the program’s email list prior to meetings and are posted on their website.

▸ Full text (the legislation as adopted)

June 6, 2022 As Mayor and Commissioner of Finance & Administration, I request Council confirmation of the following appointment to the Portland Children's Levy Allocation Committee: Reappointment Term Traci Rossi July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024 Respectfully submitted, Mayor Ted Wheeler Statement of Interest: As we emerge from a historic dual pandemic: Covid19 and a country-wide racial reckoning, so many underserved children in Portland have witnessed their pre-pandemic barriers, obstacles and challenges intensify. I would like to continue my service on the PCL’s allocation committee to leverage my professional experience working with communities of color who have been severely impacted by poverty and inequities, as well as my recent allocation committee service in partnership with my deeply knowledgeable and committed allocation colleagues over the last two years. I would be honored to continue to provide my perspective, insight, time, and support to allocate critical resources to community-based organizations that are providing much-needed resources to our highest priority youth in Portland. Bio: Traci has a long and successful career working in education, nonprofit organizations and youth development, focusing on service to women and emerging, emergent and under-served communities. She is currently executive director of Friends of the Children-Portland, which provides vulnerable children with a nurturing and sustained relationship with a professional mentor. Previously, she served in leadership roles at the Center for Women's Leadership, Innovative Changes, Greater Than (formerly “I Have a Dream” Foundation) and Catlin Gabel School. Traci is a public member of the Board of Governors/Oregon State Bar; a board member of the Gray Family Foundation; and on the Board of Directors of KairosPDX. Traci looks forward to working with the committed and wide range of non-profit organizations in our community and connecting with the deserving programs that partner with the Levy. She wants to amplify their work and increase children’s access to proven programs that support the components that are necessary for all families in Portland to thrive and succeed.

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