Dan Ryan (Oregon politician)

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Dan Ryan
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Portland City Commissioner
Assumed office
September 9, 2020
Preceded byNick Fish
Personal details
Born1962/1963 (age 58–59)[1]
North Portland, Oregon
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Oregon (BA)

Dan Ryan (born June 21, 1962) is an American non-profit executive and politician who was elected to the Portland City Council on August 12, 2020. Ryan defeated Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith in a runoff election to succeed Nick Fish, who died of stomach cancer on January 2, 2020. Ryan will serve for the remainder of Fish's term, which ends in 2022.[2][3]

Early life and education[]

Ryan was born in North Portland, Oregon, the youngest of eight children. Ryan was the first in his family to graduate from college. Ryan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oregon and took graduate courses at The New School.[4]

Career[]

Prior to announcing his candidacy for Portland City Council, Ryan worked as an administrator at Portland State University, where he managed the school's first capital campaign.

Ryan served as a member of the Portland School Board from 2005 to 2008, and was the CEO of All Hands Raised, an education non-profit, from 2008 to 2019. Ryan is the third LGBT person elected as a commissioner of Portland, and the first to have been diagnosed with HIV.[5][6] Upon his election in August, Ryan called for an end to the 2020 Portland protests and committed to establishing a "peace summit" between local politicians and activists.[7] Ryan assumed office on September 9, 2020.[8][9]

During his campaign, Ryan was endorsed by City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty and former Governor Barbara Roberts.[10][11]

Personal life[]

While living in New York City in 1986, Ryan was diagnosed with HIV. In 1996, Ryan was diagnosed with pneumocystis and was given between six months and a year to live. He then returned from Seattle, where he was living at the time, to his hometown of Portland, Oregon, expecting to die soon.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ Bailey, Everton (April 25, 2020). "Meet the candidates seeking to complete the term of late Portland Commissioner Nick Fish". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Dan Ryan Is Portland's Newest City Commissioner, Winning Special Election Runoff". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  3. ^ "Loretta Smith, Dan Ryan vie for Portland City Council seat left vacant by Nick Fish's death". opb. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  4. ^ "Dan Ryan wins seat on Portland City Council". BikePortland.org. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  5. ^ "Dan Ryan Is Portland's Newest City Commissioner, Winning Special Election Runoff". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. ^ "Dan Ryan Elected to Portland City Council, Defeating Loretta Smith in Runoff". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  7. ^ "Commissioner-elect Dan Ryan calls for a peace summit to end Portland protests and work toward reforms". kgw.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  8. ^ "Dan Ryan claims victory over Loretta Smith in race for Portland City Council". opb. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  9. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Everton Bailey Jr | The (2020-09-11). "Portland mayor says he'll stop overseeing parks, other city bureaus to focus on police, coronavirus recovery". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  10. ^ Bailey, Everton (May 21, 2020). "Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty endorses Dan Ryan over Loretta Smith in City Council runoff". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  11. ^ "Proudly Endorsed By". Dan Ryan for Portland. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "He Survived a Plague. Now He's Running for Office During Another". Willamette Week. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  13. ^ "Beyond Well with Sheila Hamilton: Ep. 86/ Covid19, HIV, and the Path Out of Fear". beyondwellsheilahamilton.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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