Ted Wheeler

Wheeler was born in Portland, Oregon, on August 31, 1962. The town of Wheeler, nestled into Nehalem Bay on the Oregon coast, is named for his great-grandfather. Ted attended Lincoln High School and went on to study at Stanford, Columbia, and Harvard universities. Before his initial appointment as treasurer, Wheeler worked as a senior manager in the financial services industry with Bank of America and Copper Mountain Trust. In 2006, he was elected chief executive of Multnomah County. Wheeler is an Eagle Scout and has volunteered with the Neighborhood House, Portland Mountain Rescue, the Boy Scouts of America, the Oregon Sports Authority, and the Goose Hollow Family Shelter. He founded Walk for the Wildwood and was a founding member of the Heron Point Wetlands Rehabilitation Project. He and his wife, Katrina, live in Southwest Portland with their daughter. From: https://ballotpedia.org/Ted_Wheeler