Burton T. Edwards, co-chair
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Burt Edwards is the director of programs at ReThink Media. Before joining ReThink in fall 2022, Burt served as the communications director at Friends of the Columbia Gorge, where he led rapid-response public education efforts around the 2017 Eagle Creek fire and directed efforts to center equity, accessibility, and inclusion in Friends’ public engagement programs. He previously worked for over 20 years in Washington, D.C. with leading nonprofit, public, and private sector organizations to create and manage communications campaigns to effectively shape public opinion on pressing policy debates from climate change to international conflict. Burt writes, “As a voter who supported this bond effort and as a Black conservation and communications professional, I am interested both as a chance to give back to my community and to apply my 25+ years of experience in public affairs to ensure this bond both benefits and is accountable to all metro residents, no matter their race, ethnicity or economic background.”