The Metro Charter requires that a standing citizens' committee be established and maintained by the Metro Office of Citizen Involvement.
The Public Engagement Review Committee serves as a key component of Metro’s efforts to develop successful public engagement processes.
Learn more about Metro's public engagement review process
The committee includes at least three at-large community members, three staff or board members from local community organizations and public involvement staff members from Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties.
Committee activities include:
- assisting with the development and the implementation of the community summit
- reviewing the annual public engagement report
- providing input on the content of the annual Opt In public engagement review survey
- reviewing public engagement activities at the project and program level
- making recommendations to the Metro Council about engagement priorities
Membership
Criteria for the selection of community member and community organization representatives include:
- Community service: Demonstrated commitment to community involvement
- Experience: Demonstrated skills, knowledge or experience valuable to support Metro’s public engagement principles
- Diversity: Collectively representative of the geographic and demographic diversity of the region
Member recruitment occurs annually for one-third of the community member and community organization positions. Local jurisdiction representatives are appointed by the sponsoring county.
| At-large members |
County |
Affiliation |
|---|
| Sprinavasa Brown |
Multnomah County |
|
| Libra Forde |
Clackamas County |
|
| Vicki Guinn |
Multnomah County |
Legacy Emmanuel Medical Center |
| Lee Helfend |
Multnomah County |
|
| Octaviano Merecias |
Washington County |
OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences |
| Cory Murphy |
Multnomah County |
Iconiqs Media LLC |
| Fiona Yau-Luu |
Multnomah County |
|
| Max Wedding |
Multnomah County |
Clackamas Community College |
| Community organization members |
County |
Organization |
|---|
| Sumitra Chhetri |
Multnomah County |
IRCO |
| Ana Muñoz |
Multnomah County |
Latino Network |
| Justin Pabalate |
Multnomah County |
Oregon Community Foundation |
| Begoña Rodriguez Liern |
Washington County |
United Way |
| Jurisdictional members |
County |
|---|
| Amy Kyle |
Clackamas County |
| Mike Pullen |
Multnomah County |
| Amanda Garcia-Snell |
Washington County |
| Melissa DeLyser |
Washington County (alternate) |