June 13, 2018
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TriMet Executive Hired
New leader comes from Mayor’s office
A high ranking African Ameri-
can in Portland Mayor Ted Wheel-
er’s office will be TriMet’s new
Chief Operating Officer.
Maurice Henderson II was
named to the post by TriMet’s new
General Manager Doug Kelsey
last week.
Henderson is a former Assis-
tant Director of the Portland Bu-
reau of Transportation and will
bring a background in strategy
and innovation to TriMet, leading
the agency’s Transportation and
Maintenance divisions, oversee-
ing its Information Technology
Division and providing leadership
to the Safety and Security Divi-
sion.
His top priority will be to en-
sure a commitment to policies and
practices that demonstrate safety
as the agency’s fundamental val-
ue, officials said. Additional re-
sponsibilities include providing
critical transportation and urban
planning leadership, oversight of
the deployment of capital projects
and development and oversight of
the TriMet business plan.
Henderson’s starting salary is
$200,000 annually.
Prior to joining the mayor’s
office, Henderson worked closely
with TriMet through PDOT, in-
Maurice Henderson II
cluding efforts to help keep bus-
es moving despite growing traffic
congestion, while also enhancing
pedestrian and cyclist safety.
He fills the position vacated
when Kelsey was promoted to
General Manager by the TriMet
Board of Directors in March.
Since coming to Portland in
2015, Henderson has overseen a
number of the city’s strategic oppor-
tunities and achievements including
the creation and execution of a strat-
egy for Mayor Wheeler’s new ad-
ministration including policy prior-
ities and key performance metrics.
He led Portland to a top three
finalist position in the U.S. De-
partment of Transportation/Vul-
can Smart Cities Challenge, and
partnered with government, pri-
vate and academic agencies to
streamline coordination and pro-
mote efficiencies at various levels
of government.
Wheeler credits him for leading
the recruitment and creation of
the most diverse staff serving the
mayor office in the city’s history;
leading negotiations on behalf of
the mayor and city for the employ-
ment contract of Portland Police
Chief Danielle Outlaw; and lead-
ing the engagement with Legacy
Health on behalf of the city and
Prosper Portland to support the
establishment of the Hill Block
Project, a plan to develop a vacant
block next to Emanuel Hospital in
cooperation with the black com-
munity for which the block dis-
placed decades earlier.
Prior to his work in Portland,
Henderson served in a variety of
top roles in the administrations of
three Washington, D.C. mayors
and worked as a top press aide
to former Virginia Governor Tim
Kaine.
Henderson joins TriMet as
the agency prepares to launch its
largest expansion of bus service
in agency history while pursuing
new opportunities to enhance the
customer experience.
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Mulnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury announces the county is suing the Trump Administration
over federal grants for teen pregnancy prevention being pulled. The lawsuit alleges the federal
government is restricting funding for evidence-based forms of sexual education for youth in favor of
abstinence-only education.
County Sues Trump Administration
O PINION
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Suit filed for
changes to
federal sexual
education grant
requirements
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p ortland o bserver
Mulnomah County is suing the
Trump administration for restrict-
ing a teen sex education grant to
apply to abstinence-only curricu-
lum.
The suit, which was filed with
the help of legal nonprofits De-
mocracy Forward and Pacifi-
by
ca Law Group, alleges that the
Trump administration’s actions
violated congressional require-
ments that the grants be issued
to evidence-based sex education.
The lawsuit will attempt to pre-
vent the federal government from
implementing the new guidelines.
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