Oregon Governor's Office Makes Staffing Changes

NWNews | By Chris Lehman

Published December 9, 2016 at 2:10 PM PST

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced two new hires in her office. She also announced the departure of two staff members.

The Democrat has appointed Abby Tibbs as Deputy Chief of Staff. Tibbs previously served as a lobbyist for Oregon Health & Science University. Brown also named Debbie Koreski as her Housing and Human Services Policy Advisor. Koreski is currently a lobbyist for Portland State University.

Meanwhile, economic advisor Vince Porter and Communications Director Kristen Grainger are leaving this month. Brown praised both Porter and Grainger in a statement.

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Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.

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