Mary Hull Caballero
Mary Hull Caballero is an American politician who currently serves as the Portland City Auditor. The City Auditor is the only elected position not part of the Portland City Commission.[1]
Mary Hull Caballero | |
|---|---|
| Portland City Auditor | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | LaVonne Griffin-Valade |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | Lewis and Clark College (BA Carnegie Mellon University (MPP) |
| Website | Government website |
Education and Early Career
Hull Caballero received her Bachelor's degree in Communications from Lewis & Clark College and her Master's in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.
Her first job was as a reporter, both for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Texas Lawyer magazine. She was executive director of Community Scholars Inc. before moving back to Oregon and becoming a senior internal auditor for the Oregon Department of Transportation. In 2009 she became a principal management auditor for Metro.[2]
Political career
Hull Caballero ran unopposed in the 2014 election, winning re-election in 2018.
In 2020, she fined Mayor Ted Wheeler for making the list of his top contributors in a font "too small for the average reader" on campaign literature. City law requires the names of top donors on websites and literature of city candidates.
In 2020, she forced mayoral candidate Ozzie Gonzalez to disclose the names of his top contributors on his website as required by city law.
References
- "About us | The City of Portland, Oregon". www.portlandoregon.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
- Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive (2015-01-12). "Portland's new city auditor, Mary Hull Caballero talks equity: Portland City Hall Roundup". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-06-21.