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A 4th generation Oregonian, Jennifer was raised on a farm in Washington County Oregon. She entered the world of politics while attending the University of Oregon and proposed cuts in financial aid threatened to end her academic career before it had really started. Unwilling to let go of her dream of a college education, she became an education activist. That path led her to Washington D.C. to work for Senator Mark O. Hatfield to ensure all Oregonians have access to higher education. A graduate of the University of Oregon and the Willamette University College of Law, she practiced with the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine before moving on to work for Portland State University and the Oregon Department of Education. She served in the Oregon Legislature as the State Representative for House District 36, Portland's Westside from 2013- 2019. She was elected in July 2015 by her Democratic colleagues in the Oregon House of Representatives to lead the caucus as Majority Leader. She served as Majority Leader until 2019.
In the legislature, Rep. Williamson co-chaired the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Safety and was the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Rules Committee and a member of the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. She also served as an advisor to the Obama White House on state policy.
Currently Jennifer is a Senior Vice President at Strategies 360 where she advises clients on a broad range of policy areas, serves as a political and campaign advisor, and serves in a variety of leadership positions.
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