Pam Marsh was first elected to House District
5 in Southern Oregon in November 2016.
Prior to joining the Oregon Legislature, Pam served the City of
Ashland as a City Councilor for four years, and as a member and chair of the city
Planning Commission and a member of the Ashland Charter Review Committee.
From 2006-2012 Pam worked as Deputy Director
of a local nonprofit providing drug and alcohol prevention and treatment. She served as Executive Director of Ashland Emergency Food Bank from 2012 until
December 2016.
Pam has lived in Southern Oregon since 1994,
when she and her husband moved their four children from Palo
Alto, California, to the mountains above Ashland where she was actively involved in management and operation of Green Springs Inn and Cabins for a decade. In Palo Alto, Pam
worked for a state legislator, managed a cities association, and served in a
variety of governmental and nonprofit volunteer positions.
Pam
ran for the Legislature because she knows from firsthand experience that
government matters. Thoughtful, targeted and leveraged policies are
necessary to protect our most vulnerable residents, lift our families, and
assist residents as they create healthy, self-sustaining communities.