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- Q5231663 description "American politician".
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- Q5231663 abstract "David Bragdon (born June 20, 1959) is a politician and civic leader in the U.S. states of Oregon and New York. From 2003 to 2010, he was the elected president of the Metro Council, a regional government in the Portland metropolitan area. He served as Director of the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability in the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City. He is currently executive director of Transit Center, Inc., a civic philanthropy which commissions and conducts research and advocacy related to urban transportation.Prior to entering public service, Bragdon worked in international trade and freight transportation in the private sector. He opened the first Nike office in Singapore where he oversaw the company's Southeast Asia shipping, worked as a maritime vessel agent at Columbia River ports, represented Evergreen Airlines, in India and the Soviet Union, and worked as a marketing manager for the Port of Portland. He also drove a taxicab in Portland for one year. Bragdon ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in 1996, but lost to Chris Beck in the Democratic primary.Bragdon was first elected to the Metro Council as a district councilor in 1998. He was elected by the voters regionwide as the first Metro Council President in 2002 (taking office January 2003), and was re-elected in 2006 without an opponent. His accomplishments in office included the passage of a $227.4 million bond measure in 2006 which allowed tfor the preservation of thousands of acres of natural areas in Oregon. Because of this work he was rewarded the National Arbor Day excellence in Urban Forestry Leadership Award in 2010.Bragdon was rumored to be a leading potential candidate for Mayor of Portland in 2008, but in response to speculation that he would run, he issued a satirical press release disavowing intent to run for Mayor of Portland or of any other city in the region that year. He is a train enthusiast, and as a kid wrote a booklet for TriMet about bus riding and how to use the TriMet bus system. He hosted a Sunday morning television show called “Outlook Portland” in 2008-09. He has also performed with Linda Austin’s Boris and Natasha Dancers in “Catnip” as part of the Dance United benefit for Oregon Ballet Theater at the Keller Auditorium.Bragdon is the oldest son of former Reed College president Paul Bragdon and educator Nancy Bragdon. He was 12 when his family moved from New York City to Portland. His brother, Peter Bragdon, is a sportswear executive who was Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski's chief of staff in the early 2000s. His sister, Susan Bragdon, is an attorney specializing in intellectual property related for food and agriculture.Bragdon graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree with honors in government in 1982 and obtained a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Reed College in 2009.".
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- Q5231663 birthDate "1959-06-20".
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- Q5231663 name "Bragdon, David".
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- Q5231663 occupation "Politician, Civic leader".
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- Q5231663 comment "David Bragdon (born June 20, 1959) is a politician and civic leader in the U.S. states of Oregon and New York. From 2003 to 2010, he was the elected president of the Metro Council, a regional government in the Portland metropolitan area. He served as Director of the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability in the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York City.".
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