User Profile for Jefferson Smith (jsmith)

Bio: Jefferson Smith is the Founding Chair of the Bus Project and has become one of the Northwest’s foremost spokespersons on voter mobilization and engaging new people in the political process. He’s an Oregon native, graduate of the U of O, and magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He clerked for the Honorable Judge Goodwin of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals before turning down offers from across the country to return home to Portland to work as a lawyer and public advocate. A column headline from The Oregonian labeled Jefferson as having the “Vision, Youth To Help Us Find A New Path,” he was named by Portland UpClose as one of the “Top 20 to Watch.” The Oregonian also dubbed him “a brilliant speaker.”

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