Mitch Green is an economist who was elected to Portland City Council in 2024, representing District 4. Green is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayorâÂÂcouncil government.
Green grew up in Portland as well as Vancouver, Washington. He was the first member of his family to attend college.
Green has spent over a decade as a senior risk analyst specializing in energy economics for the Bonneville Power Administration. Before that, he has spent time as a professor of economics at his alma mater, Portland State University, as well as Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Green, along with fellow council members Tiffany Koyama Lane and Angelita Morillo of District 3 and Sameer Kanal of District 2, are members of the Democratic Socialists of America.