Olivia Clark is a retired policy director who was elected to Portland City Council from District 4 in 2024, along with Mitch Green and Eric Zimmerman. Clark 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.
Clark was raised in California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Redlands and a Masters of Arts degree in the same field from the University of Oregon.
Clark was a legislative director for Governor John Kitzhaber and has worked for TriMet.
Clark ran for Portland City Council in the newly formed District 4. She was the only candidate in any district to pass the 25% threshold for election in the first round of voting.
On January 2, 2025, Clark ran for president of the new City Council, but upon failing to win a majority of votes, she withdrew her candidacy, throwing her support behind eventual winner Elana Pirtle-Guiney, who was nominated after a deadlocked vote as a compromise candidate. She was elected vice president for the following council term on January 14, 2026.