Khanh Pham
Senator · State senate · Oregon · District 23
Democratic
Biography
Khanh Pham is the State Senator for Oregon Senate District 23 (Jade District, SE & NE Portland), serving in her first term. She was first elected to the Oregon State House in 2020 and was the first Vietnamese American legislator in the State Legislature. Prior to the legislature, Khanh was a founding leader of and spokesperson for the groundbreaking Portland Clean Energy Fund Initiative, which successfully passed in November 2018. She served as the Interim Alliance Director at the Oregon Just Transition Alliance, leading efforts to develop a frontline-led vision and platform for an Oregon Green New Deal. Prior to that, she was a Environmental Justice Manager at the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO). Khanh brings years of experience in community organizing and a deep commitment to Environmental and Climate Justice.
On the record
- Education
- Lewis & Clark College, BA; Portland State University, Masters in Urban Studies
- Profession
- Legislator; Community organizer
- Religion
- Buddhist
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room S-407, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 · 503-986-1723
- Phone
- 503-986-1723
- sen.khanhpham@oregonlegislature.gov