| Lori Stegmann | |
| Office: | Member of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners from the 4th district |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Diane McKeel |
| Office2: | Member of the Gresham City Council Position 6 |
| Predecessor2: | Carol L. Nielsen-Hood |
| Successor2: | Janine Gladfelter |
| Birth Place: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Party: | Democratic (2018-present) Republican (before 2018) |
| Education: | Portland State University (BS) Mt. Hood Community College |
Lori Stegmann is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Multnomah County Commission in Oregon representing the 4th district which covers East Multnomah County and parts of East Portland.[1]
A Moderate Democrat, Stegmann was a Republican until 2018 when she switched party affiliation citing the Trump administration as her reason for switching.[2]
Stegmann was born in Seoul, South Korea and was abandoned by her parents on the steps of city hall. She was adopted from an orphanage by a Gresham family. She grew up in the Rockwood neighborhood.[3]
Stegmann attended Mt. Hood Community College and received her bachelor's degree in business from Portland State University.[4]
Stegmann runs Lori Stegmann Insurance Agency, and affiliate of Farmers Insurance Group. She served as vice-chair of the Gresham Planning Commission and a member of the Gresham Redevelopment Commission Advisory Committee and Rockwood Stakeholders Group before being elected to the Gresham city council in the 2010 elections where she served for 6 years.[5]
In 2016, Stegmann ran for and was elected to the Multnomah County Commission. She was the only Republican on the commission before changing her party affiliation to Democratic in 2018.[6]
In 2022, Stegmann ran for County Chair. She came in fourth in the primary with 12.56% of the vote.[7]