Mayor’s nominees for Portland Clean Energy Fund advisory committee sent to council for confirmation

The Climate Resilience and Land Use Committee on July 24 voted to refer the mayor’s appointments of Anna Allen and Andre Lightsey Walker and the reappointments of Robin Wang and Megan Horst to the full Portland City Council with a recommendation that the appointments be confirmed.

The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund committee, a nine-member volunteer body created by the ballot measure that established the fund, advises on the city’s climate investment plan, adopts workforce and contractor equity plans, and recommends amendments to the plan and related code. Sam Brosso, program manager for the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund, told the committee the mayor nominated the four people after a recruitment process that produced about 32 applications for two open seats.

Brosso said a subcommittee of staff and committee members scored applications, interviewed four candidates…