Christy Splitt

Director Splitt lives in SW Portland with her husband, Tom, and two children, ages 7 and 10.

For nearly two decades, she has worked in and around the Oregon Legislature. She has staffed elected officials, coordinated the state’s largest environmental coalition, and now works at a state agency. She has helped pass legislation addressing climate change, protecting kids from harmful chemicals, making it easier to vote, and encouraging equity in state government.Christy as been successful in taking recently passed laws and helping to turn them into programs, gotten into the weeds on state budgets, and worked to make wonky policy conversations and political processes more accessible to Oregonians.  

Prior to working in public policy, she was a high school civics and social studies teacher. She left the classroom to experience civics firsthand in the Capitol, while still finding ways to stay in school. For twelve years,she was a volunteer coach for Lincoln High School’s award-winning Constitution Team, focusing on teaching teenagers about civil rights. Christy can be found volunteering with her school’s PTA and weekly lunch duty, and organizing Portland parents in support of increased funding from the state. 

When she is not working, parenting, or volunteering, you can find her in a barre class, walking her  dog, or spending as much time as possible with friends and family – ideally near water