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LaVonne Griffin-Valade

LaVonne Griffin-Valade
Griffin-Valade in 2009
29th Secretary of State of Oregon
In office
June 30, 2023 – January 6, 2025
GovernorTina Kotek
Preceded byCheryl Myers (acting)
Succeeded byTobias Read
City Auditor of Portland
In office
May 2009 – December 31, 2014
Preceded byGary Blackmer
Succeeded byMary Hull Caballero
Multnomah County Auditor
In office
January 2007 – 2009
Personal details
Born1952 or 1953 (age 71–72)
John Day, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationWestern Oregon University (BA)
Portland State University (MPA, MFA)

LaVonne Griffin-Valade (born 1952 or 1953)[1] is an American politician and author who served as the 29th Oregon Secretary of State from 2023 to 2025. Following the resignation of Shemia Fagan as secretary of state, Governor Tina Kotek appointed Griffin-Valade to the office in June 2023 to complete Fagan's term, which ran until January 2025. Previously, Griffin-Valade was the Portland City Auditor and auditor for Multnomah County, Oregon. She has published four crime fiction novels as well as other essays and stories.

  1. ^ "Portland city auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade answered to the public: Editorial". December 26, 2014. Archived from the original on July 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

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