Portland's City Leadership Team includes a city administrator, an assistant city administrator and six deputy city administrators who guide service areas – groups of bureaus and programs with similar missions. Together, the team leads 7,000+ city employees and improves service delivery for the community.
City Administrator
Michael Jordan
Programs: Oversees all six deputy city administrators and the assistant city administrator, Office of Equity and Human Rights
As Portland's City Administrator, Michael Jordan oversees day-to-day operations across two dozen bureaus and offices. He is responsible for leading Portland's voter-approved transition to a new form of government and working with the mayor to develop a budget for the city.
“Portlanders are counting on us to lay the foundation for a transparent, accountable city government that delivers excellent services and solves community problems,” Jordan said. “I’m honored to guide that work, in partnership with the City’s leadership team and the 7,000 public servants who keep Portland running every day.”
From 2022 to 2024, Jordan served as Portland’s Chief Administrative Officer – the executive who oversees citywide initiatives and central services such as human resources, technology, and finances in the City’s outgoing form of government. Prior to that, he served as the City’s Environmental Services Director for seven years.
As Chief Operating Officer for the State of Oregon’s executive branch from 2011 to 2015, Jordan was responsible for leadership and oversight of day-to-day operations. From 2003 to 2011, he led a workforce of 1,600 and a suite of public services and economic development as Chief Operating Officer for Metro, greater Portland’s regional government. Earlier in his career, he served as the City Administrator for Canby and as a Clackamas County Commissioner.
Jordan attended the graduate program for public administration at Lewis and Clark College, holds a Bachelor of Science from Portland State University, and attended the University of Oregon on a baseball scholarship from 1974 to 1978. In 2009 he completed a Certificate of Sustainability Leadership at the University of Oregon. He is a lifelong Oregonian who lives with his wife, CJ, in Canby, where he grew up. They have four children and six grandchildren.
Assistant City Administrator
Annie Von Burg
Programs: Government Relations, Civic Life, Central Communications and Portland Solutions, a new program designed to respond to pressing challenges such as homelessness.
As the Assistant City Administrator, Annie Von Burg oversees central programs that establish the City of Portland's approach to communications, engagement, sustainability and government relations. Her portfolio also includes Portland Solutions, which brings together city programs to respond to pressing challenges such as homelessness.
From 2015 through 2024, Von Burg served as an environmental policy manager at the Bureau of Environmental Services. She led efforts to clean up the Willamette River, specifically the Portland Harbor Superfund site: a contaminated stretch of the lower Willamette River between the Broadway Bridge and Sauvie Island. She also led large environmental cleanups through the Brownfields Program and Columbia Slough Cleanup Program, which reached a landmark settlement with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality this year.
Previously, Von Burg worked on international projects for the United Nations Environment Program, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Women’s Aid Organization, focused on advancing global initiatives for sustainable economic development, climate resiliency and protection of vulnerable communities. From 2008 to 2013, she served as a policy analyst at the Metro regional government, managing the executive office and working on regional policy issues and large organizational change.
Von Burg graduated from the University of Denver with a master’s degree in Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration and earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon in International Relations.
Deputy City Administrator for Budget & Finance
Jonas Biery
Programs: Budget Office, Business Operations, Fire and Police Disability and Retirement, Revenue and Financial Services, Special Appropriations, Small Donor Elections
As Deputy City Administrator for Budget & Finance, Jonas Biery also serves as Portland's Chief Financial Officer – and guides the city's work to manage money transparently, responsibly and sustainably.
Before this role, Biery spent four years serving as the Vice President at D.A. Davidson & Co. as a public finance banker and municipal advisor to local governments. He has over 20 years of multi-faceted experience in the government and public finance sector. From 2011 to 2020, Biery worked for the City of Portland – first as the City’s Debt Manager and later as Business Services Manager for the City’s Environmental Services. Biery has experience as an issuer, banker or advisor on over 200 financing transactions of various sizes, structures and security.
Biery is currently a board member for the State of Oregon’s Infrastructure Finance Authority. He previously served on the Government Finance Officers Association Committee on Governmental Debt Management and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s Compliance Advisory Group. Jonas graduated from Portland State University with a BA and an MBA.
Deputy City Administrator for City Operations
Sara Morrissey
Programs: Human Resources, Technology Services, Procurement, Fleet and Facilities, 311, Integrated Security, Strategic Projects and Opportunities
Sara Morrissey leads the City Operations Service Area: the engine that propels the City of Portland – from trucks to technology, from purchasing to professional development.
From 2021 to 2024, she served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Ted Wheeler, supporting his vision to address Portland's most challenging issues. Morrissey managed the mayor's policy team and served as the office's lead for budget development. She worked closely with other governments, including the governor’s office and Multnomah County, and focused on the development of the Joint Office of Homelessness Intergovernmental Agreement and Homelessness Response System.
Morrissey received her BA in Economics and Spanish from Williams College and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University. She has over 14 years of experience in the public sector in Oregon, with an emphasis on project management, infrastructure development, policy implementation, and government relations.
Deputy City Administrator for Community and Economic Development
Donnie Oliveira
Programs: Planning and Sustainability, Housing, Prosper Portland, Development Services
As the Deputy City Administrator for Community & Economic Development, Donnie Oliveria is responsible for aligning city efforts to build prosperity for all Portlanders. This work includes creating and delivering efficient, transparent, and equitable solutions for a resilient built environment – and services, resources and experiences for our community.
Throughout his career, Oliveira has cultivated successful partnerships among communities, governments and businesses to advance shared goals for prosperity and livability. As the Director of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, he led a dynamic group of policy and programmatic change agents focused on making Portland more equitable, healthy, prosperous and resilient. Collaborating closely with City Council and colleagues throughout the City, Oliveira has played a pivotal role in shaping sustainability, urban planning, digital equity, and municipal waste policies.
During his time at Planning and Sustainability, the bureau saw significant transformation and growth, including fortifying the City’s Graffiti Abatement Program, unifying Community Technology programs and establishing the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund. The energy fund's ongoing evolution to meet the needs and opportunities in climate justice has required a balanced approach to meet community and City goals and has had notable success under Oliveira’s leadership.
Along with his investments within the organization, Donnie has shown an unwavering commitment to strengthening public-private partnerships that center economic prosperity for all Portlanders. His achievements include establishing the Clean Industry Initiative, setting a governance framework to accelerate the adoption of clean industry standards and attract new clean tech industries in the future, and working with Portland haulers to improve Portland’s waste collection systems.
Before relocating to the Pacific Northwest, Oliveira worked for the City of San Francisco, focused on advancing the nexus between climate action, job creation and innovation. He led the development of the City’s 2014 climate-action strategy, including the launch of the internationally lauded 0-50-100-Roots climate communications framework. Along with helping shape waste reduction, transportation and energy policies for San Francisco, Oliveira launched the Environment Now program, a workforce program that continues to create good, green jobs. His work included development of innovative partnerships with the likes of Google, IDEO and Adobe to launch groundbreaking climate programming around food-waste reduction and tech incubation.
Along with annual "Dad of the Year" awards from his two kids, Oliveira was recognized with the Good Government Award by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, the highest honor a public servant in San Francisco can receive.
Deputy City Administrator for Public Safety
Mike Myers
Programs: Portland Police, Portland Fire and Rescue, Emergency Communications, Community Safety Division
With more than 35 years of experience in public safety, including the fire service and emergency management, Mike Myers brings his reputation as a progressive industry-leading executive and innovator to the role of Portland’s Deputy City Administrator for Public Safety.
Myers began his public safety career in 1986, when he joined Las Vegas Fire & Rescue. Over the next 26 years, he rose through the ranks – serving as the Las Vegas fire chief from 2011 until 2013. He briefly served as fire chief in St. Charles, Mo., before being hired to serve as Portland’s fire chief from 2016 until 2019. Myers began leading Portland’s emergency management bureau later that year until being named Portland’s first community safety transition director in 2021.
Myers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in healthcare administration and is a graduate of the executive leadership program at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is also nationally recognized for his innovative approach to public safety. Under his direction, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue earned reaccreditation with the Centers for Public Safety Excellence and maintained an Insurance Services Office protection class one rating. At the time, Las Vegas was one of the only fire departments in the world to hold both designations. In 2021, Mike was charged with transitioning Portland’s public safety bureaus into a consolidated community safety division and providing incident management over unprecedented emergency declarations: homelessness, gun violence and fentanyl.
Myers and his wife Tara are happy to call The City of Roses home.
Deputy City Administrator for Vibrant Communities
Sonia Schmanski
Programs: Office of Arts & Culture, Portland Children's Levy, Portland Parks & Recreation
As Deputy City Administrator for Vibrant Communities, Sonia Schmanski leads her team in attracting people to Portland and making this a great place to live, work, do business or visit. Vibrant Communities creates welcoming spaces and opportunities for human connection by uniting recreation, arts, parks and youth programming to maximize resources and intentional community-building.
From 2022 to 2024, Schmanski served as deputy chief administrator officer for the City of Portland. She oversaw critical initiatives, including Portland's government transition team, 311 services, the Spectator Venues Program and the City Arts Program, the Permit Improvement Team and the Safe Rest Village program. Her efforts have been instrumental to establish a new organizational structure and culture for success.
Previously, Schmanski served as Chief of Staff for late Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish for over five years and spent a total of 12 years in his office – marked by leadership and dedication to public service. She played a pivotal role in advancing Commissioner Fish's vision for a more equitable and vibrant Portland. She was critical in advancing Portland Parks & Recreation's agenda by developing its "Sustainable Future" vision and the successful passage of the 2020 Parks Levy.
Deputy City Administrator for Public Works
Priya Dhanapal
Programs: Environmental Services, Transportation, Water
Priya Dhanapal's career in public works management spans over two decades, marked by a steadfast commitment to excellence and innovation.
Before joining the City of Portland in 2024, Dhanapal served as the Public Works Deputy Director for Clark County, Wash., where she provided strategic oversight to various divisions, including Clean Water, Parks and Lands, Fleet Services, Emergency Management, Community Engagement & Inclusion and Business Services. Priya’s journey in public works began with wastewater recycling research for NASA, followed by helping engineer the first permanent direct potable reuse implementation in the United States. Noteworthy achievements in her career include leading the implementation of the innovative Beaverton Purple Pipe program, a pioneering initiative in the West Coast. Additionally, she led and implemented a multi-million-dollar potable water infrastructure program that was transformative to Beaverton’s water system.
Throughout her career, Dhanapal championed diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and played a pivotal role in sustainability and climate change efforts. She closely collaborated with stakeholders to implement and enhance disaster preparedness strategies and asset management for multiple utilities across the West Coast.
A licensed professional engineer in Oregon, Dhanapal holds a Master of Science in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Texas Tech University, complemented by additional degrees in Biological Sciences and Chemical Engineering. Her story is one of determination, resilience and dedication to service, with a commitment to being a servant leader who cares deeply for her team and community, aiming to a create legacy impact that extends across generations.
As a first-generation immigrant from India, Dhanapal has spent most of her adult life in Portland, which has become her home away from home. She feels privileged to serve her beloved city in her current role.
City of Portland Organization Chart
