Gail R. Shibley (born c. 1958)[3] is an American politician who was the first openly gay person to serve in the Oregon State Legislature.
In 1996, she did not run for re-election, but instead ran for an for an open seat on the City Council of Portland.
[2] Shibley subsequently moved to Germany, where she was an international liaison for the Saxony parliament, and then Washington, D.C., where she worked for the Federal Highway Administration, and was a senior advisor to the United States Secretary of Labor.
[3] In December 2012, newly elected Portland Mayor Charlie Hales announced that Shibley would serve as his chief of staff when he assumed office in January 2013.
[1] She was described as having a "peer-to-peer" relationship with Hales, coming in as experienced chief of staff in recent times.