Gretchen Miller Kafoury (June 23, 1942 – March 13, 2015) was an American politician, who served in the Oregon House of Representatives, the Multnomah County Commission, and the Portland City Council.
She served in the legislature from 1977–82, the Multnomah County Commission from 1985–91, and the Portland City Council from 1991-98.
[1][2] Gretchen Miller met and married Stephen Kafoury while attending Whitman College in the early 1960s.
[6] In 1972, she was one of a small group of women (also including Mildred Schwab[7]) who protested the City Club of Portland's policy excluding women members, effecting a change in the club's policy of more than fifty years.
[13] Beginning in 1999, Kafoury was an instructor at Portland State University, teaching classes related to homelessness, poverty, and community development.