Lacey Beaty

She took office in 2021 as the first female and youngest mayor in Beaverton history, after serving six years as city councilor.

[1][2] Before entering politics, Beaty served five years of active duty in the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army as a radiology specialist and combat medic during the Iraq War.

[12] In 2022, Beaty joined the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative's year-long professional development program, as part of its sixth class of 40 mayors from around the world.

[13] Prior to running for elected office, Beaty served as vice chair of Beaverton's Visioning Advisory Committee.

She defeated incumbent Ian King in a three-way primary with 55 percent of the vote and went on to win the general election uncontested.

[15] In January 2015, at age 30, she assumed office as the youngest-ever elected official in Beaverton's history,[2][1][14] and went on to serve on the city council for six years.

[20][22] In January 2021, Beaty helped to organize a COVID-19 Summit bringing together leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss making vaccines available to local residents.

[24][25][23] Another key initiative for Beaty has been the Beaverton Loop Project to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, for which she has sought federal funding.

[27] In December 2021, Beaty filed a complaint with the League of Oregon Cities when its executive director Mike Cully sent her a slew of abusive private messages on Twitter calling her "weak".

[28] Beaty had publicly called out Cully for announcing that he refused to tip fast food workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and that they should "Get an education and a better job.

She cited the Beaverton Purple Pipe system[33] as a method for keeping the city primed for future growth.

[36] Ian is also a member of the armed services and was deployed to Afghanistan following Beaty's election to the Beaverton City Council in 2014.

In 2022, Lacey Beaty was honored with Portland Business Journal's Forty Under 40 Award.