Nick Fish

Nicholas Stuyvesant Fish (September 30, 1958 – January 2, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Commissioner of Portland, Oregon from 2008 to 2020.

[4] Fish spent ten years representing health care workers and unions in New York City.

[citation needed] Fish served on the boards of Home Forward (formerly the Housing Authority of Portland), the Oregon Cultural Trust, Volunteers of America, and the St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund.

[citation needed] Fish first ran for a seat on the Portland City Council in 2002, losing to Randy Leonard.

[9] In 2008, Fish again ran for the Council, this time in a special election for the unexpired term of resigned Commissioner Erik Sten.

[13] Fish and his wife lived for 20 years in Northeast Portland before renting an apartment in Goose Hollow towards the end of Nick's life.

Fish at a meeting of the City Commission