Tabitha Jensen, Director, Budget & Strategic Projects 

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tabitha.jensen@multco.us

971.806.3770 (call or text)

Tabitha most recently served as Deputy Director at New Avenues for Youth, a nonprofit organization providing basic needs and housing support for homeless and at-risk youth in Multnomah & Clackamas counties. She concurrently worked as lead faculty and facilitator for the Oregon ECHO Network at OHSU for the Whole-Person Care for Children and Youth in Foster Care series. Tabitha previously worked as a self-employed healthcare innovation consultant and strategist and served as the Executive Director of Teen Feed.

A former high-school dropout from east Portland, Tabitha now considers herself a fervent lifelong learner. She earned a BA and MBA from Marylhurst University and is a graduate of the NW Public Health Leadership Institute at the UW School of Public Health. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Tabitha moved to Oregon with her family in the mid-1980s. She is the proud parent of an adult stepdaughter, is an avid cyclist, and lives with her partner and three spoiled dogs.