Anna Scharf is an American lobbyist, farmer, political advisor, and politician who was appointed to the

Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of the ...

for the 23rd district on July 6, 2021.

Education

Scharf graduated from

Philomath High School Philomath High School is a public high school in Philomath, Oregon, United States. Academics In 2016, 90.9% of the school's seniors received their high school diplomas. In 2019, 100% of the school's 119 seniors received their high school diplom ...

in 1987. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Southern Oregon University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Career

From 1995 to 2006, Scharf worked for

Hewlett-Packard The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard ( ) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components ...

. She was then a strategic sourcing manager for FMC Corporation and a supply chain manager for GK Machine. In 2010 and 2011, she was a membership manager for the Strategic Economic Development Corporation of Oregon. She has worked as an office manager of her family's farm since 2012. Since 2020, Scharf has worked as a seasonal legislative policy analyst for the 23rd district of the

. After Mike Nearman was expelled from the House, Scharf was selected by county commissioners from the 23rd district's four counties to succeed him.

References

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