Deborah Kafoury

Deborah Kafoury (born August 19, 1967) is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Kafoury received her bachelor's degree from Whitman College. She was the chair of the Multnomah County Commission, where she succeeded Jeff Cogen. She previously held a seat on the commission, which she resigned in October 2013 in order to run for chair in the May 2014 election. She noted her work on renovations to the Sellwood Bridge as something she would continue as chair, and pushed for the passage of Metro's 10-year, $2.4 billion homeless services measure.

Kafoury was a founder of the young voter mobilization nonprofit and served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives, from 1999 to 2004, including a leadership role in the Democratic Party caucus.

She is the daughter of Stephen Kafoury and the late Gretchen Kafoury. She is also the first cousin of Trevor Kafoury, formerly the VP of commercial real estate brokerage CBRE in Portland, Oregon.