Chris Harker is an American politician. A Democrat, he served for six years as a state representative for Oregon's House District 34.

Family

Harker and his spouse, a teacher, have two children.

Occupation

Chris Harker founded Cayuse, Inc. in 1994 and is its CEO. In 2012, he sold the company to Evisions, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.^[1]

Political career

On November 4, 2008, Chris Harker defeated Republican opponent Piotr Kuklinski and was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives with more than twice his opponent's votes.^[2] Harker represented communities from Washington County, encompassing parts of Beaverton and unincorporated Washington County.

In the 76th Legislative Assembly, Harker served as Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Audits and Information Management and Technology Committee, as a member of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and as a member of the House Human Services Committee.^[3] During the 75th Legislative Assembly, he served as the vice chair of the House Health Care Committee, and as a member of both the House Education Committee and the Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Harker has been appointed to these committees:

• Joint Legislative Committee on Audits and Information Management and Technology, Co-Chair
• House Higher Education Subcommittee
• House Human Services Committee

2009-2010

• Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee
• House Education Committee
• House Health Care Committee

Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (1985–1987).
• Ph.D., Human Physiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1985).
• B.S., Plant Ecology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1977).