governor predecessor profession office term_start image article_title name alma_mater
ted kulongoski john kitzhaber attorney politician 38th oregon governor of oregon 24th secretary of state of february 18 , 2015 oregon secretary of state kate brown , cropped.jpg kate brown
 kate brown university and clark college -lrb- j.d. -rrb- of colorado , boulder -lrb- b.a. -rrb- lewis
kate brown

katherine `` kate '' brown -lrb- born june 21 , 1960 -rrb- is an american politician who is the 38th and current governor of the u.s. state of oregon .
brown , a democrat and an attorney , previously served as oregon secretary of state and as majority leader of the oregon state senate , where she represented portions of milwaukie and of northeast and southeast portland .
brown became governor on february 18 , 2015 , succeeding john kitzhaber upon his resignation .
brown is the state 's second female governor , after barbara roberts , as well as the first openly bisexual governor in us history .
