Mayra Arreola

Deputy Director, Literary Arts
Founding member of the Bull Run Center

Mayra is Deputy Director of Literary Arts, a community based arts organization with a 40-year history of serving the state’s readers and writers. Previous to this role, she was the Chief Shared Prosperity Officer at the Port of Portland, where she led a multidisciplinary division that focused on culture change, community engagement, human resources and contracts and procurement.

She also worked at the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) - Office of Enhancing Student Opportunities as Director of Resource Management and Operations, and held leadership roles at Prosper Portland and United Way of the Columbia Willamette.

In addition, Mayra is a current board member of the Portland Opera, the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), Portland Center Stage (PCS) and Hacienda CDC. She holds a master’s in public administration from Portland State University and the Chief Human Resources Officer program certification from Wharton University.

Mayra was born and raised in Mexico and came to the US as a young professional. She lives in Portland with her wife and two children, and on Monday nights you can find her practicing choir with the Portland Gay Men Chorus.