Caitlin Baggott Davis
CEO
Caitlin (she/her) leads North Star’s vision and strategy to create dynamic and collaborative spaces where civic leaders can develop visionary solutions to complex public interest problems.
Caitlin partnered with Stan Amy, Christy Eugenis and Jim Kelly to establish North Star in 2015. Since then, North Star has convened collaborative efforts for diverse stakeholders to learn about and align action around increasing Oregon's minimum wage (2016), developing a legal and financial model to share equity between a developer and tenant (2016-2018), developing a framework for addressing legacy pension deficits (2017-19), and reforming Portland’s elections and form of government (2021-22).
Prior to leading North Star, Caitlin helped to launch Oregon’s youth civic engagement organization in 2002. At Next Up (founded as the Bus Project) Caitlin led the team that developed the policy, campaign plan, and coalition to win Automatic Voter Registration, making voter registration in Oregon nearly universal when it passed in March 2015 under the leadership of Gov. Kate Brown.
Caitlin serves on the boards of Oregon Ranked Choice Voting, Oregon Donor Alliance and The Putney School. She has served on the founding boards of The Mother PAC, Oregon Voice, and Portland United for Change. She has also served on the boards of the Family Forward Oregon, Portland Housing Center, and the City Club of Portland.