First chief asset management officer appointment
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Portland welcomes first chief asset management officer
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Emily Tritsch brings more than 20 years of infrastructure management and public administration experience to new citywide role
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September 30, 2026 8:00 am
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Emily Tritsch
The City of Portland welcomes Emily Tritsch as its first chief asset management officer. Tritsch will lead the City's new citywide Asset Management program, reporting directly to City Administrator Raymond C. Lee III.
In her new role, Tritsch will develop a citywide asset management plan and program, building on and bringing together asset management work already underway across the City. She will establish citywide strategy and standards and help coordinate how the City plans for, invests in, maintains and renews its physical infrastructure and public assets in service to Portlanders. Tritsch begins her new role today.
Portland manages approximately $80 billion in physical infrastructure and public assets. The new Asset Management program will take a holistic and coordinated approach to understanding the condition, risks, costs and needs of those assets to support informed decisions about their maintenance, performance and long-term investment needs.
As chief asset management officer, Tritsch will lead development of citywide asset management policies, risk frameworks and lifecycle strategies. She will also direct long-term capital renewal forecasts, risk-based prioritization and lifecycle cost analysis and coordinate asset management standards, data governance and performance reporting across City bureaus.
"Portland has an extraordinary portfolio of public assets, and managing them well requires us to think long-term and work together across the organization," City Administrator Raymond C. Lee III said. "Emily brings deep experience in infrastructure management and a strong understanding of Portland. I'm excited to welcome her back to the City and look forward to the work ahead."
Tritsch brings more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure management and public administration across municipal government and international settings, with a focus on the connections between infrastructure, economic opportunity and livability.
Most recently, Tritsch served as acting city manager for the City of Tigard, overseeing a $450 million budget and nearly 400 employees. Before that, she led asset management at the Portland Bureau of Transportation, where she helped advance initiatives including Fixing Our Streets and Build Portland.
Tritsch has been recognized nationally as an asset management leader. She has spoken on panels at the Global Best Practices Streets Summit, the American Public Works Association's PWX conference and the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting. In 2020, she received the American Public Works Association Jennings Randolph Fellowship, which took her to Sweden to study ways to strengthen connections between asset systems and community priorities.
"I am driven to improve the connection between infrastructure and community outcomes," Tritsch said. "How we choose to invest in assets, from parks to pipelines and bridges to buildings, has a direct connection to economic opportunity, livability and affordability. I look forward to helping the City navigate the important infrastructure decisions ahead to deliver the best for Portland, today and into the future. "
Tritsch holds a master's degree in public administration from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.
Outside of work, Tritsch enjoys running and spending time with her family and two Australian shepherds.
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