Colin Rowan is the Levee Ready Columbia Program Director with Multnomah County Drainage District, leading the Levee Ready Columbia program, a multi-stakeholder regional partnership committed to modernizing our levee system. Trained as a planner, Colin is skilled in strategic planning, economic analysis, environmental policy, public engagement, and project management. Previously, Colin worked as a transportation planning consultant, a historian, and as a bicycle shop manager and mechanic. Colin has a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, specializing in Transportation, from Portland State University, a master’s degree in History from Northeastern University, and bachelor’s degrees in Politics and History from Brandeis University. Outside work, Colin is an amateur bicycle racer, a shade tree mechanic, and spends his weekends renovating his 100-year-old house with his wife and two cats.
