Molly Bordonaro

Molly Bordonaro is managing partner of Gerding Edlen and the former American ambassador to Malta (2005–09).[1][2]

Molly Bordonaro
United States Ambassador to Malta
In office
June 2005 – February 6, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAnthony H. Gioia
Succeeded byDouglas Kmiec
Personal details
Born
Molly Bordonaro

Portland, Oregon
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Colorado

Bordonaro was born in Portland, Oregon. She earned an undergraduate degree from University of Colorado.[3]

She began working at Gerding Edlen in 2009, and was made managing partner in 2017.[3] She is also a member of the board of directors for Moda Health and the National Women's History Museum.[1][2] She is also a member of the Pension Real Estate Association, Technology and Sustainability Affinity Group, and on the advisory board for commercial real estate at Portland State University.[4]

She ran for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1998 from Oregon's 1st congressional district but lost to David Wu. She was the Chairman of the Northwest Region for the 2004 Bush-Cheney Campaign.[5]

In 2009, at the end of her service as ambassador to Malta, Bordonaro was awarded the Medal of Merit by Maltese president Edward Fenech-Adami. She is the first American ambassador, and only the third in history, to receive the honor.[6]

References
  1. "Molly Bordonaro". Gerding Edlen. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. "Molly Bordonaro". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  3. "Molly Bordonaro". Conference on World Affairs. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  4. "Molly H Bordonaro, Gerding Edlen: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg News.
  5. "Molly Bordonaro | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  6. Oregonian/OregonLive, Kimberly A. C. Wilson | The (2009-02-06). "Portland's Molly Bordonaro honored as term as US Ambassador to Malta ends". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-10-06.


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