Hillsboro's freshest face in local governance, Councilor Saba Anvery, officially commenced her tenure on the City Council on January 7, representing Council Ward 1, Position B after clinching a victory in the 2024 elections, a recent announcement on the City of Hillsboro website detailed. Anvery, who will serve until January 2029 and holds the possibility of re-election in 2028, brings to the council a diverse backdrop of community engagement and professional know-how.
In the realm of community service, Anvery has contributed significantly, a commitment evident through her roles such as Vice President of the Tualatin Hills Park Foundation, a tax aide assisting low-income families, a ten-year treasurer for a Parent Association, a coach and coordinator for First Lego League Jr., and not forgetting her involvement in various capacities on the Homeowners Association (HOA) Board, her current defiance as president in the relentless play of community chess, and also her founding of the Portland Chapter of Friends of Indus supporting free healthcare in Pakistan. As someone dedicated to helping four-footed friends, Anvery has fostered 14 kittens and a mother cat with Cat's Cradle Rescue since 2020.
A graduate from Purdue University with a Master’s in Engineering and an MBA from Portland State University, Anvery carved out an impressive career in the tech industry starting at Tektronix as a Hardware Design Engineer, advancing to an Engineering Manager position in Intel Foundry at Intel started in 2005. Hailing from Pakistan, Anvery's educational and career journey reflects a deep commitment to technology and community, according to a statement she made.
Anvery's goals for her term are crystallized around key infrastructural and socio-economic concerns, pushing for affordable housing solutions, equal economic opportunities, and sustainable approaches to climate change, which she characterizes by stating, "The City has taken good steps in solving these issues. I want to work on," while emphasizing her engineer’s paradigm of solution-finding through collaboration. According to the City of Hillsbor official website, pledging to "work hard" and hold her "values, integrity, transparency, and inclusion, front and center," her aspirations align with Hillsboro's trajectory towards a sustainably equitable future, bolstering a narrative of engaged citizenship Anvery cherishes in a country she regards as offering precious freedoms, contrasting with the non-democratic landscapes of her prior abodes.
Residents curious about the personality steering their policies can learn that Anvery renamed herself inspired by the poetics of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, holds a penchant for science fiction, history literature and enjoys outdoor activities from yoga to kayaking. She harbors a fondness for the Orenco Station Farmers' Market, the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, and Hagg Lake as her go-to community spaces. This amalgam of interests and commitments paints a picture of a councilor equally invested in the fabric of local culture as in the machinery of city governance, a delicate balance prompted by civic love and cemented by service, as reported in the city's official profile.
