Career
Hayward was appointed to the senate in 2011 by commissioners from Multnomah and Washington counties following the resignation of her predecessor, Suzanne Bonamici. Elizabeth is also a family physician at OHSU. She is a past President of the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians and currently serves as the Director of the Breast Health Education Program at OHSU"s Knight Cancer Institute. In 2013 Hayward publicly revealed she suffers from major depression and multiple sclerosis.