About the Alliance


2008-09 Portland Business Alliance Board of Directors

Chair
Steven J. Holwerda
Chief Operating Officer, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management

Chair-Elect
Charles A. Wilhoite
Principal, Willamette Management Associates

Chair Emeritus
Samuel Brooks
President & Chairman of the Board, Brooks Staffing

Treasurer
Calvin W. Collins
VP of Administration, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, ESCO Corporation

Secretary
Brad Hutton
Area Vice President, Hilton Hotels Corporation

Vice Chair for Downtown Services
Phillip A. Kalberer
President, Kalberer Company

Vice Chair for Economic Development
Julia Brim-Edwards
State Government & Public Affairs Director, Nike, Inc.

Vice Chair for Government Relations / Manufacturing
Jill Eiland
Oregon Public Affairs Manager, Intel Corporation

Vice Chair for Marketing
Gregg Kantor
President & COO, NW Natural

Vice Chair for Membership
Marty Stewart
Vice President of Sales & Marketing, The ODS Companies

Member - Small Business
Deborah Kitchin
Princpal, InterWorks, LLC

Member-at-Large
Steve Clark
Publisher/President, Pamplin Media Group

Member-at-Large
J.E. Isaac
Sr. Vice President, Business Affairs, Portland Trail Blazers

Member-at-Large
Roger W. Hinshaw
President, Bank of America - Oregon & SW Washington

Member-at-Large
Dennis Rawlinson
Partner, Miller Nash LLP

Portland Downtown Services, Inc. (PDSI) Representative
Ronald H. Beltz
Vice President, CommonWealth Partners Management

Portland Business Alliance President & CEO
Sandra McDonough

Board Members

Scott Andrews
President, Melvin Mark Properties

Baruti Artharee
Coast Office Products

Larry Becker
Liberty Northwest Insurance

Carol A. Dillin
Vice President, Public Policy, Portland General Electric

Eileen Drake
PCC Structurals

Dave Edson
President Umpqua Bank Northwest, Umpqua Bank/Umpqua Holdings Corp.

Gregory Goodman
President, City Center Parking

Trent Green
Senior Vice President, Legacy Health System

Sue Hennessy
Vice President of Plan Services, Kaiser Permanente

Curt L. Henninger
Senior Vice President - General Manager, Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

J. Clayton Hering
President, Norris, Beggs & Simpson

Eric H.I. Hoffman
Operations Manager, Hoffman Construction Company of Oregon

James B. Jeddeloh
President, Dynamic Consulting, Inc.

Wayne Kingsley
Chairman, American Waterways, Inc.

Donald L. Krahmer, Jr.
Shareholder/Partner, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

Scott Langley
President, Ashforth Pacific, Inc.

J. Bart McMullan Jr., M.D.
President, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon

Chris Mongrain
President.COO Emerson Hardwood Group

Don Pearson
Regional President - Oregon, Wells Fargo

Judy Peppler
President - Oregon, Qwest

Harvey Platt
Chairman/CEO, Platt Electric Supply, Inc.

Michael Powell
President/Owner, Powell's Books

Bruce Randall
Regional Vice President, Macy's

John W. Russell
President, Russell Development Co., Inc.

Thomas Sass
Senior Vice President, Finance, Gunderson Inc.

Dave Sorenson
President, KeyBank

Russell Spencer
Director of Government Relations, Pfizer Inc.

Steven D. Stadum
Chief Administrative Officer, Oregon Health & Science University

Vanessa Sturgeon
President, TMT Development

David Underriner
CEO for Portland Service Area, Providence Health & Services

Wally Van Valkenburg
Managing Partner, Stoel Rives LLP

Paul Vogel
Managing Director, Public Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, PacifiCorp

Malia Wasson
President, U.S. Bank - Oregon

Jonathan Williams
PNITA Representative, Intel Corp.

Karen Williams
Partner, Lane Powell LLC

John Willis
Area Manager, CH2M Hill

Ex-Officio Members

Jim Baumgartner
Honoray Consul to Canada, Black Helterline LLP

Lisa Fix
Leadership Portland Representative, Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront

J. Michael Goodwin
President & CEO, Oregon State University Foundation

Thomas Imeson
Director of Public Affairs, Port of Portland

Jeff Miller
President & CEO, Travel Portland

Sandra Rollinson
Downtown Retail Council Representative, Pioneer Place

Allan Price
Vice President - University Advancement, University of Oregon

Preston Pulliams
District President, Portland Community College

Bruce Warner
Executive Director, Portland Development Commission

Wim Wiewel
President, Portland State University

Bill Wyatt
Executive Director, Port of Portland