Who's Who at City Club: Board of Governors

Pat McCormick

Title: 
President

Pat McCormick is a partner in AM:PM PR, a Portland public relations firm he founded in 2010 with his daughter, Allison. For the prior 20 years, Pat was a partner in Conkling Fiskum & McCormick, a public affairs, research and public relations firm with offices in Portland, Salem and Washington, D.C. He brings 40 years of experience in Oregon public policy and communications to the counsel he offers clients and colleagues. In 1999 his Portland PR peers honored him with the prestigious William Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award. Pat’s public policy role began as chief of staff to Oregon House Majority Leader Les AuCoin, then as Oregon staff director after AuCoin was elected to Congress. Pat returned to the state capitol as chief of staff to House Speaker Hardy Myers. He then founded his own public affairs firm and directed the state’s high tech trade association. He later managed state affairs for Tektronix and served as senior VP at Pihas Schmidt Westerdahl advertising and PR agency before joining CFM in 1991. Pat has been a City Club member since 1969.

John Horvick

Title: 
President-Elect

John Horvick will be the first under-40 nominee for president-elect in over 30 years, which is especially fitting as the Club celebrates the 10th anniversary of the New Leaders Council. John brings the commitment of a new generation of Club members to the role of president-elect. Since joining City Club in 2004, John has volunteered for two research committees and chaired the Research Board, chaired the New Leaders Council, co-created several Agora events, and served on the Board of Governors. John is currently serving on the Friday Forum Committee. Professionally, he is as a research associate at DHM Research where he conducts public opinion research in a variety of policy areas, including health care, education reform, sustainability, land use planning, and water management. John previously served as a project director at the University of Nebraska Bureau of Sociological Research, where he focused on tobacco policy, and at the OHSU School of Nursing, where he managed a Phase III clinical trial related to family caregiving. John graduated from the University of Minnesota with a sociology degree. He has a long-standing interest in conflict resolution and has been a volunteer mediator with Resolutions Northwest's neighborhood program. John is also a devoted long-distance runner, competing in marathons and competitions across the country.

Bill Holmer

Title: 
Treasurer

Bill Holmer is president of The First Princeton Corporation and an honors graduate with a degree in economics from Princeton University. He also received an M.B.A. from Stanford University. Bill is an accredited senior appraiser (ASA) in business valuation with the American Society of Appraisers. He is also a member of the Estate Planning Council of Portland. Bill first joined City Club in 1999 and currently serves on the Finance committee. He also was a member of the Research committee which published the study on the business climate in Portland.

Karen Kervin

Title: 
Secretary

Karen Kervin is the chief marketing officer for Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, with firm-wide administrative responsibility for all facets of the firm’s client relations, marketing, public relations and business development activities. She joined the firm in 1985 as a litigation paralegal, assuming supervisory duties of the firm’s paralegals and project assistants in 1996 while continuing to practice as a paralegal. In 2000 Karen assumed the role of director of legal recruiting and paralegal manager, and in 2006, director of client relations and marketing. In 2010, she became the firm’s first chief marketing officer. Karen has been a City Club member since 2003.

Rob Aldisert

Title: 
Governor

Rob Aldisert is the managing partner at Perkins Coie. He recently chaired the Club's PERS study committee and is leading the advocacy efforts for the study's recommendations. He has practiced law for 20 years and focuses on the trial and litigation of business, commercial and product liability cases in the federal and state courts of Oregon, California and Washington. He is a graduate of Columbia University (A.B., History) and Loyola Law School.

Naomi Cole

Title: 
Governor

Naomi is a Program Director for the Portland Sustainability Institute and leads the EcoDistricts Initiative. Previous experience includes a role on the Sustainable Design Team at ZGF Architects and as a sustainability consultant with Konstrukt. Naomi is a Portland native, and after several years back east, she returned to her hometown, determined to invest her life and career in the place that so many look to for sustainability leadership and that was so formative to her own development. She has an interdisciplinary degree in architecture, environmental science, and urban studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Naomi chaired the City Club New Leaders Council for two years. In her spare time she makes and sells jewelry locally and designs and bakes one of a kind cakes.

Jeanne Crouch

Title: 
Governor

Jeanne Crouch is the Director of Sustainable Growth at Charter Construction where she focuses on business development, community outreach and steering the company’s activities in an ever more sustainable direction. Prior to her work at Charter, Jeanne was a management consultant, guiding owners and executives of mid-sized companies in growing their businesses to the next level of performance. Earlier in her career she held various management and senior positions at Callanetics Franchise Corporation, CoBank and the Browning Corporation, served as a policy advisor to the South African government, co-founded Environmental Training and Consulting International and served in the International Executive Service Corps. In 2011 Jeanne received the Volunteer of the Year award from the Oregon Community Associations Institute (CAI) and in 2012, CAI Oregon received a national award for the program she developed with Habitat for Humanity. Jeanne has been a City Club member since 2006 and has served on the Friday Forum committee.

LaToya Fick

Title: 
Governor

Toya Fick is the associate director of local and federal relations with the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). In this capacity, she manages OHSU's work with local elected officials and the Oregon congressional delegation. Her previous experience includes serving as the senior legislative associate for the Alliance for Excellent Education, an advocacy nonprofit in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she served as a legislative aide to then-Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on education, affordable housing, and other issues affecting children and families. She received a B.A. in political science from the University of Chicago.

Deane Funk

Title: 
Governor

Deane Funk, governor, is manager of local government affairs for Portland General Electric, overseeing the local government function in the six county territory served by PGE. In 1988, six years after graduating from the University of Southern California, Dean went to PGE to propose a technology transfer project which would introduce Swedish energy-efficiency and secondary wood products manufacturing to Oregon’s transitioning economy. This ultimately led to the founding of Pacific Century Homes in 1990. His interest was in public policy, so he remained with PGE, managing government affairs issues. He managed PGE’s anti-Public Utility District (PUD) campaign in Multnomah County in 2003, and oversaw the on-going anti-PUD campaigns in several counties.

Deane has served on an array of public policy boards throughout the Willamette Valley, including the METRO 2040 Means Business committee, the Basic Rights Oregon board and the Policy Council for the Oregon Childcare Resource and Referral Network. Currently Deane serves on the boards of Travel Portland and the East Metro Economic Alliance.

Sue Hildick

Title: 
Governor

Sue Hildick is the president of Foundations for a Better Oregon, initiator of The Chalkboard Project, a ten-year public process to engage Oregonians around the quality, accountability and financing of the state's K-12 public schools in order to raise student achievement to the top ten performing states in the nation. Previously she served as the executive director of the American Red Cross, Oregon Trail Chapter, as policy advisor to the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, and as government relations director for OHSU. She also served as legislative and policy director for U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield. She received a B.A. from the Honors Government Program at Georgetown University and attended the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark. Beyond her City Club membership, she has a deep history of community involvement and board service with organizations including the Oregon March of Dimes, NEW Leadership Oregon, Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield Oregon Community Board and the National Civic League.

Su Midghall

Title: 
Governor

Su is the Managing Partner of Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, Inc. (DHM Research), a non-partisan and independent public opinion research firm specializing in public policy issues and social causes. Su has been in her field for close to 15 years and feels privileged to work on important reform issues like education, health and wellness, alternative transportation and renewable energy. She strives to bring more awareness of the values and beliefs of 18-24 and 12-17 year-olds on these issues. Su came to the US from South Korea to take advantage of our great public education, eventually graduating from the University of Tennessee in Marketing and Psychology, before finding her home in Portland. Su has been a City Club member since 2008.

Leslie Morehead

Title: 
Governor

Leslie Morehead is serving her fifth year on the Board of Governors. She served as the Club’s Secretary in 2010-2012, and has recently chaired the HR Committee, Board Development Committee, Citizens Salon Planning Team, Governance Task Force, and the By-Laws Revision Task Force. She was a Research Board member from 2004-2008. She received the Research Award in 2007 and the Member of the Year Award in 2010.

Professionally, Leslie is a consultant providing financial management services for small businesses. Leslie holds an MAT from Reed College, and an MBA in business management and a Ph.D. in systems science, both from Portland State University. She has been a private business owner, a consultant in information systems design and analysis, and a business software analyst in both the high-technology sector and the banking industry. She has traveled and worked abroad, consulting and teaching business management courses in Eastern Europe and Russia. She has decades of experience making large and small companies and nonprofits fiscally sound, and is a longtime advocate of citizen participation in public policymaking and governance. Leslie has been a member of City Club for over 30 years.

Mac Prichard

Title: 
Governor

Mac Prichard is founder and president of Prichard Communications, a public relations and social media firm that serves foundations, non-profits and public agencies across the country. Mac earned a Master of Public Administration degree at Harvard University and a degree in political science at the University of Iowa. Mac has been a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Human Services and other state agencies, was a speechwriter and deputy legislative director for Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, and served as communications director for Earl Blumenauer at City Hall. He also served on the board of The Bus Project. Mac joined City Club in 2004, served on the Agora committee for two years and has served on the Board of Governors for two years.

Ken Ray

Title: 
Governor

Ken is a senior public affairs coordinator at Metro. His professional background is in public affairs and communications, having worked as a staff member in the Oregon Legislature as well as at KVO Public Relations and at Oregon Partnership. His community leadership includes service as treasurer of X-PAC and as member and chair of the Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee. He also served on the board of directors of the alumni association at Willamette University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and American Studies. In addition he holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Portland State University. A Portland native, Ken joined the City Club in 2001 and has participated in the Club’s New Leaders Council, Programming (now Friday Forum) committee, and a ballot measure study committee.

Jazzmin Reece

Title: 
Governor

Jazzmin Reece moved to Oregon in 1999 to pursue a college degree and the experience of a college athlete. Since graduating from Willamette University, she has held many roles related to real estate development, planning, policy, education and technology. Today she works for Nike as a business systems analyst and is also the owner of a certified Minority Woman Emerging Small Business (MWESB) that is focused on project management, business analysis and system support for Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Jazzmin is passionate about civic engagement and served on the City Club's research study committee on regional transportation governance. As the current president of the Urban League of Portland Young Professionals, she understands the importance of community advocacy, outreach and education on policymaking and decisions that impact an entire community and its residents.

Melody Rose

Title: 
Immediate-Past President

Melody Rose is the vice provost for academic programs & instruction at Portland State University. She is also professor of political science and the founder of PSU’s Center for Women, Politics, and Policy. Her research is focused on the descriptive and substantive representation of women in American government. Her award-winning third book, Hillary Clinton’s Race for the White House: Gender Politics and the Media on the Campaign Trail (with Regina Lawrence) was published in 2009. She is a regular political analyst on local, state, and national media on matters of elections, voting, party systems and women’s political action. Melody joined City Club in 2004 and chaired the Friday Forum committee.

Bill Wyatt

Title: 
Governor

Bill Wyatt is the executive director of the Port of Portland. Prior to his appointment as the Port’s executive director, Bill served as chief of staff to Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber for seven years, preceded by six years as president of the Oregon Business Council and five years as executive director of the Association for Portland Progress (then Portland’s Downtown Development Association). He also served as a state representative from the Astoria area from 1974 to 1977.
Bill was appointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski in January of 2008 to serve on the Board of the Oregon Global Warming Commission. He formerly has served as board chair of the Urban League and as a board member for Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Oregon Historical Society. Bill has been a City Club member since 1982 and served on the Board of Governors in the 1980’s. He has been a member of several research committees and has spoken at City Club’s Friday Forum multiple times.