James
A. Zehren, president,
is a partner at Stoel Rives LLP where he works as a real
estate development attorney concentrating on construction
and design law. In addition to his law degree from Lewis
and Clark Law School, Jim received M.A. degrees in public
affairs and anthropology from the University of Minnesota
and a B.A. in industrial engineering from North Dakota State
University. Jim has been active in many civic and governmental
organizations, including as board chair of Oregon Business
Association, chair of Metro Greenspaces Policy Advisory
Committee, board member of Pioneer Courthouse Square of
Portland, member of Portland Parks and Recreation Board,
member of Metro Policy Advisory Committee, board chair of
Livable Oregon, Inc., board moderator of First Unitarian
Church, and on-loan policy staff to Oregon Progress Board.
He has been a City Club member since 1986, serving as vice
chair and the chair of the Research Board and as a member
of the Board of Governors from 1992-1994, and as president-elect
in 2007-2008.
Sue
Thomas, president-elect, is co-founder
of Avatar, Inc., an organization-development consulting
firm specializing in strategic planning, organizational
change and cross-sector partnership building. Sue has a
master's degree from Antioch University in organization
systems design and a bachelor's degree in business and psychology.
Previous experience includes working at three Outward Bound
Schools in the U.S. and Scotland, both as a manager and
field instructor leading mountaineering, sea kayaking and
white water rafting courses. She chaired City Club's Business
& Technology Issue Committee and PDC research and advocacy
committees. She is currently chair of the Research Board
and has been a City Club member since 1998.
Jon
Stride, first vice president and
chair of the Research Board, began
his professional career as a high school teacher, counselor
and coach for the Bend-Lapine School District. After earning
a master's degree and serving as president of the Bend Education
Association, Jon returned to school to earn a law degree
from University of Oregon. He joined Tonkon Torp LLP in
1990 and became a partner in 1996. Jon has been active in
firm administration, including serving as the hiring committee
chair for three years. In 2002 he was elected to a three-year
term on the firm's Managing Board and served as chair of
that board for 1½ years. Jon represents businesses
and individuals in commercial disputes ranging from breach
of contract to patent infringement claims. He has particular
experience in intellectual property issues and has litigated
trade secret, copyright, trademark and patent infringement
claims. Jon has been a leader in the firm's diversity initiative
and has continuously provided pro bono legal services to
Eastside Legal Clinic clients. He has been a City Club member
since 1992.
Tom
Iverson, second vice president and vice
chair of the Research Board, is the Fish and
Wildlife Program Coordinator for the Columbia Basin Fish
and Wildlife Authority. CBFWA is a small non-profit that
facilitates policy discussion and recommendations among
the 19 federal, state, and tribal fish and wildlife managers
in the Columbia River Basin.Tom has a BS and MS from the
University of Washington in Fisheries Management and has
lived in Portland since 1999 with his wife and two children.
Tom was a member of the Research Board for the past year
and served on two ballot measure study committees prior
to that. Tom has been a City Club member since 2004.
Sharon
VanSickle-Robbins, secretary, co-founded
KVO Advertising and Public Relations in 1983 and was responsible
for directing the firm's operations and providing strategic
oversight for its public relations department. Previously,
she served as public relations director for Tektronix, Inc.
and worked for Willamette Week. Sharon also chaired
the Portland metropolitan area's Regional Arts & Culture
Council and is a member of the University of Portland's
Board of Regents. She operates a cut-flower business with
20,000 peony plants on Sauvie Island. Sharon has been a
City Club member since 1996 and chairs the Club's business
environment study committee.
Ted
Kaye, treasurer, is vice-president for
finance at TeleDirect International (formerly Wygant), a
technology company serving the contact center marketplace.
He earned an MBA from Stanford University's Graduate School
of Business in 1979. Formerly the director of development
and budget director at the Oregon Historical Society and
the executive director of Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
in Oregon, his corporate career has included positions in
finance and corporate strategy at Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific
Telesis Group (now AT&T), and the Banco de Santiago
in Chile. He is a past board president of Friendly House
and serves as an officer or board member of several other
nonprofit organizations. Ted edits Raven, a scholarly
journal of flag studies, and he publishes and consults in
the field of flag design. As a City Club member
since 1990, he has especially relished his participation
in the Club's research efforts. He received the City Club
President's Award in 2008.
Tom
Cox, governor, is a Hillsboro resident
and owner of a management consulting firm specializing in
improving the productivity of technology teams by imparting
leadership skills. Tom was the 2002 Libertarian Party
candidate for governor of Oregon and is now active
with the Oregon Republican Party. Tom has been a City
Club member and Friday Forum Committee member since
2003.
Adam
Davis, governor, is a partner in Davis,
Hibbitts & Midghall, Inc., an opinion research and consultation
firm in Portland specializing in public policy and planning
projects. Since 1977, he has been conducting statewide telephone
surveys and completing focus groups across the state. Adam
has also completed many research projects to support strategic
planning efforts for clients ranging from the Oregon Economic
Development Department to the Oregon University System,
and he has assisted ballot measure and candidate campaigns.
A graduate of Portland State University and University of
Oregon School of Law, Adam has been a City Club member since
1996.
John
Horvick, governor, is the project director
for the Parents and Children Together study at Oregon Health
& Science University. John graduated from University
of Minnesota in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
sociology. He joined City Club in 2004, soon after moving
to Portland from the Midwest. John is currently a co-chair
of the Club's New Leaders Council and has served on two
research committees. Outside of the Club, he is a volunteer
with Portland's neighborhood mediation program.
Marge
Kafoury , governor,
directed Portland's Office of Government Relations for 19
years, where she implemented the city's federal and state
lobbying objectives. Previously she was the director of
the Multnomah County Juvenile Services Commission for seven
years. Before that she was a legislative assistant in the
Oregon Senate during the 1977 and 1979 legislative sessions,
and she was elected to Metro Council in 1979. In the early
1990s Marge chaired City Club's Program Committee, was a
member of its Board of Governors from 1993-1996, and she
received the President's Award in 1994 for her outstanding
contributions to political debates. She is currently a member
of the Board of Directors of Portland Center Stage. She
first joined City Club in 1980.
Steffeni
Mendoza Gray, governor, works in the city
of Portland's Office of Government Relations as a government
relations specialist. Steffeni has a bachelors degree in
architecture from University of Oregon. Her professional
experience includes six years managing and expanding a small
retail business and over 20 years in executive nonprofit
management positions. Her professional and volunteer
experiences also include serving on numerous public and
private sector policy advisory committees and task forces,
particularly in the areas of work/family issues, at-risk
youth services, community development, urban design and
planning, parks and open space advocacy, civic engagement,
business and economic development and education advocacy.
She currently serves on the board of the American Red Cross
Pacific Northwest Blood Services, Portland Schools Foundation,
and Urban Greenspaces Institute. Oregon Business magazine
selected her as one of Oregon's Top 50 Business Leaders
in 2004. Steffeni is also a senior fellow of the American
Leadership Forum of Oregon.
Leslie
Morehead, governor, is a consultant providing
financial management services for small businesses. Leslie
holds a Master of Arts in Teaching 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. Leslie
is currently in her fifth year on the Club's Research Board.
She was the research advisor on the Club's 2008 study of
the initiative and referendum system in Oregon and received
the Club's Research Award in 2007. Leslie is currently on
the Agora committee and is the Board Liaison to this group.
She has traveled and worked abroad, consulting and teaching
business management courses in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Liz
Reilly, governor, is a consultant with
The Collins Group, a fundraising consulting firm. Outside
of work, Liz is president of Bola Moyo, a nonprofit working
to promote behavior change among youth in Malawi, where
she was a teacher and community development worker in the
Peace Corps. Since the time Liz learned to read, she has
been known to travel with an unwieldy number of books and
has enjoyed heated debates about them. A recent transplant
to the West Coast, she holds dual bachelor of arts degrees
in anthropology and English, with a minor in French from
Vassar College. She has been a City Club member since 2006
and currently serves as chair of the Membership Committee.
Melody
Rose, governor, is chair of the Division
of Political Science at Portland State University. She holds
degrees from U.C. Santa Cruz (B.A. with honors and Phi Beta
Kappa, 1988) and Cornell University (Masters in Public Affairs,
1991; M.A. in Government, 1995; Ph.D. in Government, 1997).
She is also the founder and director of NEW Leadership™
Oregon, which offers public service leadership training
programs to college women in Oregon. She has authored a
number of books, articles, and chapters on social and election
policy. Melody's teaching, research, and community service
— including her service on City Club's Friday Forum Committee
— reflect her broad interest in citizen engagement and political
participation. She is a regular political analyst on local,
state, and national media on matters of elections, voting,
and women's political action. In 2007, she was chosen by
the Northwest Women's Journal as one of Portland's “100
Most Powerful Women,” and in 2008, she received PSU's Alumni
Association's Distinguished Faculty Award. Melody joined
City Club in 2004.
Larry
Wallack, governor, is dean of the College
of Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State University.
He is also emeritus professor of public health at University
of California, Berkeley and was a founding senior fellow
and first president of the Rockridge Institute, a California-based
think tank and a founding senior fellow at the Longview
Institute. In 1993 he was the founding director of the Berkeley
Media Studies Group. Larry has appeared on numerous national
and local news and public affairs television programs. He
has provided consultation to a wide range of local, state,
national and international organizations on issues related
to public health, social change and mass media. He has been
a member since 2004.
Don
Williams, immediate past president, is
the chief operating officer at Schwabe Williamson &
Wyatt P.C. He also has a background in the public sector
having served as the director of finance and administration
at the Oregon State Bar, personnel consultant for the Local
Government Personnel Institute in Salem, and in administrative
and departmental management for Clackamas County. He has
a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University, an M.P.A.
from Portland State University and is a certified legal
manager. Other past and present professional service and
community activities include his work with the Association
of Legal Administrators, Portland Metropolitan Area Boundary
Commission Advisory Committee, and Oregon City Planning
Commission. Don has served on several City Club study committees,
including the 2006 FPD&R Committee, two terms on the
Research Board, and on the Board of Governors from 1977-1979,
1996-2000 and 2006 to present. He has been a City Club member
since 1972, and he received the City Club President's Award
in 2005.
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