Experience

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  The Oregon Community Foundation

  • United States
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Past President and Senior Advisor - Oregon Community Foundation

    • Sep 2022 - Present

    I have the pleasure of assiting with the onbaording of OCF's new CEO and President and supporting the Board of Directors and new CEO in the work of the transition, In addition, I work on special projects and continue to serve as a trustee on several OCF-related Supporting Organization Foundations.

  • President and CEO

    • Feb 2012 - Present

    I was appointed to lead an executive team of 7, overseeing finance, fund services, investments, program development, grantmaking, donor stewardship, partnerships, HR, IT, operations, and marketing. My role was to drive the overall strategy for a $3.7B foundation with 100 employees and 5 office locations with $20M operating budget oversight. Report to a statewide board of 15, collaborating on planning, administration, and fiscal management. Voluntarily exited in September 2022, assuming a 6-month advisory role to help onboard the new president.- I was instrumental in boosting foundation growth from $1.2B to $3.7B, establishing OCF as the state’s largest public charity and on of the top-10 community foundations in the nation.- I built a new executive leadership team and led reorganization and modernization efforts by consolidating and developoing departments to best align with current objectives. Over my tenure I recruited and replaced the entire board of directors of the foundation to one that represent Oregon’s diversity.- As the CEO I led development efforts raising between $200M - $300M+ annually, up from less than $100M, by stewarding of gifts, elevating the brand profile, and extending collaborations and partnerships. - With those resources we were able to increase grant-making and scholarship programs to distribute more than $250M, up from less than $90M, annually awarding thousands of grants and scholarships across Oregon. - I helped the organization develop its DEI strategy, leading the board to formally adopt a DEI lens, creating training initiatives and hiring the first organization-wide DEI leader for the executive team.- I led the orgnization through the COVID-19 Emergency and the Statewide Wildfire response delivering unpresedented fund and resource allocation to nonprofits all across Oregon as we worked with private, public and nonprofit partners in response to the crisis.

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  Oregon Department of Corrections

  • Salem, Oregon

  • Director

    • Jan 2004 - Dec 2011
    • Salem, Oregon

    I was appointed and reappointed by Oregon governors to lead the department of corrections with 14 prisons, 4.5K+ employees, and 14K+ adults in custody, overseeing a $1.4B biennial budget including $300M+ in healthcare for the population. Managed a deputy director and 7 assistant directors. Led strategic planning, policy, and budget for both short-term and long-term operations. Worked closely with the Legislature. Built stakeholder relationships with labor unions, public safety, law enforcement, and community corrections systems in all 36 counties. - I was able to reduced overall healthcare costs by $10M+, established systems improvement plans, and negotiated/consolidated the $300M+ medical, dental, and pharmacy benefits. - I worked to transition the internal culture, relentlessly focusing on preparing adults in custody to integrate into society upon their release and reducing the recidivism rate. I doubled investment in mental health, dramatically improving services and public safety.- I refocused alcohol and drug addiction programming on evidence-based strategies and partnered with the department of health and human services to co-chair the governor’s alcohol and drug policy commission. - While director I was responsible for 700M+ in capital construction projects to build 2 additional prisons, including Warner Creek Correctional Facility, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution completing all on time and under budget.- During the Great Recession I managed a $150M+ budget shortfall in a single budget period through specific cost control measures including closing a prison facility and managing an agency-wide reduction in force.- I was a national leader of a team of correction directors to develop annual training and curriculum for members of the professional organization as well as serving as the Vice Chair of the National Institute of Correction appointed by the United States Attorney General.

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  Oregon Legislative Assembly

  • Representative, Chair House Judiciary Committee

    • Jan 1999 - Dec 2003

    I was elected to the Oregon Legislature for Tigard and East Washington County for three terms. I served as the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee for two terms, chair of the Legislative Counsel Committee, Chair of the Land Use Reform Committee and as long-term member of the House Revenue Committee as well as numerous special commission and committtees.

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  Miller Nash LLP

  • Attorney

    • Sep 1991 - Dec 2003

    I joined Miller Nash, LLP after having been a law cleark in the Oregon Attorney General's office. My practice areas included civil litigation, securities, complex litigation, land use, real estate, banking, products liability and other general litigation areas. - This opportunity gave me the chance to work with a wide variety of local and national clients whose commerical interests were broad and diverse. - In 1995 I took a leave of absence from the firm to serve as the Counsel to the Senate Judicary Committee in the Oregon Legislature. This experince gave me exposre to the entire legal system and to work wtih attorneys across Oregon from the private and public sector, as well as advising the Judiciary Committee in proposed legislation.