Business Advisory Council

Barbara Basney
 

Bob Speltz
Senior Director, Community Relations
The Standard
Standard Insurance Company
 

Chris Greyerbiehl
VP of Finance
PCC Structurals

Chris Joseph
Founder/CEO
Wyld and Cascade Spirits
 

Dan Stevens
Executive Vice President
PacificSource
 

Dylan Lauzon, ARM-E
Risk Director
Port of Portland
 

Esther Chhakchhuak
Nike
 

Gary Mortensen
President
Stoller Wine Group
 

Jon Haralson
Director of Supply Chain
Boeing
 

Josh Schlesinger
President and CEO
Schlesinger Companies
 

Karen Davies
Senior Director, Supply and Inventory
Planning
Nike
 

Kathy Prosser
NW Benefits Practice Leader
Woodruff-Sawyer Oregon, Inc.
 

Lori Heino-Royer
Technology and Innovation Executive
Luminar Technologies
 

Melissa Sanger
Relationship Manager
Bank of America
 

Mike Peck
Division Leader
Southland Industries
 

Nanette Reid
Senior Vice President
Business Banking Regional Executive –
West Region
US Bank
 

Nikotris Lewis
Senior Director, Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion
New Seasons Market
 

Noel Kinder
 

Peter Johnson
Executive Vice President, Managing
Director
Alliant Insurance Services
 

Rowena Paz Norman
Strategy Manager
Tillamook
 

Russ Humberston
General Manager
Beaverton Toyota
 

Scott Roth
CEO
LegitScript
 

Sean Fitzgerald
Division President
Weir ESCO
 

Shawna Attaway
Sr. Operations Finance Specialist
Intel
 

Stefan Kurschner
CFO
Daimler Trucks North America
 

Ted Fettig
Market Leader, Senior Vice President
Key Private Bank - Oregon & Alaska
Regions
 

Todd Ruberg
Founder and Sr. Partner
Simpactful
 

Accounting Advisory Board

Todd Bedrick
VP and Corporate Controller
AbSci
tbedrick@gmail.com

Emily Bradford
Audit Partner
Geffen Mesher
ebradford@gmail.com

Michelle Brooks
Tax Senior Manager
KPMG LLP
mkbrooks@kpmg.com

Jim Brown
Assurance Director
Deloitte & Touche LLP
jibrown@deloitte.com

Meghann Hartley
Audit Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
mehartley@deloitte.com

Trina Headley
Shareholder
Perkins & Company
theadley@perkinsaccounting.com

Gary Homsley
Assurance Partner, Retired
Grant Thornton
Gary.Homsley@gmail.com

Holly Huddleson
Tax consultant
holly.huddleson@gmail.com

Jason Imhof
Tax Partner
Geffen Mesher
jimhof@gmco.com

Ray Johnson
Professor Emeritus, Accounting
Portland State University
johnsonr@pdx.edu

Cynthia Killingsworth
Accounting Instructor
Portland Community College
cynthia.killingsworth@pcc.edu

Erika Kelley
Chief Accounting Officer
Radius Recycling
erika.k.kelley@gmail.com

Raphael J. Larson
Partner
King and Spalding
Rjlarson@kslaw.com

Tonya Moffitt
Partner
Merina & Company, LLP
tmoffitt@merinacpas.com

Kristin Osorio
Audit Partner
Hoffman Stewart & Schmidt
kristin@hss-cpas.com

Kris Peterson
Tax Partner
Talbot, Korvola & Warwick
kpeterson@tkw.com

Jennifer Price
Managing Partner
Moss Adams LLP
jennifer.price@mossadams.com

Kira Rice
Director
Tyee Carr Advisory
Kira@tyeecarr.com

Mike Ruble
Audit Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
michael.ruble@pwc.com

Kandy Sage
CFO
HomeForward
kandy.sage@homeforward.com

Mike Sause
Senior Manager, CPA, CCIFP
Aldrich CPAs + Advisors LLP
msause@aktcpa.com

Donald Schmidt
Director, Retired
Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt
don@hss-cpas.com

Richard Solomon
CPA
rbs@rbsolomon.com

Karly Tell
Partner
Irvine & Co.
karly@irvinecpas.com

Athletic & Outdoor Advisory Board, Center for Retail Leadership

Sue Bal
Program Manager
Portland Development Commission

Jim Chi
VP of Marketing & Sales
e-dye

Alyson Day
Global Director of Digital Marketing
Nike 

D’Wayne Edwards
Founder
PENSOLE Footwear Design Academy

Gennevieve Emery
Senior Manager Executive Search
adidas

LaToya Kamara

Global Footwear Product Director,
Jordan Women's
Nike

Edwin Martinez
Flagship & Concept Store Activation
Manager
adidas

Andrew Gritzbaugh
General Manager North America
Aqua Lung

Jason McGibbon
VP of Sales
SnowPeak 

Dave Schechter
VP Global Footwear Development
Nike

Barry Schrimsher
Principal
TSG, Inc.

Emily Vedaa
Global Trade Manager
Columbia Sportswear

Aaron Seabron
Senior Business Unit Director, US Sports - Baseball
adidas

Keith Carrato
VP Brand and Product
Gerber Gear

Amalia Boyles
PSU A&O Student Representative

Beta Alpha Psi

Jaci Bullis
Audit Associate, Moss Adams

Cara Bryce
Audit Assistant, Deloitte

Anthony Capizzi
KPMG Norway

Connor Garrett
Assurance Associate, PwC (Chair)

Kiki Lei
Digital Assurance & Transparency Associate, PwC

Gina Kelly
Tax Associate, Dougall Conradie LLC

Cat Maher
Tax Staff, Perkins

Amy Morales
Tax Staff, EY

Diego Ponces
SOX Analyst, PGE

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Advisory Council

View council member bios.

Emilio Vicini (Chair)
Intel Finance - Server Segment Strategic Specialist
Intel

Sanjayan Arulsakaran
Customer Success Manager
RFPIO, Inc

Colleen Brewer
Project Manager II, Marketing E-Business and Project Management
The Standard

Dustin Daniel
Community Engagement Manager
Walker Tracker

Evan T. Green 
Executive Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
Portland State University, The School of Business

Chris Herndon
Director of Coaching
Lucidly

Ritu Madan
Principal Talent Acquisition Specialist
Portland General Electric

Zanele Mutepfa Rhone
Culture and Diversity Brand Strategist
Brand Zanele LLC

Aakanksha Rane
Student
Portland State University

Tiffany Thompson 
Founder, Interior Designer
Duett Interiors

Graduate Business Advisory Council

Joseph Aborah
MSFA, 2017
Finance Manager
Microsoft

Alex Gamboa
MBA, 2016
Relationship Specialist 
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network

Scott Miller
MSRE, 2017
Research Analyst
Newmark Knight Frank

Andrew Nelson
MBA in Finance, 2016
Design Group Manager
Actalent

Charlotte Rich
MSFA, 2004
Commercial Loan Business Developer, Underwriter
The Commercial Center

David Seppi
MBA, 2018
Sr. Financial Analyst
Adidas

Kate Rood
MBA, 2014
VP Organizational Culture and Development 
Beneficial State Foundation

Hitesh Patel 
MBA 
Vice President Sales and Marketing
Allied Systems Company 

Vanessa Hadick 
MBA 
Founding & Managing Director
Double Tap Marketing 

Alison Dennis
MBA 
Executive Director 
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology


Rohini Pedersen 
Master of Global Logistics
Regional Industrial Engineer
UNIF

Phil Yien 
Master of International Affairs
Global Logistics Manager
Cascade Columbia Distribution

Keith Feist 
MBA
Benefits Technology Consultant 
Standard Insurance Company 

Daniel Saunders
Master of Taxation 
Staff Accountant 
TD Consulting Group 

Jason Kallingal 
MBA
Owner
Life of Pie

Brian Goodman
MBA
Executive Coach and Business Acquisition 
Self Employed

Thomas Seeman 
MBA
Professor for Industrial Management 
Baden- Wuerttemburg Cooperative State University

Elheese Taylor
Master of Global Logistics 
Planning and Analytics Managing
Nike 

Erik Pattison
Master of Real Estate
Senior Housing Development Project Manager 
REACH CDC 

Yelena Tanaomi 
Master of International Affairs 
Senior Project Manager 
Amazon Web Services 

Suzanne Markoya 
Master of Taxation 
Tax Senior
DELAP LLP

Shawna Attaway-Jefferson 
Master of Science in Financial Analysis 
Revenue Agent 2 and Financial Coach 
Portland State University 

Cileena Van Nortwick 
Master of Global Logistics 
 

Lisa Pitts 
Master of Science in Financial Analysis 
Sr. Financial Analyst 
Intel Corporation

Abbie Therrow 
Master of Science in Financial Analysis 
Tax Manager 
Grant Thronton LLP

Paul Thompson
MBA 
Owner, Chief Operating Officer 
Eagle Restoration 

James Turney 
MBA 
Director, Chassis Engineering 
Daimler Trucks North America 

Center for Retail Leadership Advisory Board

Marcelino Alvarez
Chief Product Officer
Fresh Consulting

Todd Cornwell
VP of Sales and Marketing
Franz Family Bakeries

Kevin Coupe
Founder
Business Author
MorningNewsBeat.com

Denee Fenton
Senior Customer Manager
Clif Bar & Co.

Christopher Joseph
CEO
Cascade Spirit, WYLD

Tony Lucarelli
VP, Regional Sales
Lineage Logistics

Joelle Maher
Advisor
California Cowboy
Former CEO/COO for consumer brands

Colin McCall
VP of Business Development
Riff Cold Brewed

Marie Major
Senior Director Growth Marketing
Netrush

German Ochoa
FB&G Leadership Certificate Student Representative

Natasha Tomecek
HR Training and Development Portland Division
Safeway Albertsons

Craig Ostbo
Managing Partner
KoopmanOstbo

Melissa Peterman
Marketing & Strategy Consultant

Todd Ruberg
Partner
Simpactful

Chris Sarles
President & CEO
Oregon Fruit Products

Eddie Shin
Digital Consumer Moments Manager
North America Marketplace Operations, Nike

Jen Soltero
Store Manager
New Seasons Market 

Natasha Tomecek
HR Training and Development Portland Division
Safeway Albertsons

Mike Funk
Group Strategy Director
R/GA

Mike Stroud
Associate Manager, Talent Acquisition
Tillamook County Creamery Association

David Richard
Vice President Operations
Fred Meyer

Visit the Center for Real Estate website to see the Center for Real Estate Advisory Board.