2011 CEO Roundtable | Concordia University

Moderator:

David Pollock, Senior Advisor, Ashoka
David Pollock is a senior advisor at Ashoka, the organization that supports social entrepreneurs globally. During his career Pollock has successfully grown businesses, guided companies out of leveraged situations, recruited and developed great people, and is a hands-on leader. Pollock has had an extensive international business career spanning 35 years living on three continents. He lived in Asia (12 years) and Europe (10 years) before settling in Portland in 1995.

Pollock has close ties with local government and provides advice on environmental issues from a business point of view.

2011 Panelists include:

Steve Clark, President, Portland Tribune
Steve Clark is president of the Portland Tribune newspaper and president and Publisher of Community Newspapers, a group of 17 weekly and monthly community newspapers published in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties.

Clark serves on the TriMet Board of Directors and is the Oregon Business Plan's initiative leader on strategies to improve the state’s transportation systems.

Clark is active in local, regional and state economic development, education funding, transportation, and land use issues. He was a member of a 10-person task force appointed by the Governor and Legislature to recommend changes in Oregon's 30-year-old land use system. He helped lead the creation of a transportation investment and strategy package adopted by the 2009 Oregon Legislature.

Pat Reiten, President, Pacific Power
Pat Reiten is president of Pacific Power at PacifiCorp, a position he has held since September 2006. Reiten is responsible for delivering electricity safely and reliably to 733,000 customers in Oregon, Washington, and California, and also manages the West's largest single owned-and-operated transmission system. Pacific Power is a 100-year-old company serving 243 communities across the three states.

Prior to joining PacifiCorp, Reiten was president and chief executive officer of PNGC Power, an energy cooperative located in Portland, Ore. He was appointed to that position in May 2002 and was responsible for the overall operations of two corporate entities (PNGC Power and Power Resources Cooperative). Previously, Reiten served as an aide to U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, responsible for many issues, particularly those associated with the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He also served as an official in several different capacities at the U.S. Department of Interior, including deputy director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Jeani Winterbourne, President, CEO of Umpqua Investments Inc.
Jeani Winterbourne is president and CEO of Umpqua Investments Inc. Umpqua Investments is the investment advisory arm of Umpqua Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: UMPQ) with offices in Oregon and northern California. In this role, Winterbourne is responsible for the division's operations, business development, and expansion. She also works with Umpqua's wealth management division to enhance financial planning offerings throughout the bank.

Winterbourne has more than 28 years of brokerage experience. Most recently she was senior vice president of operations and business development at Umpqua Investments where she managed regulatory and compliance initiatives, sales development, training, and service programs. Prior to joining Umpqua Investments, Winterbourne worked as a market area administrative officer for UBS Financial. She also spent 23 years at Smith Barney, where she began her career. Winterbourne has been acting in a series of leadership roles for the past 24 years.

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