Mike RogowayKaren

Williams

IN THE TRENCHES: LEARNING FROM PRACTICAL

EXPERIENCE IN OREGON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Randy EalyKeith LeavittJohn Southgate

Randy Ealy Current Position?

Chief Administrative Officer; City of Beaverton

EducationBA, Willamette UniversityMPA, Portland State

University

First Job?Construction at $5/hr

Randy Ealy What Book Are You Currently Reading?

Team of Rivals

Soundtrack To Life: Neil Young

Words I Live By:Happy wife- happy life.

Keith LeavittCurrent PositionGeneral Manager,Business Development,Port of Portland

EducationBS, Political Science,Oregon State UniversityGraduate Certificate, Real Estate Development

Keith LeavittBoards Board member of Greenlight Greater

Portland Member of the board for the Portland State

Center for Real Estate Development.

Previous Positions State Government Affairs Manager Development Project Manager

John Southgate Current Position?

Consulting on urban redevelopment projects

Education? BA, Italian & French,

University of Oregon Honors College

First Job?Delivering the Oregonian

John SouthgateQ: What Book Are You Currently Reading?

A: Brothers Karamazov

Q: Soundtrack To Life: A: Puccini

Words I Live By:Love Thy Neighbor.

There is very  little a person can't do if he or she doesn't mind who gets the credit.

Dolce Far Niente. Sweet Doing Nothing.

Mike RogowayCurrent Position?Tech reporter, The Oregonian

EducationBA, Whitman College MBA University of Washington

First Job?Bagging groceries

Mike RogowayQ: What Book Are You Currently Reading?

A: Wolf Hall (Hilary Mantel)

Q: Soundtrack To Life: A: The Band

Quote:91.34% of blog posts & news articles about

regional startup activity (any region) use the term "burgeoning.”

#notactually #butitseemslikeit

Karen WilliamsCurrent Position?Principal,Carroll Community Development LLC

EducationBA, Antioch UniversityJD, University of Puget Sound of Law

First Job?Extra in movie, The Great Northfield, filmed in Jacksonville OR

Karin WilliamsQ: What Book Are You Currently Reading?

A: Lawrence in Arabia:  War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Middle East by Scott Anderson

Q: Soundtrack To Life: A: John Prine

Quote:“In the end, it's not the years in your life that

counts, but the life in your years.”   Abraham Lincoln

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