• Undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics
• Former university associate instructor in economics
• Master Professional Associate, International Development Research Council (IDRC)
• Certified Industrial Developer (CID), American Economic Development Council
• Served on California Governor's Advisory Task Force on Economic Development, the Bay Area Economic Forum, and the Washington Economic Development Commission
• Former senior vice president and national accounts director for the Grubb & Ellis Company (commercial & industrial brokerage) in San Francisco
• Over twenty years experience as director of economic development councils and agencies in Seattle, Portland, Colorado Springs, Tucson, and Central Oregon
• Founder and president of Elesco, Ltd. since 1986
• Past president of the Sunriver Homeowners Association
• Currently serving on the Deschutes County Budget Committee and County Fair Board
• Active board director for the Berkshire Capital Investment Trust of San Jose, California

• Undergraduate studies in political science and geography
• Project management experience for over ten years with the Humble Oil & Refining Company (Exxon), Houston, Texas, and the ERA Winston Company, Tucson, Arizona
• Co-owner, managing consultant and coordinator of a business in Danville, California that contracted with banks, S&L's, and real estate companies in the East Bay area in the preparation for marking, of high value properties
• Co-founder of Elesco, Ltd. in 1986
• Project coordinator of Elesco contracts. She was responsible for the project management and team coordination of prison sites for the Oregon Department of Corrections. This also included the coordination of final reports by team members and affiliated contributors which were used for the sites selected
• Actively involved in a number of civic and church activities in the Sunriver area

• Undergraduate degree in fine arts, graduate studies in development and organization of non-profit organizations
• Twenty-seven years experience working with non-profit groups in the areas of educational programming, volunteer staff recruitment and training, strategic planning, leadership development, and teaching
• Consultant for eighteen years with an education publishing house with involvement in curriculum product marketing and the training of users purchasing the materials
• Seminar leader for over twenty years in the areas of teaching methodology, volunteer recruitment and training, strategic planning and organization, and personal development
• Joined the Elesco team in 1996, working part-time in community assessment and special projects. Moved to a full-time role during 2000, focusing on strategic planning and special economic development projects
• Currently teaching and serving as academic coordinator for the High Desert Christian College in Bend, Oregon

Strategic Partnerships

• Undergraduate degree in education; graduate of the American Economic Development Institute
• Certified Economic Developer (CED), American Economic Development Council; certified as an Oregon Women Business Enterprise (WBE) by the Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Businesses - Certification 1608
• Principal consultant of her own company with primary focus on developing strategies for minimization and mitigation of socioeconomic impacts. Her company is qualified as a DBE in Oregon
• For nine years, she established, developed, and ran the Malheur County Economic Development Department
• Former co-owner and active participant in the Malheur Enterprise, the local newspaper in Vale, Oregon for 30 years
• Served as the project coordinator for the Oregon prison siting project team

• Undergraduate degree in geography
• Principal cartographer with experience in all forms of cartographic analysis and map-making
• Over fifteen years experience including manual and GIS cartography with the U.S. Forest Service, Washington Department of Natural Resources, and North American Maps
• Involved in numerous Elesco economic and community development projects including extensive work on the Department of Corrections prison siting contact.
• Current projects include watershed analysis for practices, logo design, and strategies for mapping community capabilities

Strategic Alliances

• Undergraduate and graduate degrees in finance and economics
• Expertise in real estate market & feasibility, real estate acquisition and disposition, and economic impact

• Specialists in master planning and site design for both public works and private development projects
• Utilizes "green design" and "earth friendly" construction techniques to meet environmental concerns and creation of landscape and engineering site designs