Mr. Dodson became Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 1, 2003, where he previously served as President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel since 2001. He joined the Company in 1997 as Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and General Counsel, following a 17-year career with the Portland law firm Ater Wynne Hewitt Dodson & Skerritt. Mr. Dodson serves on the executive committee of Associated Oregon Industries and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Business Council. He also has worked on affordable housing issues as a board member and chairman of the Neighborhood Partnership Fund. Mr. Dodson is currently the Chair of the Portland Business Alliance and was formerly Chairman of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. He currently serves as a Trustee of Linfield College and as a member of the Board of Directors of Waseda University USA, and recently headed the Oregon Governor’s Task Force on Scholarship and Student Aid. He earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and a law degree from Boalt College of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. |