Elected as a new OICF Trustee was Carolyn D. Walker, Partner, Stoel Rives LLP.  Mark L. Cushing, Attorney, Tonkon Torp LLP and Stephen Anderson, Owner, Evergreen Energy Corp. were elected as new trustees at the Foundation’s Spring 2009 Mid-Year Meeting.

Individuals elected to the OICF’s Executive Committee include: Mohan Nair, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Executive, The Regence Group (Chair); M. Lee Pelton, President, Willamette University (Vice Chair), Robert E. Maloney, Jr., Shareholder, Lane Powell PC (Past Chair); Grieg L. Anderson, Portland General Electric-retired (Treasurer); John Nolting, Senior Vice President – District Retail Leader, KeyBank (Secretary); E. William Beauchamp, President, University of Portland (At-Large); and Charles E. Schlimpert, President, Concordia University (At-Large).

About Oregon Independent College Foundation

The Oregon Independent College Foundation (OICF), founded in 1950, is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, fundraising and programmatic partnership of Oregon’s ten leading private colleges and universities. Since it’s founding in 1950, the OICF has raised nearly $56 million from top corporations, private foundations, and charitable individuals in Oregon and beyond. Current OICF priorities include named scholarship programs, career workforce development programs, increasing racial diversity among the campuses, and programs that showcase the colleges’ focus on ethics and leadership development. For more information, visit www.oicf.org.

OICF member colleges include: Concordia University, George Fox University, Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Marylhurst University, Pacific University, Reed College, University of Portland, Warner Pacific University, and Willamette University.