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HE WORD "INFLUENmeans many thingsPortland, the adjectcould apply to electpoliticians, radio tashow hosts, and pocal consultantsalwhom we chose noname here.What matters fo:city figuring out wit wants to be when it grows i.if it wants to grow up) isn’t inence alone, but how the influtial meld their sway with othqualities. Vision. Clout. JudgiTaste. Connection. Principle.Gravitas. Andin a time inanother key element, power,be so fleeting (ask the mayorthe president)momentum.Change is at hand. Portlandwill restock city council with =faces. The city’s old economycontinues to sputter, but techstart-ups and small businesseare percolating. Our populatiodiversifying, as are the marketeverything from our lumber (China can’t get enough of) toindie rock bands. Huge instituare redefining themselves fornew era that other, more nimland youthful enterprises haveready begun to create.With all of this in mind, hero people (including a few groiwe think possess the spark amto craft Portland’s future. (Addown choices at portlandrnont]mag.com/power.) We hope yoagree that this eclectic roster Fnesses enough raw energy to iience any citywhatever influmay mean right now.NicholeMaherA 1Vniii’’ jI,IIrII/0 Ii /11,0111! ’,’/i/ir/111/0tl/I1/I/II/1/it 11/Il Ill! In’ iii!’SIGNATURE MOVE: At age 22 in 2001,Maher became leader of the NativeAmerican Youth and Family Center(NAYA). Since, the nonprofits annualbudget vaulted from $215,000 to $10million, in the city with the ninth-highesturban Native American population,NAYA now serves 10,000 people a yearwith education, social, and cultural ser -vices. Kids in NAYA’s education programare five times more likely to graduatehigh school than other Native children.WHAT’S NEXT: On a growing list of communityroles, this Tlingit tribal memberand mother of two serves on GovernorKitzhaber’s education investmentboard, set to redesign education statewidesheatheyoungest member. (MB)James Curleighii’c’:.’SIGNATURE MOVE: Aside from haulingin $200 million last year? Guidinghis company’s cash into creative philanthropy(like sponsorship of ambitiousnew-media coverage of the Gulfoil spill) and building a superefficient,15,000-square-foot factory to makeshoes on Swan Island.WHAT’S NEXT: Untucked and tousled,the 45-year-old may look crunchy, butKeen now aims for blue-collar workers,with a new line of steel-toed boots.Meanwhile, the company’s own footprintgrows: in November, Keen nabbedNike merchandising vice president RonHillto amp up its retail efforts. (BC)Don KrahmerSIGNATURE MOVE: This 54-year-oldcorporate attorney (at Schwabe, Williamson&Wyatt)hashelcl aroyalfiushofICON KEYinfluential posts, from past presidency’ill, lilllil1. 1, , i tof the elite Arlington Club Loa current01 ;i11[ltii IIbl 1 iU1111111’,!Weigh50 1 JAN 2012 1 pORTLANDMONT’(MAGCOMseat on the }iegence Blue Cross hoard.The soft-spoken Hillsboro native useshis dense Rolodex to connect promisingyoung players with each other andwith established mentors. A Krahmer -orchestrated dinner is a networker’sdream of nonprofit leaders, buddingbosinessfolk, and aspiring politicians.WHAT’S NEXT: Krahmer bridges oldboys-clubPortland and the fluid, morediverse networks of today. Says oneadmirer, ’He’s pivoted from connectingthe powerful to focusing on 20- and30-somethings." (ZD)Dan Ryanliii’ ’’’ii’ 01/1111111/I’ di,iiii,?, 1!:rlu/1:/f/ll,’,7 ’ , ii .’ .1/0.10/Ill! ,Olo 1’.SIGNATURE MOVE: In three years atopthe Portland Schools Foundation, Ryanrealized the nonprofit’s work boostingPortland Public Schools’ budget wasn’tenough. ’We needed to get outside thecity," says the 49-year-old former OregonBallet Theatre fundraiser. Enter Cradleto Career, a push by all six big Moltnon-rahCounty school districts, includingfast-growing East Portland schools,to improve dropout rates. Ryan’s outfitadopted a new name (All Hands Raised)to match its new mandate,WHAT’S NEXT: Ryan recruited a highoctaneadvisory council, fueled moreby business, government, and nonprofitplayers than traditional educators, tosteer a complex mix of achievement andsocial-equity initiatives. "We can all talkabout what’s wrong;’ Ryan says."A lot ofpeople want to//x what’s wrong," (ZD)Stephanie Snyderii,I 1’ ,,iIio’iSIGNATURE MOVE: In her eight yearsas curator and director of Reed College’sCooley Gallery, this Oregon-born,ileed/Columbia/Universityof Londonschooleddynamo openect the insular collegeto mainland Portland, presentingnew work by international artists andcollaborating with institutions acrossthe city. She also writes for Art roroai,curates shows (like the current ii1t,’I’io),Margins at the Lumber Room), nominatescontenders for major fellowships,and oversees a seven-year-old programthat exposes school kids to art,in on Portland’s influence peddlers in our poll:faceboOk.COm/P0rtla*m0flth1Yfliag

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WHAT’S NEXT: Near-term : shows oftitans Bruce Nauman and Kara Walker.Long-term: gently whispering Reed Museum’in the college admin’s ear. (BG)Jonathan Maus:/1 it it makes a Iivinrjii’; cycling’s .ccuiaky ye/mdSIGNATURE MOVE: When Maus, now36, answered a 2005 Oregonian ad forbike bioggers, he’d barely heard of theblogosphere. Yet soon he quit the daily tolaunch his own BikePortland.org . Nowthe site attracts up to 10,000 visitors aday, including policy makers and newsmedia. "If a story gets 50 comments inan afternoon," says Maus, "mainstreamnews editors get excited by the controversy.’Fusing old-fashioned beat reportingwith new media and bare-knuckledadvocacy, the site works financially, too:ad revenue pays Maus a living wage.WHAT’S NEXT: Maus successfullypushed some policy shiftslike promptingthe state transportation division toadopt more bike-friendly signagebuthe’s impatient. "The city feels comfortablewith incremental improvement," hesays. "I don’t.’ On his agenda: riding herdon city hall’s 2030 bike plan. (RD)SarahMensahlhc N/IA ’a only black female COOkeeps the Blazers mm home team.SIGNATURE MOVE: This 47-year-oldPortland native runs the Trail Blazers’day-to-day operations. Since 2007, Mensobhelped sell out every Rose Gardengame; sponsorship revenue has doubledduring her tenure. She also played a keyrole in expunging the "Jail Blazers" erain favor ofthe community-focused "RiseWith Us’ brand revival. "Harry Glickman[the franchise founder] told me thatthe Blazers need to equal communityinvolvement," she says. Mensah sits onboards for the NW Autism Foundationand All Hands Raised.WHAT’S NEXT: While Blazers presidentLarry Miller seems like he’ll be aroundawhilehe appears to get along withmercurial owner Paul Allenindustryinsiders predict that Mensah, theleague’s highest-ranking female staffer,will become president of some NBA teamin the next 10 to 15 years. (KC)Tom ChamberlainLabor’s local chieftain puts a bluecollar on the circle of powelSIGNATURE MOVE: Chamberlain’sleadership of the state AFL-CIO makeshim, in one Portland official’s words, the’godfather" of politically potent labor.The mustachioed retired firefighter isn’t52 1 JAN 2012 1 P0RTLANDM0NTHLYMAG.COM

"We can all talkabout what’swrong. A lot ofpeople wantto ftx what’swrong."DAN RYAN, ALL HANDS RAISEDThis demure downtowncafØ has beenthe place to talkdevelopment andpolitical strategysince it first served(pre-buzzword)local and organicchow threedecades ago.Oregon Public Broadcasting’s bosslands the last great news/loin.SIGNATURE MOVE: When Bass movedThe 7a.m. openingmeans even thedeadline-drivenpollsters from gofromNashville six years ago, he viewedOPB as gravy atop its audience’s newsdiet. Then recession and digital battertofirm Davis, Hib- ing sent traditional print and broadcastbits and Midghall powerhouses into full retreat. ’1 take no(headquarteredJ oy in what’s happened to journalism,"next door) cansqueeze in a morn-Bass says, "but our total number of doingmeet-and-eat. nors increased during the recession.""I do power meet- WHAT’S NEXT: With a 1.5-millioningsthere becausestrong following, three new bureaus, andone of my mentorseight new reporting hirescontrastingdid power breakfaststhere," says with shrinking staffs at the Oregonianenvironmental and and elsewhereBass plans to crossprogressiveadvo- pollinate radio, TV, web, and mobilecate Gerik Kransky."I thought, well,devices. Meanwhile, he’ll fight for enthismust be the dangered federal funding: "Losing itplace to see and would cause havoc with our ability tobe seen." serve the state." (ZD)Kransky swears bythe oyster hash.above some lefty flame-throwing (checkout his speech to Occupy Portland onYouTube) but knows practical politics."We make sore everyone’s on the samepage," he says. "When I staff a campaignphone hank, I fill it with nurses, steelworkers,and public employees."WHAT’S NEXT: The three leading Portlandmayoral candidates staged a debateto court union backing last fall. So far, laborhasn’t picked a favorite. Meanwhile,Chamberlain stresses other priorities:"Between West Hayden Islandthe lastplace for a deepwater port in Portlandand Columbia River Crossing," he says,"our economic future is at stake." ( ZD)SteveBass HRczhp710 HGreen Building Services’ pI’i17C/prllmakes sustai jablity a hot ax/Jul i.SIGNATURE MOVE: DiNola’s initial gigwith GBS was the Pearl District’s JeanVollum Natural Capital Center, the firstLEED Gold historic restoration job inDEFINING THE DECADESPi:t, f/Dill i Mf" players Of the pai I BY CARL ABBOTT19005- A statueatop MountTabor pays tribute toScott’s five-decade reignas editor of the Oregoni3l7.A conservative Republican,he promoted theOregon Historical Societyand the Lewis and ClarkExposition of 1906 whileopposing "radical" causeslike women’s suffrage andpublic high schools.1910sGIAWMHMO iI ’’J A glad-hand-ing theaterimpresario, Baker led anadministration markedby police crackdownson unions and socialistsand flirtation with the KuKlux Klan, smotheringprogressive politics forehalf-century. Businessmindedvoters on thenew east side gave him a16-year run as mayor.1920sFiHNEtIJII. MAcNAIIIiHIIIMAs Reedpresident from 1948 to1952, he rescued thecollege from financialinstability. But ’20s-eraPortlanders knew him asa real estate manager,banker, and civic leaderwho championed modernoffice blocks and affordablehoLising.1930siJ I/dli(i.lflH- Not exactlya Portlander. But the NewDeal stamped the cityand region like nothingbefore or since. Cheapelectricity from Bonnevilleand Grand Coulee damsdragged the PacificNorthwest into the 20thcentLiry. No New Dealdarns. No Silicon Forest,or 000gle and Fecebookdata centers.1940sIll/i101IndustrialistHenry J.Kaiser sent son Edgar torun huge shipyards inPortland and Vancouver,which rolled out hundredsof ships during World WarII. Edgar bypassed localofficials to build theVanport housing project.The racially diverse crewsthe shipyards attractedchanged Portland’s socialmix forever. He alsoimported "master builder"Robert Moses to give thecity its first freeway plan.I , I0U111iJVlNNI layIn ’SOsPortland,gambling racketeers andcorrupt Teamsters ran thecity with payoffs to policeand officials. As chiefcounsel for the US Senate’smuckracking McClellancommittee, Kennedyturned the national spotlighton Portland, upendinga conservative, corruptcity, and ushering in a new,progressive era.1960sIWAM- Cofounderof Tektronix,Vollum built a tiny radiolab into a huge electronicinstruments company,the first sapling of theSilicon Forest.18 Mllyfll:IIMI lI\Il IAs the firstdirector of1,000 Friends of Oregon,Richmond hammeredOregon cities and countiesto create a tighturban growth boundary,an energized city center,and suburbs that can’tzone away the poor.a :J1980sThe citywas alreadylionie to fine writers likeWilliam Stafford andUrsula K. Le GLHn. But withDrugstore Cowboy 119891and My Own Private Idaho(1991), writer-director VanSant made Portland a starof edgy mass culturestatus the city probablywouldn’t have achievedwithout him.In 18 yearsas president,Kohler transformedOregon Health S ScienceUniversity from amidsize rued school to abiomedical powerhouse.He doubled OHSU’s employmentand septupledresearch dollars. Upon retirementin 2008, he leftthe University financiallyoverextended but amongthe top 20 med schoolsranked by the NationalInstitutes of Health.-2000sIll ’r orThis daughterof Menshevikrefugees shapedPortland’s progressivepolitics, first in 20 yearsin the legislature )includingsix years as Speakerof the House), then in 12years as mayor. In herpush for signature urbanistpolicies, Katz earned abronze effigy overlookingthe Eastbank Esplanade.2010sII 11011/Flhmmmmmmill!- Brownsteincertified Portland’scoolness when her bandSleater-Kinney chose thecity as its base. A decadelater, her TV satire )seepage 93) simultaneouslymocks and mines ourcreativity, while pinningPortland quirkiness in thenation’s mind likes specimenbutterfly.Portland State Universityprofessor CarlAbbottsnewbookis Portland inThree Centuries,PORTLANOMONTHLYMAG.COM I JAN 2012 1 53

the nation. His firm’s fingerprint , cannow he found on more than too LEEDprojects around town, including MercyCorps’ Platinum-rated Global Headquartersin Old Town.WHAT’S NEXT: To March, DiNola andcrew began work on a $5.5 billion devel -opment in faatar’s capital, Doha. Willglobal expansion bring more of the othergreenback to Portland? (BB)Bill Wyatt’the / o/ / ’.’; I, , :, it a) nina/nI,’; rihro u/or ijriirrw;ig to tho world.SIGNATURE MOVE: In 1.0 years at thehelm, the Port of Portland’s exec hasoverseen s $1 billion building hinge.Many projects, like rail expansion at thehuge ilivergate industrial zone, serveWyatt’s core strategy: exports, especiallyto Asia. "China has 700 million people tobring out of poverty;’ Wyatt says. "Theyneed more from us." That means hightech, andless glamorously but as vitalwheat,soybeans. and potash.WHAT’S NEXT: The 61-year-old her -insider, once chief of stoifto GovernorKitzhaher sod head of the state’s largestindustry alliance, will need his politicalmoo to push new port facilities on wildWest Hayden Island-800 currentlywoodsy acres coveted by both businesssod environmentalists. (ZD)health, finrineial, literacy, and academicskills in Portland’s African Americancommunity. The work has helped scoresof familiesand marked McGee as agrassroots star onthe rise.WHAT’S NEXT: McGee plans to doublethe number of households BPI servesthrough a partnership with the state’sDepartment of Human Services, andto expand the organizations programsto the growing black population on theouter east side, (ANMRobert Sacks andDavidSchrottStai’k St/cot’;; !I//vVi /III 5 (/000/10Tortlaorl deve/op,i,en( I/NA.SIGNATURE MOVE: Sacks, an attorney,and Schrott, his development partner(and nephew), began transforming SWStork Street nearly a decade ago witha base hit: rehabbing a used bookstoreinto American Apparel. Then came agrand slam: the old Clyde Hotel becamethe retrocool Ace, populated with Kenny -t qV,r,liii"; (Ta i’HI.’1/ If/f) I!) hook/Oil / it;iHi V/ti I:, 1)/li/I will I//I’ iiiooe.SIGNATURE MOVE: Three years ago,Proctor moved from New York, wherehe’d worked for PEN’s American Center,to find tight budgets, an aging audienceand patrons, and a library-quietidentity. Now, he’s landed Lit Arts in asleek new downtown space, elegantlycobbled from pro hono architecture andsalvaged hardwood.WHAT’S NEXT: The down-to-earth39-year-old craves a more vigorous role.A hardwired connection to OPP, and newinitiatives like a high school poetry jamtest will make the new IJfa an all-agesnerve center for a wordy city. "We cansupport literary culture in all sorts ofways," he says. (SD)ClzarlesMcGee IIIlie; /1/reP / ’ai e/ 1i li//i toil OHto/f/Ole! 111;O 11 fr):; fuioii/ie.’:.SIGNATURE MOVE: McGee borct onto the civic scene six years ago, stogioga quixotic (and unsuccessful) run forschool board asa 19-year-old. More qui -etly, that same year he founded the BlackParent Initiative. Today, BPI runs educationalprograms to boost parenting,54 1 JAN 2012 PORTLANDM0NTfflYMAGCOM1

’’Our world iss ,c; predictableand certain thanit used to be,)ut that’s notall bad."BILL WYATT, PORT OFPORTLAND& Zuke’s deli, Stumptown Coffee, 00(1acclaimed restaurant Clyde Common.Final score: a 300-yard-long pocket ofcurated cosmopolitanism capturing anultra-hip Portland few knew existed.WHAT’S NEXT: Turning an old bowlingalley across from NE 82nd Avenue’sMadison High School into a huge mountain-hikingcenter. ’We know moreabout redevelopm cot than about mou 0-tam biking," Schrott says, "hut we knowthe community is hungry for it." (ZD)Portland IncubatorExperiment1h,,: 4/Jivi/e’ii ,h Ki’ii,irtiy (i:ir:kni// it (1(// :1/li ,’m :rI,’: ’1 Inc/i In I i/intl.SIGNATURE MOVE: In 2011, PIEhatched by the city’s talismanic ad agencyand some tech-scene playersinvitedeight mobile app start-ups to Portlandfrom an applicant pool of 300. Each received$18,000, office space, and threemonths of exposure to mentors fromCoke, Nike, Target, and Google. Amongthe henelieiii dies: huzz-oiognet Simple,which aims to replace traditional banks,and PHPF’og, a platform for other startupsto tap cloud technologies.WHAT’S NEXT: After two firms in theproject’s first "class" landed funding,expect future alumni lists to rise onvarious"Best Apps" lists while helping W&Kdivine media’s next mutation, (Jl’TP)Mike Golub ’/in iw fl/aznj." nxcc iiiied the Tim -liii’;’ iiitz/jifo box-u ff/nra bnnnnza,SIGNATURE MOVE: Business and politicalcircles are still kibitzing about teamowner Merritt Paulson’s coup in movingthe Timbers to Major League Soccer. Agood share ofthebehind-the-scenoscreditgoes to Golub, whom Paulson headhuntedto run the club’s business side. After sellingout all 17 home league games, movingmerchandise by the ton, and tapping hip,social-media-powered marketing to establisha ubiquitous local brand, Golubwon the league’s exec ofthe year award.LAUDERUNIVERSE!Musician, i-,ctIvist, ,’ncuninur-=--tl’,e %II8VG Pink Martini len#’/Gi sits ut’the center of his own cosmos of clout.’limOii,, isiaiUUALLFor most of two decades, this GrantHigh School and Harvard alum hascombined style and sway in thecity’s arts and politicalscenes.PORTLANDMONTFILYMAG,COM I JAN 2012 1 55

WHAT’S NEXT: With 15,000 season ticketsalready sold out for 2012 the nextchallenge is maintaining a pitch-perfectrelationship with soccer’s local demographicanamalgam of DIY-culturetypes, ethnic communities, soccer neophytes,and those who insist on callingthe game ’football." (MP)BoKwonlu/a’ 1(010/-ui /lii1r:/ /0/1/] /II0iiwinjVVIZ croates /1 010)1/1- boil H/H//i/o,SIGNATURE MOVE: After attaining viralcelebrity with his roving Koi FusionKorean taco truck (and frequent Twitterupdates), Kwon launched locationsacross the city and a cash-spinning outpostin upscale, suburban BridgeportVillage. Says Kwon, "It’s just a matter ofturning a ’roach coach’ into a powerfulmarketing tool."WHAT’S NEXT: The 33-year-old Kwonis sketching plans for brick-and-mortartaco stations across central Portlandand suburbs that, as his Bridgeportbeachhead shows, are hungry for streetwise,cart-tested cuisine. (BT)TrevorSolomon andZaleSchoenborn -/]4/(] a’ol aciii; ta:;iHl,uikeI,’/ lit/I/rIPoi fbi Id’s /10//H/ oI ii 0/11/0 010(1.SIGNATURE MOVE: MusicfestNW is aclub-hopping urban frenzy; Pickathon,a rustic chill-out. Both invite formidableacts to jam with Portland’s inimitablevibe, When Solomon took overMusicfestNW five years ago, he turneda scrappy local festival into a nationaltalent-booking forcelast September,the festival packed Pioneer CourthouseSquare for Iron & Wine, Band of Horses,and others. Schoenborn nurtured Pickathonfrom a humble bluegrass/folk festinto a cross-genre gem (last summer’slineup reads like a wise hipster’s iPodplaylist), beloved for its family-friendlyethos and sustainability focus.WHAT’S NEXT: Managing success.Solomon wants even bigger bands whilemaintaining the festival’s grassrootsconnections. Schoenborn recentlyturned to Pickathon’s fanbase for directfeedback on whether to raise ticket pricesor expand capacity. (AMScottAndrews ’/I -e’ [’/30 o/eiiiinaii char/s a hewcourse for our ’other jovei’iiiiiert."SIGNATURE MOVE: Long a power centersecond only (and only sometimes second)to City Hall, PDC remade the cityduring the boom years. In Andrews’sthree-plus years at the helm, the agencychanged tack. The focus: jobs in specific"We missed thesense of community,so we setout to create thatconsciously."DEVELOPER DAVE SCHROTTFor the last 26years, 1,000 ormore peoplecertified powerbrokers and plainoldcivilianshavefilled an OregonConvention Centerhall on MartinLuther King Jr.Day, at the invite ofvenerable AfricanAmerican newspaperthe Skanner."It attracts a who’swhoof Portland,"says City CommissionerNick Fish."Typically, thegovernor, one ortwo senators, oneor two membersof Con gress ...."Amid this excellentnetworking opportunity,Skannerpublisher BernieFoster hands Outup to $40,000in social justicescholarships.Industrial baconand eggsindustry "clusters," like sustainability,software, sportswear, and manufacturing.Observers credit Andrews as a quietforce for order and focus, helping MayorSam Adams pull off coups like last May’sannouncement of SoloPower’s 500-jobmanufacturing plant.WHAT’S NEXT: PDC’s cluster strategycomes with a side helping of cash to remakemain-street business districts inneighorhoods desperate for jobs, likethe east side’s Cully and Parkrose. (ZD)Jim Winkle,’ ",1 he /i tI/i/Id 7/il /Vluseom’o /10Wcl1,viI/TIo/1 of thu ljosi/c/ thiiiks b(q.SIGNATURE MOVE: In his years as a patron,board member, and treasurer, thisdeveloper (who, among other projects,remade an old hospital into Adidas’sNorth American headquarters) helpedsmooth PAM’s transition from theflashy, deficit-riddled regime of ex-execJohn Buchanan to the steadier, thriftiermanagement of chief Brian Ferriso.WHAT’S NEXT: Now board chair, Win-Her faces a question: can he launch themuseum’s nextphase (andperhaps a sigaificantaddition) without the muscle ofprevious deep-pocketed expansionistsMelvin ’Pete" Mark and the late HaroldSchnitzer? (ZD)Let Us Build.... CullyPark! ui7/ iou/f/a/hi I/C coalition hattie/I lof/Il/Cl] of f1100/I.SIGNATURE MOVE: Cully is a vast tractof Northeast being transformed by immigrantsand new homeowners. Ameaitiesremain in short supply, but thereis a 25-acre former landfill perfect fora park. In an all-too-rare instance ofa neighborhood organization tryingto build something rather than stopsomething, this coalition is leveragingneighbors’ skillsfrom engineering tolandscaping to grant writingto pushthe project. Let Us Build recently landeda $150,000 grant and completed muchof a needed environmental assessment.56 I JAN 2012 1 PORTLANDMONTHLYMA000M

f "2jiPIPWHAT’S NEXT: Turning this new modelofDIY infrastructure into barn-raisingreality and, hopefully, green jobs forCully residents. (DP)Doug Stamm ’thu Il/It q’i 1V/cnio,i, ’I mitt’s /rtii/o/Hikes riIIH/J’,f/i I/I i/ISV il/i oi,tiiiil’SIGNATURE MOVE: Early in his nineyeartenure at the charity built on grocerytycoon Fred Meyer’s estate, thisex-Nike lawyer marveled at its clout. Atrustee reality-checked him: "Doug, $650million isn’t what it used to be." Stammresponded by making MMT a modelregional foundation, steering its meatyendowment into creative newand nownationally copiedtools, like bonds tofund lending in low-income zip codes.WHAT’S NEXT: Expect more innovation.like MMT’s recent alliance with othercharities to fund socially responsible,market-rate investments in developingcountries. "It’s probably a hangover fromNike," Stamm says, "but I want to applythe competitiveness and rigor I absorbedthere to the work we do hera" (ZD)PaulKing andWalter JaffeWitito Hi/ri Itt/u’s"; [ui//it (p/ ’ti//vSIGNATURE MOVE: Since arriving in1996, King and Jaffe have been an artspower couplestatus they put to use af -ter the 2008 financial crisis by foundingthe Portland Arts Alliance. At quarterlymeetings, as many as 40 arts entities gather to strategize. Heavyweights likethe Portland Art Museum and OregonSymphony mingle with bantams likePolaris Dance and Profile Theatre, Resultsinclude a dramatic expansion of aprogram providing $5 event tickets tofood-stamp recipients.WHAT’S NEXT: This unity will be crucialif a campaign for public arts educationfunding on November’s ballot goesforward. (DP)Lisa SedlarIi Lumps thui ’1,/I qiva,r’my i’iiipue rJiriW/n(j,SIGNATURE MOVE: This 45-year-oldMichigan native took over day-to-dayoperations of Portland’s homegrowngrocery chain in 2005, after the company’sfounders reduced their duties,and she got the CEO title last year. UnderSedlar, New Seasons has expanded,weathered the recession without onelayoff, and balanced a private-equityinvestment with its bottom-up culture.WHAT’S NEXT: Likely one or two new, stores a yearand an anonymous Janu-PORTLANDMONTHLYMAG.COM I JAN 2012 1 57

,r -/the US," the DO glad says now. "I wentfull monty," Ills recent designslikeglimmering University of Oregon ath-’ letic. complexes, downtown’s sleek 12"J thinkgot somevision- WHAT’Sand a lot ofenergy"West, and hypergreen Port of Portlandheadquartersshape an international- vernacular with a markedNorthwestAINDREA DIJRBIINaccent. "People sometimes think of Portland as small and provincial," he says,"but it can be global."NEXT: Selling new clients inNIMBY NATIONNiijjIim’Irnuds nri P1f,V"stJ’lrot !;’I,pel’p(fwnr.THE OLD SAW that all politics islocal is an Lilderstatement here, Invisionand aNt ofenergy," the 41-yearPortland’s unique political culture,neighborhood associations enjoyold Northwest native says. Recently,a hefty say, particularly on what getsher stewardship paid off in Multnomahbuilt where. This microfederalism-, County’s ban onBPA, on which 0CC led makes for epic battlesfrom nathecharge, and negotiations to close the’V scent neighborhood groLips’ seminalcoal-fired Boardman power plant.fight against the 1970e Mount Hood‰WHAT’S NEXT: Durbin sits on Kitzha Freeway to the Northwest District’ her’s glohaiwarming comn-iission, which Association’s role in stopping saintedplans to i’elease 0 draft 10-yearop)an this Steve Jobs ft om building a modernistspring. Meanwhile, she expects OEC toApple store in the rluaint mishmashof NW 23rd Avenue in 2006.jump into February legislative battles . . ,Last fall, a rnLiltimillioo-dollartele-’. over funding for state environmentalcorn found oLit what happens whenagencies. (ZD)hype ’empowered Portland residentsgo an the warpath. Glearwire wantedSai’ulrall’lcDoiz.oughto build a wireless Internet pole inary survey of employees to check on howNortheast’s Ii vington neighborhood.well the company walks its talk. (.DP) / ii .’ , ’’’I- il 1 1’’ o , ,i/i , ’ . lrvington’s 51-year-old Community(’f (I p/, iy,’, v, !11!viiii 1i1 I, Association said oh-no-you- do/7’t.ar,nenRubjo SIGNATURE MOVE: After inheriting the The lrwngtoiiians condemnedteethmarks bulldog like predecessorthe pole ass potential eyesore ina neighborhood that iLiet last yearKim Kimhrough tell onthe legs of city ofbecame a National Historic DistrictSIGNATURE MOVE: Since Rubio depart-ficials,MeDonough, anex-journalistand(yes, all of it). "They couldn’t evenccl City Commissioner Nick Fish’s officeenergy-sector vet, defused much of thetell Li5 how high the pole would he,"to take charge of the grassroots Latino animus with her chipper, collaborative notes William Archer, the associationNetwork in 2009, education has been style. Over her seven-year reign, she’s presirlent. He and his fellow activistsher chief priority. This past summer, turned PBA into akey player in discus- enlisted an al -501 iSt, who coilclLidlerlthe organization launched an academic sions about education reform and jobs that construction woLild damageprogram serving more than 40 Hispanic growth, rather than just old laves like the neighborhood’s sumptuous oakhigh school students, and it plans to ex- taxes and regulations. trees. In letters, public meetings, andpand to middle schoolers this year.WHAT’S NEXT: With more than half ofan association vote, the neighborsworried about the pole and itsWHAT’S NEXT: An education centercity council up for grabs, PBA will seeradiationaboLit cancer, headaches,providing alternate paths to high schoolif its endorsement serves as a covetedanxiety, and other health problems.diplomas. (K114) blessing (as it would most places) or the No SLi prise, the pi oiect stalled.kiss ofdeath (as it oftenhas here). (ZD) Irvington then quickly moved to thenext battle. The new historic statussent city fees foi renovations soaring,A/I i/ 0/I//UI f/u/li)’ ,, since ensuring compliance with newSIGNATURE MOVE: The 43-year-old Puif/nio/ ."’110141;c regulations redlLiires niore bureau-AndreaDurbin f1i(f/[/) ( 11(01/ 1 Gene Sandoval ’ ’Oregon Environmental Council is en- SIGNATURE MOVE: Zimmer Consul cratic labor. But the Oomrnunity Associationargues that, soon, porchesmeshed in initiatives ranging from a newFrasca, the city’s largest architectureand roofs won’t get repaired orcarbon reduction certification programfirm, designed much of downtown,replaced due to the cost hikes. "Tilefor wineries to state and federal climate But as it neared five decades old, ZGF fees are oLitrageoLis," he says.policy, Durbin, OEC’s executive diree- needed a jolt of boldness. Enter San- Anyone care to bet who will prevailtor, isn’t afraid to throw elbows in this doval. a 44-year-old Chinese Filipino 00 this one?multifront fight. "I think I’ve got some immigrant. "I left everything to d’OIIlC to , , AMANDA WALOROUPE58 I JAN 2012 I PORTLANaMoNTHL’MA0.COM

Asia and elsewhere on Portland’s greenvalues (and his own: ’Where i grew up,we didn’t call it recycling, we celled it surviving’).And at least one major projectthat’s hush-hush for now, (ZD)/1 Oil tiamar factory cheers li/rio-(:0//ri! s/mi era mid ceo ’iirhanjsts.SIGNATURE MOVE: In 2005,11 years af -ter she started as a temp at Clackamas’sburly Oregon Iron Works, this now-43-year-old Chicago native piloted thelaunch of that company’s United Streetcarsubsidiary. As the only manufacturerof modern streetcars in the country(and with the Obama administrationbullish on the technology), United andOregon Iron Works have created 133jobs and an all-American supply chain.As Oregon Iron Works’WHAT’S NEXT:VP for business development, she’llhelp conquer other new frontierslikebuilding wave_Power generators fordeployment offthe coast. (RR)BobSpeltZmice makes; I/ic;id; 1 1 iIiH ;;t;ilir//ir(LSIGNATURE MOVE: Speltz steers theinsurance and finance giant’s charitablemight. ’Whenever I want to get a companyinvolved in a good idea, one of myfirst calls is to Bob, says one prominentlocal. Besides $2.7 million in annual giving(as of 2011.), Speltz pushes 2,500workers to take volunteer roles, andtrains qualified employees to serve onnonprofit boards-65 so far. "It’s aboutinvesting money wisely," he says, ’but"People thinkof Portlandas small andprovincial, but itcan be global."ARCHITECT GENE SAND OVALOf coursePortland has aregular klatch ofcycling-orientedpower women.Once a month, thePortland Societya two-year-oldalliance of ladies inthe bike businessdraws between 15and 40 to Northwest’sCorsa CafØ(located inside abike shop!). Theylisten to talks frominvited experts ontopics like negotiationand socialmedia.Cycle-poweredentrepreneurs witha deal-making sonsibility."I’ve seenhouses bought andsold, jobs soughtand found, andnew businesseslaunched," sayscofounder EllyBlue.Gluten-freecoffee cakealso about putting scale and talent towork indifferent ways’WHAT’S NEXT: Off the clock, Speltzbecomes chair of the Oregon CulturalTrust’s board this year, overseeing anonprofit that aids 1,300 cultural organizationsacross the state. And as one ofthe more prominent gay corporate playersin town, he plans to continue activeroles with Basic Rights Oregon and otherequality-focused organizations. (ZD)HelenL. YingAn Asian lois tar hope.’; to es-iplI,i’ea tV/otto I:ol!nci/ seal.SIGNATURE MOVE: From chairing theAsian American Youth Leadership Conferenceto helping the city create the Officeof Equity, Ying has long been one ofthe guiding hands behind fast-growingAsian communities.WHAT’S NEXT: Ex-congressman DavidWu’s ignominious departure leaves ourPacific Rim city with an anemic representationof elected Asians. Ying hopesto start changing that with a spring campaignfor an open Metro seat focused onequity for marginalized groups. (DP)JoeRobertson(BiB/I’s preside/it looks to thrive inhoriltit toiro ’s clot toy hilt/rn.SIGNATURE MOVE: Back in 2007, OregonHealth & Science Universitythecity’s largest employer and a researchinstitution of national importanceputtogether a new strategic plan, "We somehowcalled it right," says Robertson, theopthalmologist who became OHSU’spresident the year before. "When theeconomy fell apart, we didn’t." The hospital/schoolnow employs nearly 13,000and, through an alliance with PortlandState University another key force inreshaping the cityplays a vital educationaland urban-development role.WHAT’S NEXT: Big philanthropic scoresmean major new initiatives in dentristyand nutritiot (ED)

JillKuehierA 111(1 /.I/J/’SIGNATURE MOVE: Nonprofit ZengerFarm, at SE Blithe Avenue and FosterRoad, connects Port] and’sfisirl_conseiorisculturetothe econonlic llyl irrl-hit outereast side. "That’s where we’re startingto shine;’ says Jill Kuehler, Zenger’s 33-year-old executive director and one of theacknowledged starsof’Portland’surbamagmovement, ’There’s so much need righthere:’ Zenger provides on-site educationto as many as 5,000 kids a year, helpedstart a Lents farmers market that makeshalf of its sales from food stamps, WIC,and senior coupons, and teaches coolungskills at outer-Southeast schools and affordablehousing complexes.WHAT’S NEXT: Zengerstarted the area’sfirst community-supported agricultureprogram that accepts food stamps, andKuchler hopes to scale it up to serve as amodel for other farms. Also on the menu:a commercial kitchen to aid small findhizstart-ups. (ZD)Jon Kelloggand ThadFisco(Mi i/toolS; ioj pm: Il ’diitlifc,SIGNATURE MOVE: Kellogg leased outthe Brewery Blocks’ in the 1990s, acquiringretail-curatorial skills that pairwell with Fisco’s high-end East Coastconstruction background. The partners’biggest splash so tar came from two foodclrink_bicycle-centeredblocks of WilhamsAvenue (the Huh, Pix, Fifth Q,uadrant,etc.). The duo’s reinvention of oldstreetscapes harnesses PDX’s entrepreneurialspirit and love of tile past. "We’renot a ground-oil development firm," saysFisco. ’We strip away layers ofjunk andtake a huil ding back to its core."WHAT’S NEXT: The duo’s next project,open to tenants this summer in SE MorrisonStreet’s former Spike Upholsteryboildng, will be a hive of PH, software,design, music, and film companies, furtheranchoring the Central Eastside asthe city’s creative beehive. (KG)Max Williamst’,uI/I,’, c/il;:!SIGNATURE MOVE: Eight years runningthe state’s corrections department leftMax Williams accustomed to a certainreception. "People are very polite," hesays, "but the prisons guy is always theprisons guy." Handshakes will warm upcome February, when the 48-year-olrltakes over as president of Oregon ComilIdulityFoundation, the state’s billiondollarcenter ofphilantbropic gravity.WHAT’S NEXT: Intensifying focuses onkids, lamiles, education, and economicdevelopment. Then, getting the wholenonprofit community ready for a differentfuture, when the state’s populationis aging and many of its rising leadersWHERE ISN’T CHARLES W11i /vL/f Vf/ffIWL ikilI’,’ JJflL if! 4’S/I/it, 4i/GL GIL / f/IS 0tH/itSCROLL the rosters of Portland’sinfluential boards of directors andhigh-octane commissions andyou’ll notice a certain repetition:the name of 47-year-old businessmanCharles Wilhoite. This Zeligof Portland affairs seems to beeverywhere."Right now, I think I’m on sixhoards," Wilhoite saysacknowledgingthat he may be forgettingone or two. And the Arizona native,who works by day as managingdirector at the financial advisoryfirm Willamette Management Associates,did not go knocking tooversee some of the city’s mostpowerfLll institutions. Every singleone recrLnted him (as did someanti-Sam Adams partisans duringthe 2008 election season; Wilhoitepassed on a mayoral bid).What’s the secret? Admirerscite his money skills, fundraisingconnections, and passion forhealth and education, among otherissues. (Some also hint that withinthis Public-spirited persona lurksa wicked sense of humor.) Wilhoitehimself acknowledges that beingAfrican American makes him attractiveto boards looking to diversify ina mayonnaise-f avorerl city.Wilhoite, though, seems neithera token nor a resume-builder, butrather a quiet driver of change.When he served on Jesuit HighSchool’s board, for example, hepersuaded the elite Catholic highschool to expand its oLitrescll tolow-income Students. "In someinstances, you have to roll yoLirsleeves Lip" as a board member, Wilhoitesays. "How do you not get passin/latelycommitted to somethinglike that?" AMANDA WAL0800PEIS ii dead Development Cowl i ihiiiiiii(comm/ss/oner and past chair)(past chair)(current chair)MART: Stnrt IVlnkinq a Reader’Fuily (c0/rent chair)Nature Ciia Ol!rvdll icy-’" (board member)(past chair and treasurer)lois dolli(former board memheO" National /\;:ss;/r/lijii of hl.ickAr,counfap: i (pastpresident)City Charf i;r Hoviolill Ciiiuiiiluuion(former c/la/i)irtiri nd Police Burniu tiurigetto si;;ury I’, 01111116" JAW (current chair)621 JAN 2012 1 PO5TLANDMONTHLYMAGd M

"In an era ofscarce resources,how you leveragewhat you do haveis the crucialquestion."JOE ROBERTSON, OHSULare Latino. The power to get people togethermakes OCF as influential as anyamount afmnneydnes’ he says. (ZD)MikeHouck . Ift’I/in ilrliw, H(’OlHIJIst (lFJ/iIOyS "cud-/050/1/ n.’ei iii’, uiiicllntm/y applied.SIGNATURE MOVE: This 64-year-old ofiron will and wily strategy has touchedjust about every green spot in the city,dating to installing guerrilla "WILD-LIFE REFUGE’ signs in his early-’80scampaign to form Oaks Bottom WildlifeRefuge. After creating ajob at AudubonSociety’s Oregon chapter called "urbannaturalist,’ he founded, runs, and is hisown nonprofit, the Urban GreenspacesInstitute.WHAT’S NEXT: Houck says his nextfew years are all about the Intertwine:an effort to weave the region’s currentand future green spacesand the programsand money to protect them intoa single seamless web crossing all city,county, and state boundaries. "It’s aboutinstitutionalizing all we’ve accomplished,’Houck says. "It’s all coalescing7wood, he hopes to distill that energy at a- new, low-budget-but-super-cool youthhostel at Chinatown’s gates one of themany extracurricular projects Jay usesto express a bracing confidence in hishome base as a creative hub. Jay talksabout his global view on local culture atdiscussionon Jan 9 (see page 159). (ZD)in a fabulous way, if we can keep up themomentum." (ZD)John Jayb Id :i III mlv’s plol.ia/ noiiuii/coiiiii’nf’; Volil/i/UI in i/ui world.SIGNATURE MOVE: A former creativedirector for Bloomingdale’s, this sonof Chinese immigrants now roams theglobal branch offices of the Pearl Districtbasedad agency. In his ambassadorrole, Jay spurs W&K projects thatdon’t look like advertisinga culturemagazine run out of the agency’s Indiaoffice, a record label in Tokyowhilemaking sure vital ideas and people makeit back to the Portland base camp. Why?"Whenever someone sees somethingand says, ’That’s cool,’ they make thatjudgment in the context of a culture anda moment," he says. "So we’re invested inunderstanding culture."WHAT’S NEXT: "Portland’s global influenceisn’t orchestrated it’s totallyorganic, and that’s what gives it power,"Jay says. This year, along with partnersincluding the Ace Hotel’s Alex Calder-Tom Manley/l /fjj joel pi view/er iuii’ned the Pa-(’///n /Vnu’ilu.i"n,’;I Co//win of Art into aIn Portland, youcan get a sit-down ’’with just about SIGNATURE MOVE: In Manley’s deanyone.The down- cads as president, PNCA has doubledside: they oftenits student body and started five graduwant to sit down atdawn. Quoth one ate programs, the school’s first. And itsrelative newcomer physical expansion has been stunning:to the city’s inner since 2008, the formerly propertylesscircles: People college snapped up buildings it rentedare always saying,’Sure, let’s talk!on Northwest Johnson Street, theCan you meet me Museum of Contemporary Craft, and,at the Heathman at most recently, the historic building at7:30?’ And I’m like, 511 NW Broadway.’Are you kidding?"WHAT’S NEXT: With 0511 rehab slatedfor 2014. Manley hopes not only to creSet your alarm,ate a dynamic hub of studios, libraries,and you couldbe sandwiched labs, and commons, but to define anewbetween a wired "creative corridor," bridging the Pearlpolitical consultant District with Old Town. (RR)and a dowagerheiress.Surely the"Lakeshore FrenchPress" coffeecomes in handy.Carrie Welch andMike Thelin ’’’111 i/md’S nm"lel mu ’i/pd food scieiiin,u’i:: ,mii/,ui a iu,mi/viiiil festival.SIGNATURE MOVES: Recent Portlandtransplant Welch rose from intern toPR at the Food Network and helped createthe New York Wine and Food Festival.The endlessly connected Thelin (aformer contributing editor to Pout/curlMoot/up) turned the 2010 InternationalAssociation of Culinary Professionalsconvention into a Portland love fest, thenwent onto reenergiLe Austin’s moribundTexas Hills Food and Wine Festival andrun Eater’s youthfully prestigiousnational awardsWHAT’S NEXT: Next September, theduo will launch Feast Portland: Food and64 I JAN 2012 1 pORTLANDMONTHLYMAGCOM

TO HEIR IS HUMANAs five Port!; ml iUHfY1fi,mllies past" the pnext geI1J1’nifJIf HDi’p Ufi.11’ili’;L( i/J \Ul/ZI U4,HAROLD & ARLENE Thelate patriarch started outpolishing metal in his dad’sscrapyard then, with wifeArlene, built C Vast real estateempire and a philanthropiclegacy that reshaped the city.Harold died last April.JORDAN With gifts fordowntown’s Director Parkand a University of Dragonmuseum, among others,the only eon is generous.But at age 60, he has yet tofind the fools to matchthe fortune.4,PHIL The cofounder of Niketransformed Americansports, global trade, POP cIasign,and Oregon’s economicbase. And the 73-year-oldPortland native, now cLlttingbig checks to make hisbeloved University of Oregonan athletic titan, hasn’t evenreally retired.TRAVIS Phil bankrolled andset his now-36-year-old Soilatop bLiddilig Portland anieletiollpowerhouse Laike.The stLldio has employedsLlperh craftspeople, beenroiled by layoffs and depertLlree,and produced a criticaland commercial smashin Core/inc. Laike’s secondfilm, due this year, will signaltile scion’s staying power.4,DOUG He began parkingcars ass Grant High Student;Ile went on to becomedowntown’s largest propertyowner, with a near-monopolyon the city’s parkingbLieillesee boffo cash cropfellow bigwig Bob Scanlanonce likened toselling rlrLigs.GREG AND MARK With Gregleading and Mark headingip operations, look for thebrothers Goodmall to turnmore sLirfece lots into build -ings, like DOS and 12 West,and scoop Lip east-sideProper ties (most recentlyat SE 20th and Clinton).Once a civic arm-twisterin downtown, Greg nowsays his focus is shifting toeriLicetioll.4,MELVIN (’PETE") After hisNew York real-estate baronfather bought three historicPortland buildings in 1049,Pete Mark built all empireof office towers, garages,and suliLirhall office perks,while championing (endoften writing huge checksfor) civic causes like PioneerCourthouse Square and tilePortland Art Museum.JIM Along with brotherill-lawScott Andrews )seePage 56), Pete’s son is givingthe business a modernmakeover. In 2010, thefamily firm effectively crestedits own hank, the MelvinMark Capital Group, and in2011 launched a WashingtonCounty outpost of the IndusEntrepreneurs, the SiliconValley technology start-Lipnientorall while continuingcivic service.4,TOM A oolorf LII ex-boxer assembleda formicleble downtownproperty portfolio andbuilt two office towers. Now92 and scifferilig advancedAlzheimer’s, lie’s faded fromPublic involvement.VANESSA STURGEON 10111anointed his 33-year-oldgranddaughter, but Ilidicil ofhis large, unruly clan is suingto unseat her. All icon of theuncertainty both for theMoyer clan and the largergenerational transition ofthe city’s wealth can liefounni at the solllller hole inthe ground of the tenantless,barely started ParkAvenue West.Z0,iiRODrink Festival, with renowned chefs likeAaron Sanchez (of the TV show Chops)and Jon Shook and Vinny Dotoin (of notedLA restaurant Animal), plenty of press,and big sponsorship alliances. ’In our firstconversation, says Thulin, ’We both saidit’s time for Portland to have this." (RG)MarkKnutson andRickMcKinley/ L ’ , .. 1 .’liI’"Jl’ lSIGNATURE MOVES: From strikinglydifferent Christian traditions, these twomake faith thrive in a church-shy city.At mainline Augustana Lutheran, the59-year-old Knutson reverser) nationalshrinkage of traditional denomi notions;his congregation multiplied from200 to 800, in part nIne to jazz- and NativeAmericanflavored services andvigorous activism on war, immigration,and gay rights. Imago Dci, founded byMcKinley in 2000, shattered evangehcalism’smegacburch image by steepingItself in Portland culture (it runs a PearlDistrict gallery and promotes mclie musicians)and giving cash to the city tofight human trafficking. ’- We starter) byasking what a church for the city wouldP’I,look like,’ the 42-year-old McKinleysays. The city’s responded.-’WHAT’S NEXT: Knutson expects newinitiatives on sustainability and economicinequality. McKinley’s congregantsare launching entrepreneurialsocial missions. (ZD)David Chen 1’ b.SIGNATURE MOVE: Fuuryears ago, afterbecoming arguably the city’s most prominenttech venture capitalist, David Chenrlecinlerl "that the key to a sustainable futurewasn’tgoingtobe ahutterwidget" I -Icfounded Equilibrium Capital, a group thatessenti ally invests in investors: Chen andpartners scout promising, sustainabilityflncnsedasset managers and bankrollthem. "Most of our entrepreneurs havebeen investing in relative obscurity,"Chen says. ’We think their time is now.’WHAT’S NEXT: Equilibrium’s portfolioincludes construction, agriculture, energy,anrlwater. "Afbrmerfriendrecentlysaid, ’In the ’90s I thought I shouldscil and go into dot-coms’’ Chen says.’’Now, everyone wants to talk aboutfarming.’’ (ZD) ’1966 1 JAN 2012 1 PORTLANDMONTHuM50raM