Staff Directory
Economic Development Division
Regional Development • Global Strategies & Recruitment • Innovation & Small Business Growth
Program Services • Incentives • COBID
| Name & Title | Phone |
| Chris Cummings, Assistant Director | 503-986-0158 |
| Mari Karnowski, Administrative Assistant | 503-986-0157 |
| Suzy Miller, Executive Assistant | 503-986-0117 |
| Anna Piatkoff, Seismic Program Assistant | 503-986-0135 |
| David Sell, Administrative Assistant | 503-986-0126 |
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Business & Community DevelopmentSee a map of regional service areas |
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| Robert Ault, Business & Community Development Manager | 503-551-0917 |
Regional Development Regional Development Officers |
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| Melisa Drugge, Lead Regional Development Officer | 503-508-3147 |
| Serving Gilliam, Morrow, Umatilla, and Wheeler counties |
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| Scott Fairley, Regional Development Officer | 541-969-0202 |
| Serving Grant, Harney, and Malheur counties |
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| Bryan Guiney, Regional Development Officer | 503-307-3662 |
| Serving Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties |
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| Larry Holzgang, Regional Development Officer | 541-219-2895 |
| Serving Klamath and Lake counties |
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| Dennie Houle, Regional Development Officer | 503-791-2732 |
| Serving Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties |
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| Brian McDowell, Regional Development Officer | 541-962-5020 |
| Serving Baker, Union, Wallowa |
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| Carolyn Meece, Regional Development Officer | 503-704-1311 |
| Serving Hood River, Wasco, and Sherman counties |
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| Melissa Murphy, Regional Development Officer | 503-983-8857 |
| Serving Benton, Lane, Lincoln, and Linn counties |
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| Melanie Olson, Regional Development Officer | 503-801-7155 |
| Serving Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties |
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| Thomas Rowley, Regional Development Officer | 541-306-1218 |
| Serving Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties |
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| Sean Stevens, Regional Development Officer | 541-346-8620 |
| Serving Coos, Curry, and Douglas counties |
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| Marta Tarantsey, Regional Development Officer | 503-856-2693 |
| Serving Jackson, Josephine counties |
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| Regional Project Managers | |
| Shanna Bailey, Regional Project Manager | 541-786-4630 |
| Serving Baker, Grant, Gilliam, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler counties |
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| Tawni Bean, Regional Project Manager | 503-551-0957 |
| Serving Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Lake counties |
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| Michelle Bilberry, Regional Project Manager | 503-986-0142 |
| Serving Benton, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties |
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| Becky Bryant, Regional Project Manager | 541-297-3682 |
| Serving Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, and Washington counties |
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| Arthur Chaput, Regional Project Manager | 503-798-5076 |
| Serving Housing and CDBG Projects Statewide |
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| Ted Werth, Regional Project Manager | 503-779-3221 |
| Serving Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson, Hood River, Sherman, and Wasco counties |
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| Ted Werth, Regional Project Manager | 503-779-3221 |
| Serving Ports Projects Statewide |
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| Global Strategies & Recruitment |
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| Amanda Welker, Global Strategies Officer | 503-229-6063 |
| Alexa Byers, Global Trade Specialist | 503-475-1832 |
| Serving advanced manufacturing; transportation; defense equipment; information technologies; electronics/instrument; applied materials; and food processing industries |
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| Sunun Setboonsarng, Global Trade Specialist | 503-229-6057 |
| Serving environmental technologies; energy efficiency; renewable energy; green building; and bioscience industries |
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| Dana Shannon, Global Trade Specialist | 503-229-6053 |
| Serving outdoor gear and apparel; secondary wood products; logistics/distribution; and consumer goods industries |
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| Jill Miles, Business Recruitment Officer | 503-551-0997 |
| Distribution & Logistics, Food Processing, Secondary Wood Products, Software, Data Centers, Site Selector | |
| Colin Sears, Inbound Investment & Global Trade Officer | 503-894-0160 |
| Clean Technology, Green Building, Computer & Electronics, Bioscience, Outdoor Gear & Apparel, Aviation/UAV Manufacturing | |
Programs & Incentives |
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| Program Services |
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| Ed Tabor, Program Services Manager | 503-949-3523 |
| Becky Baxter, CDBG Program & Policy Coordinator | 503-986-0104 |
| Dave Harlan, Ports Manager | 503-986-0065 |
| Daniel Holbrook, Industrial Lands Specialist | 503-877-7006 |
| Karen Homolac, Brownfields Specialist | 971-239-9951 |
| Alina Putintsev, Operations Coordinator | 503-986-0102 |
| Fumi Schaadt, CDBG Program & Policy Coordinator | 503-986-0027 |
| Christopher Tamarin, Telecommunications Strategist | 503-508-0178 |
| Jon Unger, SDWRLF Program & Policy Coordinator | 503-507-7107 |
| Gloria Zacharias, Seismic Program & Policy Coordinator | 503-986-0132 |
Incentives |
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| Arthur Fish, Business Incentives Coordinator | 503-986-0140 |
| Kimberly Herb, Energy Incentives Coordinator | 503-480-6911 |
| Jeff Stell, Incentives Project Coordinator | 503-910-3034 |
| Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID) |
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| Carrie Baxandall, COBID Program Manager | 503-986-0075 |
| Rodolfo Asunsolo, Small Business Certification Specialist | 971-707-1515 |
| Jason Bricker, Compliance Specialist | 503-798-5017 |
| Daniel Jackson, Small Business Certification Specialist | 503-986-0069 |
| Jesse Juarez, Small Business Certification Specialist | 503-986-0060 |
| Elizabeth Lopez, Small Business Certification Specialist | 503-986-0062 |
| Carol Parker, Small Business Certification Specialist | 503-986-0068 |
| Stephen Richardson, Compliance Specialist | 503-798-8323 |
| Heather Shepherd, Small Business Certification Assistant | 503-986-0078 |
Innovation & Small Business Growth |
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| Kate Sinner, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager | 971-291-2155 |
| Mark Brady, Innovation Strategist | 503-689-5638 |
| Janet Soto, Entrepreneurship Strategist | 971-336-0341 |
| Nate Wildfire, Capital Strategist | 503-349-5342 |
| Gabriel Silva, Small Business Services Coordinator | 503-986-0161 |
