Investors in the Columbia River Economic Development Council, the Vancouver-based nonprofit jobs promoter and business recruiter, have elected the agency’s 2014 board of directors.
Tim Schauer, president of MacKay Sposito, succeeds Bill Dudley as the CREDC’s board chairman. The others elected to serve as board officers are: Greg Seifert, president of Biggs Insurance, vice chairman; Dudley, attorney for Landerholm, P.S., immediate past chairman; Colleen Boccia, senior vice president of marketing and chief deposit officer for Columbia Credit Union, secretary; Lance Barrett, managing member of Barrett & Co., treasurer.
Five people were voted in for first-term director positions on the CREDC’s board for 2014-2016. They are: LeAnne Bremer, partner-in-charge in the Vancouver office of Miller Nash; Sarah Cave, Columbia Network vice president of strategy, innovation and development, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center; Chris Denzin, vice president and general manager, CenturyLink; Kevin Tapani, vice president, Tapani Underground; and a Heritage Bank representative to be announced.
The following people were voted in for second-term director positions on the CREDC’s board for 2014-2016: Ben Bagherpour, vice president of operations, SEH America, and Joe Storm, vice president, commercial banking, Sterling Bank.
Four directors emeritus were voted in for one-year terms. They are: Helen Devery, vice president, BergerABAM; Eric Fuller, president, Eric Fuller & Associates; Lisa Lowe, shareholder, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt; and John McDonagh, publisher, Vancouver Business Journal.
