Tracy Maddux, Board Chair
Tracy Maddux is the CEO of Logic General, an Oregon based provider of CD and DVD manufacturing and fulfillment services with 90 employees in Washington, Arizona and Oregon. Before leading a management buyout in 2004, Tracy previously served as VP of Operations for Logic. Tracy and his wife Donna relocated to Oregon in 1998 when Tracy was recruited by Intel out of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he completed his MBA. Tracy worked in financial analyst and manager roles inside Intel’s New Business Group and Enterprise Server Group.
Before obtaining his MBA, Tracy worked in real estate development and consulting for firms in Indiana. Tracy completed his BA in Government at the University of Texas at Austin in 1992 and began his career in the non-profit arena from 1992 through 1996 as Executive Vice President of Pi Kappa Phi Properties, a national fraternity affiliated organization providing housing to hundreds of college students at campuses across the U.S. He remains involved as an elected board member of Pi Kappa Phi, a national collegiate social and service fraternity founded in 1904 with 140 chapters and over 100,000 members.
During and after business school, he completed two teaching engagements at the Budapest University for Economic Sciences in Hungary on behalf of USAID with lecture series in financial analysis and e-commerce in 1997 and 1999. Tracy is excited to be engaged again in business education for youth; this time in a more local capacity with Oregon’s, Young Entrepreneurs Business Week.
In his personal time, Tracy enjoys running and spending quality dog time with his 90 lb Labradoodles Bo and Porter. He is very supportive of Donna's community involvement as a Tualatin City councilwoman and career as an Assistant Attorney General.
James J. Berchtold
Mr. Berchtold brings a combination of for-profit and non-profit management experience coupled with a lifetime of volunteer experience. Born and raised in Mt. Angel and a graduate from The University of Portland in 1963 with a BA in Finance. He retired after a 32 year career at US Bank in 1994 as Senior Vice President. He was named President and Executive Director of a struggling non-profit, formerly known as the Oregon Enterprise Forum. In 4 years he helped nurture and grow that organization into the very successful 1200 member Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum.
In January of 1999 he fulfilled a lifelong dream of teaching and mentoring students on a college campus. He joined his alma mater, The University of Portland as Associate Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship. After 18 months in that position he was recruited to serve as the President of the Oregon Independent College Foundation. In September of 2004 he retired from his 3rd post-retirement career as President of OICF, a position he held for 4 years.
Jim has served on the board of the Mt. Angel Telephone Company since 1977 and is currently the Chairman of the Board. Active in many charitable and civic organizations in various leadership roles over the years, Jim continues that commitment in his retirement. Recently he completed 10 ½ years of service as Treasurer of the Forest Heights Homeowners Association (FHHOA), with 1,894 households and an operating budget of $1.1 million. He is a member of the National Alumni Board at The University of Portland and also serves on the Start Making a Reader Today (SMART) Future Campaign 2004-2007. He and his wife Margaret have been married 42 years and raised son Brian and daughter Julie, who has blessed them with their 1st grandson, Jagger and most recently twins Dautry Elena & Nikos Alexi.
Daniel M. O’Leary CPA, Board Treasurer
Mr. O’Leary is a Senior Manager in the Tax Department of Geffen Mesher & Company, P.C. with 17 years of experience. He graduated cum laude from The University of Portland with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration–Accounting & Marketing in 1988. Prior to joining Geffen Mesher & Company, P.C., Mr. O’Leary was with the Portland tax practice of Arthur Andersen LLP for 13 years and KPMG, LLP for 2 years. He is currently a member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants. He continues to be active with the University of Portland as a member of the University of Portland Presidential Advisory Council representing the Robert Pamplin School of Business Administration. He serves as Board Treasurer of CODA, Inc., Board Treasurer of Sunset Apollo Softball Club, and Board Member of American Lung Association of Oregon. Other experiences and qualifications include Past President, Tualatin Valley Housing Partners, CDC, and Past Member, Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum – Venture Oregon Steering Committee.
Nicholas R. Fisher, Board Secretary and Founder
Besides being one of the founding board members, Nick is currently the acting Secretary of the organization. Nick has served the organization in various volunteer roles, including curriculum development, member of the budget task force and volunteer program advisor. Additionally, Nick lent his expertise in finance and investments to develop the curriculum for Young Entrepreneurs Investing Week (YEIW). Nick brings a combination of financial and entrepreneurial skills to the organization. Qualifications include a Bachelor of Business degree in Finance from The University of Portland, involvement in The University of Portland's Entrepreneur Scholars Program, Founder of The University of Portland's $16K Entrepreneurs Challenge. He has 10 years experience as an investor.
Brett Greene
Brett Greene offers more than 7 years of experience in the public and private accounting industry building teams and guiding top tier companies. A key strategic and tactical contributor in efforts to minimize taxation, Brett brings valuable insight and knowledge regarding management challenges faced in a decentralized business model and the ability to work effectively as a team.
Beginning his career in the public accounting realm, Brett developed strong leadership and teamwork skills working for Arthur Andersen LLP and later KPMG LLP. His strategic approach and work ethic was evident time and again in responding to time demands and ever changing markets faced by clients of the company.
His ability to operate effectively and efficiently in a stress laden industry led to a management job with one of Portland’s largest publicly traded companies, Precision Castparts Corp. At Precision Castparts Corp., Brett has improved the processes and introduced efficiencies along with a continued focus on growth and performance excellence.
Throughout his career, Brett has had the opportunity to establish the ability to quickly identify and diagnose business growth impediments and opportunities that go beyond taxation, working with companies to improve their organizational structure, technology and bottom lines.
Brett earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Portland in December of 2000. Through the opportunities that he has experienced in his education at the University of Portland and throughout his career at Arthur Andersen, KPMG and Precision Castparts, he believes his participation in the mission of this organization will allow him to open the eyes of today’s youth within the community to the opportunities that exist if they are willing to work hard and develop as young adults. With the ever changing scene within the business world, many businesses will rely on the younger generation to continue to grow and improve on the core values and methodologies already in place to ensure that the future holds a bright picture. It is his goal to ensure that these youth are prepared to take these steps and believes that this organizations mission is a great path to begin this journey. In his spare time he is a husband and father.
John Hancock
John Hancock is the President of Junior Achievement-Columbia Empire, serving Oregon and SW Washington. Junior Achievement (JA) is a nonprofit youth organization that works in partnership with schools and businesses to improve student knowledge in the areas of business, economics and financial literacy. The organization’s programs are renowned for teaching students the key content areas of free enterprise education: business, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics, leadership, character, work-related life skills, citizenship, and financial literacy.
In his role as President, John is responsible for the overall management of the organization including revenue generation, board development, staffing and program operations. With an annual budget of $1.2 million, a staff of 15 and a board of 45, Junior Achievement works together with 1,000 volunteers in the business community and will serve 36,000 students in Oregon and SW Washington this school year. In addition to his work locally, John serves on several national JA committees, and helped to found JA of Tanzania in 1998.
Prior to his work with Junior Achievement in Oregon, John served as Vice President of Junior Achievement of Central Indiana in Indianapolis. This followed eight years of service with the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Central Office, also in Indianapolis. A native of LaConner, WA, John earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science in 1987 from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA and his Masters Degree in Public Affairs from Indiana University in 1997. He lives in Portland with his wife Roodi.
Jane E. Scrutton
Ms. Scrutton is a fifth-generation Oregonian with strong ties to the Portland community. Through her work at KeyBank she has a robust knowledge of the philanthropic community in Oregon and a commitment to financial literacy to the organizations. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies at the University of San Diego. As a student, Jane was captain of USD's Division I Swim Team and an active member of the student body. During her time in San Diego Jane also volunteered with the Junior Seau Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering young people.
Jane has been with KeyBank for two years and currently serves as Director of Community Relations. She is responsible for managing Key's charitable foundation in Oregon, a position which has allowed her to work closely with many of Oregon's non-profit organizations. Jane also coordinates KeyBank of Oregon's employee volunteer programs. Ms. Scrutton comes from a long line of entrepreneurs; her father and both grandfathers own their own businesses, including the oldest family-owned furniture business west of the Mississippi River.
Maurissa C. Fisher, Executive Director and Founder
Mrs. Fisher brings a combination of educational expertise and entrepreneurial spirit to the organization. Her Qualifications include graduating Cum Laude from Gonzaga University with a Bachelor of Education in Special Education, and teaching licenses in education from the states of Washington and Oregon. Maurissa began her career as an educator in Washington State. While teaching she realized that experiential learning and real life applications were often difficult to fit in to the already very demanding structure and was thus was driven to explore the world of entrepreneurship. In 2003, she chose to leave the typical classroom to begin developing plans for Young Entrepreneurs Business Week. Just as the students will learn during their week experience with YEBW, the road of an entrepreneur is up and down...however persistence, faith, and getting the right people “on the bus” have paid off, thus YEBW was launched July 16th-22nd, 2006. In her spare time she is working on investment real estate, spending time with her husband Nicholas and raising their son Oliver. You may contact Maurissa at
[email protected].