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Board Members

Board Members

President

Jamie Ely, Sales Executive, Ticor Title Linn-Benton County boardpresident@bgccorvallis.org

President Elect

Sara van Amerongen, Tax Professional, Hendrick & Kellison

Secretary

Alex Brookes, Attorney, Evashevski Elliott PC

Treasurer

Wade Penner, Senior Sales Operations Analyst, Johnson & Johnson Shockwave Medical

Board Members

Ann Buchele, PhD, Vice President – Academic and Student Affairs of Linn-Benton Community College,

Jeremy Brower, Senior Director of Operations – Surgical Specialties, The Corvallis Clinic

Eric Cardella, Youth Safety, Oregon State University

Veronica Hennessey, Insurance Agent, Farmers Insurance – Hennessey Agency, LLC

Ellen Johnson, Financial Planner, Thistle Wealth

Mike Kauffman, Regulatory Program Manager, Samaritan Health Services

Chris Lahman, Middle School Teacher, Linus Pauling Middle School

Lisa Langeliers, Strategic Procurement Manager, Hewlett Packard

Sam Mercer, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones

Rahul Shah, Investment Manager, Red Spruce Capital

Ryan Sparks, DMD, Ryan Sparks DMD Family and Cosmetic Dentistry

Karyn Stanley, Community Member

Honorary Board Members

Bill Mercer

Dick Thompson

Greg Hamann

Michele Kellison

Scott Travelstead, DMD

Steve Uerlings

In Memoriam

Ken Johnson, DMD

Barte Starker

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