Leadership

Keith Thomajan

President and CEO

Keith ThomajanKeith Thomajan joined United Way of the Columbia-Willamette as President and Chief Executive Officer in February of 2012.  

Thomajan is a strategic leader who has an impressive track record in non-profit administration and management and his leadership skills, ability to develop donor and community support and collaborative working style made him the best choice to lead our organization. 

Thomajan, 43, has won recognition among his peers as President and CEO of Camp Fire Columbia, where he served since 2001. Formerly chair of the Portland Parks Board, Thomajan has also served as Board Member/President of Hands On Greater Portland. He is currently an advisor to both the PGE/Oregon Community Foundation's "Community 101" program and the All Hands Raised (formerly Portland Schools Foundation) "Cradle to Career" initiative.

In October 2011, he was named Extraordinary Executive Director in Portland Monthly Magazine's 2011 Light A Fire awards, an annual celebration of the nonprofit community. Prior to his service at Camp Fire Columbia, he was director of development for Pacific Crest Outward Bound and program director for Outward Bound's Hurricane Island School in Florida.

Thomajan was also a teacher of history and English in San Francisco. A graduate of Phillips Academy, Thomajan earned a degree in English from Colby College in Waterville Maine. Before graduating Cum Laude, he studied British literature at King's College in London.

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Board of Directors

Chair

James Rue
Oregon Dept of Land Conservation & Development

Treasurer

Barbara Mathey
IBEW & United Workers Federal Credit Union

Chair-Elect

Sabrina Rokovitz
Enterprise Holdings

Secretary

Jocelynne McAdory
Kaiser Permanente

Past Chair

Richard High
Riverview Community Bank

Board Members

Kerry E. Barnett
The Regence Group

Rob Davison
First Independent Bank

Jill Eiland
Intel Corporation

Tom Elmer
KeyBank Oregon

Lilisa Hall
Pacific Power

Dr. Lesley Hallick
Pacific University

Scott Hatley
Incight Company

Al Jubitz
Jubitz Family Foundation

Dwight Kelly
UPS

Norwood Knight-Richardson, M.D.
Oregon Health & Science University

Kristin Lewis
Wells Fargo

Jaime Lim
The Asian Reporter

Mary Monnat
LifeWorks NW

Michael Montgomery
U.S. Bank

Perry Moore
The Boeing Company

Larry Paulson
Port of Vancouver, USA

Amy Joseph Pedersen
Stoel Rives, LLP

Keith Ristau
Far West Fibers

Glenn Rodriguez, M.D.
Providence Health Systems

MardiLyn Saathoff
NW Natural

Bob Tackett
NW Oregon Labor Council

Ex Officio, Voting

Jay C. Bloom
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

Sean Edwards
Chair, Young Leaders Society
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

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