Board of Directors
The OHSU Board of Directors has 10 members. Mandated positions on the board include the president of OHSU, a member of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and an OHSU student. The other seven members serve at the governor of Oregon's discretion and must be confirmed by the Oregon Senate. The university president serves on the board throughout his or her presidency, the student board member serves a two-year term, and each of the other members is appointed for a four-year term
 | ChairmanKeith Thomson Keith Thomson joined the board in 2001 following OHSU's merger with Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology (now OHSU's OGI School of Science & Engineering). Thomson began his career with Intel in 1969, one year after the company was founded, and he was responsible for selecting Oregon as an Intel site. He serves on several civic and corporate boards and committees, and he is a trustee of the OHSU Foundation. His current term with the board is through 2008. |
 | Vice ChairmanC. Scott Gibson C. Scott Gibson joined the OHSU board following the merger with Oregon Graduate Institute, where he served as chairman of OGI's board of directors. Gibson began his career with Intel and later co-founded Sequent Computer Systems. During his tenure at Sequent, the company's annual revenue grew to more than $250 million. Gibson also serves as a director for several high-tech companies and nonprofit organizations' boards, including the OHSU Foundation's board. |
 | Kirby Dyess A principal in Austin Capital Management, LLC, in Beaverton, Ore. and member of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education Kirby Dyess specializes in early stage investments in Pacific Northwest companies. She recently retired from Intel, where she was corporate vice president and director of operations for Intel Capital, Intel’s strategic investment group. In addition to managing the organization’s operations, her group managed more than 50 Intel mergers and acquisitions. Dyess spent more than 10 years at ICN Medical Laboratories Inc. in Portland, where she started and operated the Diagnostic Products Division. She holds a degree in physics |
 | Mark O. Hatfield Mark Hatfield was appointed in November 2003 to a second term on the board. During the last half of the 20th century, Hatfield distinguished himself as a powerful advocate for health, education, research and social programs. He served as Oregon's governor for eight years and as a U.S. senator for more than 30 years, retiring from the Senate in 1997. He is chairman of Funding First, an initiative encouraging financial backing of biomedical research, and is the Herbert Hoover Distinguished Professor at George Fox University. |
 | Román Hernández Román Hernández joined the OHSU board June 2006. He is an attorney with Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt, a regional, multi-service law firm. Hernandez is the immediate past president of the board of directors of the Portland Hispanic Chamber and currently serves on the chamber's board. He also serves as regional president for the Hispanic National Bar Association for the Pacific Northwest region. |
| Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A. Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A., appointed OHSU's president in 2006, has led numerous initiatives aimed at providing improved health care access to Oregonians. Other professional interests include the development of healthcare delivery systems and the application of cost accounting principles to medical practice, with the goal of reducing expenses for care while enhancing patient outcomes. He began at OHSU as a resident in 1979 and held numerous posts, including director of the Casey Eye Institute, and most recently, dean of the School of Medicine. Robertson is an acclaimed surgeon and researcher who has participated in numerous clinical trials. | |
 | Kathryn Smith OHSU School of Nursing Kathryn Smith is a licensed professional counselor, with a master's degree in counseling psychology and a graduate certificate in gerontology. Upon completion of a three-year degree program at the School of Nursing she intends to pursue a career in psychiatric nursing with an emphasis in geriatrics. |
 | Jay Waldron Jay Waldron joined the OHSU board October 2007. He is an attorney practicing in the areas of environmental and energy law with Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt, a regional, multi-service law firm. Waldron recently completed six years as president of the Port of Portland Commission. He also has been the chairman of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's environmental law committee. |
 | Charles Wilhoite Charles Wilhoite comes from a firm specializing in financial consulting, economic analysis and business valuation services. His practice areas focus on business valuations, gift and estate tax planning, economic damages estimation, financial consulting, intellectual property appraisal and dispute resolution services, with a heavy emphasis on the health care industry. Prior to joining Willamette he was with the accounting and consulting firm KPMG. |
 | Meredith Wilson Meredith Wilson is a rancher and co-owner of Wilson Cattle Co., located in North Powder in eastern Oregon. She has been involved with various nonprofit and community organizations, including PEO International Education Fund, which promotes educational opportunities for women, and the Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center, which is one of four such centers OHSU operates in partnership with Oregon communities to improve the education, training and distribution of health care professionals in Oregon. |