Meet Some Partners
The generosity of our Partners fuels our community impact.
SVP Investor Partners believe in the potential for transformative change in our community. They commit their money, skills and influence to make it happen, and they find they are transformed in the process. Does that sound intriguing to you? Get acquainted with SVP Portland by clicking on a member below.
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Nicole Thibodeau, Board Treasurer
A corporate financial expert, advisor, educator, and speaker, Nicole has 30 years of experience making numbers sing, dance, and rock. She has spent her career partnering with growth-minded individuals to leverage talent, financial language, and strategies for exponential growth and success. Read More »
Linda Hassan Anderson, Board Vice Chair
A current SVP Board member and its Vice Chair, Linda has leveraged her long standing executive leadership career in early childhood to support the development of SVP’s “Preschool for All” initiative. Linda’s career in early childhood education spans four decades including direct service, program administration, and policy advocacy. Read More »
How do you spend your days? I like most days to start with a jog, cup of tea, and hard copy of the newspaper. My [...] Read More »
Paula joins the SVP Board of Directors through her participation in SVP’s Rising Leaders for Social Change program. As the National Vice President of Development for Stand for Children, Paula comes to the board with more than 15 years of Development leadership and contemporary perspectives on nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Read More »
With an advanced degree in taxation and an interdisciplinary background in law, business, and non-profits, [...] Read More »
As an attorney with fifteen years’ experience, Kate’s practice focuses on non-profit and tax-exempt [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? Though trained as a lawyer, my profession has been tax [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? President and Principal Broker a Real Estate Investment [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I have been working at United Way of the Columbia-Willamette [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? When we moved to Portland 10 years ago, I joined Knowledge [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I have worked for 20 years in the semiconductor capital [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I am passionate about the field of public health and I run [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I work in private wealth management, working with [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I’ve owned a local mortgage company, Mortgage Trust, Inc., [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I’m a writer (TerryStarbucker.com), business consultant, [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I’ve been interested in helping leaders, teams and [...] Read More »
What are your community interests? What are you passionate about? I’m most committed to a robust nonprofit [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I am retired from a career in corporate accounting and [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I’m a marketing professional at McClenahan Bruer [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? Over the course of my business career, I worked for only two [...] Read More »
What is your profession? I am currently a Portfolio Analytics and Reporting Associate at Fisher Investments, an [...] Read More »
Carlo has been a Partner with SVP since 2012. He led marketing and branding work at Peninsula Children's Learning [...] Read More »
As a California licensed attorney and business woman, I used to spend my days in high technology start-up companies wearing many hats. Today, my profession is a full-time mother and I feel very blessed to have this opportunity. Now that both my children are in school, I'm gearing up for my next professional adventure. Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? Upon reaching the age of the required minimum distribution, [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I have a finance / accounting (CPA) background. I have [...] Read More »
What is your profession? How do you spend your days? I'm the Sr Director of Corporate Strategy and Development [...] Read More »
In January of 2019, Kerry was reelected to the Board, and as Chair, by a unanimous vote. Kerry is dedicated to helping SVP pursue not the easiest path, but the one with greatest potential, as we navigate inevitable challenges and evaluate opportunities for leveraging our resources towards securing “Preschool for All” and ensuring the long-term wellbeing of SVP Portland. Read More »
The fellow Partners and staff at SVP recognized potential within me to step into roles I might not otherwise have considered. As a result I have found my skills and interests expanding as well. You might say I am undergoing my own personal form of “next stage growth.” Read More »
Larry joined SVP out of the conviction that well managed and strategic non-profit activity at the community level is the best answer to the rapidly accumulating blind spots around poverty, violence, neglect, and abuse. Read More »
The best part about your involvement in SVP is that I am more sensitive to people's needs and their everyday challenges. By helping them in some way I feel I am contributing to their well-being. Read More »
As a Founding Partner, I am so proud of the effort we made to figure out how to do what we were trying to do. I'm more aware of the community and the issues facing many of us because of SVP. Read More »
I feel with SVP there is a group of individuals with like-minded social service goals, and the teamwork to accomplish things I could not do myself. As opposed to feeling helpless, I feel more empowered to make a difference here in Portland. Read More »
Ken joined out Board in 2013 not long after both he and his wife Sarah became SVP Partners. Before recently moving to Portland, Ken was co-founder, CEO and Chairman of Deltek, Inc., a large software company based in Northern Virginia. In his current, full-time career in philanthropy he... Read More »