June 8, 2005

Mark P. Rosenbaum Joins PDC Commission

Mayor Tom Potter appointed and Portland City Council today approved Mark P. Rosenbaum as a commissioner to the Portland Development Commission. He will replace Matt Hennessee whose term expires July 31.

Rosenbaum, Managing Partner of Rosenbaum Financial, brings more than 30 years experience in the financial services field to his role as a PDC Commissioner. He began his career in financial services in 1977 while still attending Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. He joined forces with his father Fred Rosenbaum in 1982 as Managing Partner in Rosenbaum and Rosenbaum. In 2003 the company became Rosenbaum Financial, LLC focused on an integrated response to financial planning.

Currently, Rosenbaum serves as Co-Chair on the Oregon Mentoring Initiative; is an active member of the Leaders Roundtable, and he serves on the Board of Directors for Tuality Community Hospital. Most recently, he chaired the Executive Committee for Tom Potter’s campaign. Rosenbaum’s past board and community activities include: The National Conference of Christians and Jews from 1978 to 86 where he served as Chairman from 1983 to 1985; Jewish Family and Child Services, Inc. from 1982 to 1992, where he served as Chairman from 1989 to 1991; Cedar Sinai Park from 1990-98, where he served as Board Treasurer from 1996 to 1998; and Multnomah County Commission on Children and Families 1993-2001, where he served as Chairman from 1995 to 1999.

A lifetime resident of the Portland Metro area, Rosenbaum graduated from Beaverton High School. He also attended Lewis and Clark College and Portland State University. He holds licenses in Life and Health Insurance and Securities. Rosenbaum is a member of the Top of the Table of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), a life insurance and financial services professional organization and is the recipient of the MDRT Quality of Life award given for exceptional public service.

“Mark has exceptional skills in financial analysis and planning,” said Mayor Potter. “Those skills combined with his outstanding commitment to community service in Portland make him the ideal candidate for this very important position. I welcome him into service for the City of Portland and know that he will be a great asset to the Commission and the community in his new role.”

Rosenbaum will join three other citizens on the commission: Doug Blomgren, an attorney with Bateman Seidel Miner Blomgren Chellis and Gram, who will serve as Chair until the PDC election of officers is held later this summer/fall; Eric Parsons, President/CEO of Standard Insurance Company and StanCorp Financial Group Inc.; and newest member Bertha Ferran, a Senior Mortgage Consultant with Windermere Mortgage Services, has worked in the real estate industry for more than 25 years. A fifth vacancy on the Commission replacing current Commissioner Janice Wilson is anticipated to be filled later this summer.

Rosenbaum’s first meeting as a PDC Commissioner will be August 10.

PDC Commissioners are volunteers appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council to serve three-year terms. They oversee the commission staff’s work and hold regular meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Portland Development Commission’s offices, 222 N.W. Fifth Ave., Portland.

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