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PEOPLE & CULTURE

Robert George, Chairman of the Board - District #1
	Position: Chairman Date voted in: 9/15/1992 Term expires: 2014 Member since: 8/20/1982 Community/Volunteer Services: Vision for BCT in 2012:
Matt Carlson, Vice Chair - District #3
	Position: Vice Chair Date voted in: 4/28/2007 Term expires: 2013 Member since: 7/13/2001 Community/Volunteer Services: Vision for BCT in 2012:
Gary Emmons, Secretary/ Treasurer - District #5
	Position: Secretarty/Treasurer Date voted in: 7/10/2009 Term expires: 2012 Member since: 6/20/1977 Community/Volunteer Services: Precient Commitee Person for Clackamas County Vision for BCT in 2012: Stay the course we are on: paying down debt and continue to strengthen our relationships with neighboring Telco's by working together to find ways to reduce costs of products and services provided to the end user, our members, who are the heart and soul of BCT. Continue to see BCT and faster Broadband services to its members.
Bill Merchant, Director - District #2
	Position: Director Date voted in: 7/08/2011 Term expires: 2014 Member Since: 9/21/1984 Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in English and minor in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Employment: Writer and editor within NCR developing computers and systems unsed in financial institutions. Directed marketing at several software companies with products in computer graphics and relational databases. For the past 2 decades he has operated his own markteting company, Western Marketing Inc. Community/Volunteer Services: Active in local governance and citizen involvement for many years: served on and headed the Clackamas County Planning Commisson; Metro Committe for Citizen Involvement; original Chairman of the Hamlet of Beavercreek. Bill continues on the Hamlet Board as Vice-Chairman. Vision for BCT in 2012: Improving service to our members while adapting to the changing telecom environment and maintaining the value of the investment members have made over the years.
Susan Clark, Director - District #4
	Position: Director Date voted in: 7/09/2010 Term expires: 2013 Member since: 8/21/1998 Community/Volunteer Services: Vision for BCT in 2012:

Paul Hauer, President
	Position: President (since 1/1/2008) Date Hired: 10/01/1998 Education: Bachelor of Science - Accounting, University of Portland Employment History: Chief Accountant, University of Portland (5 years); Accountant, Yergen and Meyer, CPAs (5 years) Community/Volunteer Services: Past President Oregon City Kiwanis; President Beavercreek Charitable Trust, Past Treasurer St. John the Apostle Auction, OC Youth Baseball Coach, Children's Center Fund Raising Volunteer (Hope and Healing Event), H.O.P.E. International Volunteer (PDX Homeless Food program). Vision for BCT in 2012: My vision and goals are to guide the cooperative into better financial stability through partnerships in the industry and community; and, to deploy faster broadband speeds to its members. The management team and employees are working together to leverage current assets with minimal additional investment in order to be able to offer 20 - 30 Mps broadband speed to all members over the next few years. Broadband is the present and future of communications and BCT needs to do what is necessary to get the higher speeds to its membership as quickly as financially possible.
Mark Beaudry, Vice President of Operations
	Position: Vice President of Operations Date Hired: 12/30/1969 Education: LEA Limited Energy Licenses; Contractor Responsible Manageing Individual, (RMI) Certification; Fiber Optic Applications & Principles; Finance and Accounting; Multiple College Courses; 1997 Confined Space Operations; 1979 Cable Splicing Pressurization. Employment History: VP of Operations, BCT 2000-Present; Operations Manager, BCT 1997-2000; Plant Supervisor, BCT 1992-1997; Lead Technician, BCT 1984-1992; Splicer and Special Applications, BCT 1977-1984; Plant Technician, BCT 1969-1977. Community/Volunteer Services: Meals on Wheels; Oregon Joint Use Association Vision for BCT in 2012: To position BCT for higher broadband speed delivery.
David (Dave) Warner, Director of IT & Engineering
	Position: Director of Information Technology and Engineering Date Hired: June 11, 1979 Education: Associate of Science degree in Drafting Technology from Clackamas Community College Employment History: Engineering Department draftsperson 1979-1991; Assistant Engineer 1992-93; Engineer 1993-2007; Director of IT and Engineering 2007-present. Community/Volunteer Services: Volunteer firefighter Beavercreek/Clackamas Fire Districts 1978-1997; Clackamas Amateur Radio Emergency Services 1993-present. Vision for BCT in 2012: Continue to improve upon broadband quality and services.
David Hoiland, Controller
	Position: Controller Date Hired: 09/22/1999 Education: Bachelor Degree in Accounting, University of Oregon Employement History: Worked as a CPA in Public Accounting for 7 years before being hired as Accounting Manager for BCT. Community/Volunteer Services: Involved with local church in Oregon City; Activites through BCT. Vision for BCT in 2012: To efficiently provide the best services possible to our customers.
Tangee Summerhill-Bishop, Director of Marketing & Member Services
	Position: Director of Marketing & Member Services Date Hired: November 1, 2002 Education: Bachelor of Administration from Western Washington University; Master in Business Washington State University Employment History: GST Telecommunications/Time Warner Communications 1995-2000. Community/Volunteer Services: Meals on Wheels, Relay For Life. Vision for BCT in 2012: My vision is that at the end of the year our members will say that we are improving as a service provider, that we do provide excellent local customer service, we are a great community partner and lastly that we offer wireless cell phones.