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C elebratim i 'D iv e r s ity
August 2. 2006
Local Hire Strengthens Banking Team
Jefferson grad
committed to
community
Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn introduces Steve Bullock as interim Director of Emergency
management.
Tapped for Emergency Management
County official promoted
M ultnom ah C ounty C hair
Diane Linn has appointed a local
African American as Interim Di­
rector of Emergency Manage­
ment.
Steve Bullock has been with
the county for seven years, serv­
ing as a manager in the Business
Services Office and as an admin­
istrator in the former Department
of Community and Human Services.
He helped establish the county's
24-hourand 7-day-a-week Mental
Health Call Center and co-managed
the county’s Mental Health Divi­
sion.
Bullock holds a M aster's of
Business A dm inistration and has
worked for more than 10 years in
p u b lic sa fe ty . He m oved to
M ultnom ah County in 1999.
from Phoenix where he worked
as an efficiency expert with the
Kroger Corp.
For the past six months. Bul­
lock has coordinated daily op­
erations for the county Office of
Emergency Management, serv­
ing as the point person with the
Portland Office of Emergency
Management, state and regional
emergency managementofficials
and other county partners.
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M ark Yee, a life-long and
cu rrent resident o f north P ort­
la n d w h o g r a d u a te d fro m
Jefferson High School and P ort­
land S tate U niversity, has been
hired as a senior vice president
an d c h ie f len d in g o ffic e r at
A lb in a C o m m u n ity B a n k ,
P o rtla n d 's m inority-ow ned fi­
nancial institution.
“ A lb in a ’s m issio n o f c o m ­
m ercial rev italizatio n , building
sm a ll b u sin e sse s an d c re a tin g
jo b s in o u r local n eighborhoods
se ts it a p a rt,” Y ee said. “ I 'm
e x c ite d a t the o p p o rtu n ity to
c o n trib u te my k n o w le d g e and
p a ssio n fo r o u r local c o m m u ­
nity to su p p o rt th is m issio n .”
Y ee w ill oversee the b a n k 's
com m ercial lending team and
help the bank m eet and exceed
Mark Yee
lending and deposit goals as a
key m em ber o f A lb in a’s senior
m a n a g e m e n t team . M ost re ­
cently, he served as senior vice
presid en t and sm all b u siness
region m anager w ith U.S. Bank.
His nearly 25 years e x p eri­
ence in the banking industry
began w ith a five-year w ork
study program . H e has held a
variety o f positions w ith U.S.
Bank and the form er Portland
T eachers C redit U nion.
Y ee has also served on nu­
m erous boards and com m ittees,
currently participating on the
L eadership C ouncil o f O regon
M entors, and is a m em ber o f the
C hinese A m erican C itiz e n 's A l­
liance.
A lb in a C o m m u n ity B ank
opened in D ecem ber 1995. It is
independently and locally ow ned
through the N ortheast C o m m u ­
nity D evelopm ent T rust and in­
dividual shareholders in our com ­
munity.
A s a fu ll-se rv ic e in d e p e n ­
den t c o m m e rc ia l b an k , A lb in a
p ro v id e s so p h istic a te d b a n k ­
in g p r o d u c ts a n d s e r v ic e s ,
w h ile a ls o m a in ta in in g th e
b a n k ’s m is s io n to p ro m o te
jo b s , sm a ll b u s in e s s e s , and
w e a lth in o u r lo c a l P o rtla n d
c o m m u n ity .
Attorney is Role Model for Integrity
Resolving
disputes brings
career success
L o c a l a tto rn e y S u sa n M.
H a m m e r w ill r e c e i v e th e
M u ltn o m a h B ar A sso c ia tio n
P ro fe ssio n a lism A w a rd at the
o rg a n iz a tio n ’s A w a rd s L u n ­
ch e o n on T h u rsd a y , Sept. 20
at T h e G o v e rn o r H o tel.
T h e a n n u a l a w a rd g o e s to a
local a tto rn e y w h o e m b o d ie s
the h ig h e st e th ic a l sta n d a rd s
and e x e m p la ry c o n d u c t in the
p ra c tic e o f law and w h o m akes
the p ra c tic e o f law m ore e n ­
jo y ab le.
H a m m e r's w ork fo c u se s on
Susan Hammer
m e d ia tio n an d a rb itra tio n .
A s u p p o rte r o f the a w a rd
d e sc rib e d h e r “as a ro le m odel
fo r y o u n g e r la w y e rs th ro u g h ­
o u t h e r c a re e r, w h o e x e m p li­
fie s the h ig h e st e th ic a l sta n ­
d a rd s and c o n d u c t in o u r p ro ­
fe s s io n . S h e h a s ta k e n h e r
skills and attributes - both those
she w as bo rn w ith an d th o se
a c q u ire d o v e r h e r d e c a d e s o f
p ra c tic e - a n d u se d th em to
h e lp c re a te a m o d el fo r d is ­
p u te re so lu tio n in O re g o n th at
has p e rm a n e n tly c h a n g e d , fo r
the b e tte r, the w ay law is p ra c ­
tic e d h e re .”
A n o th e r su p p o rte r sa id th at
“S u s a n ’s a b ility to re a c h re so ­
lu tio n s in d iffic u lt situ a tio n s
w h ile a d h e rin g to the h ig h e st
p r o f e s s io n a l s ta n d a r d s h a s
m ade h e r an o u tsta n d in g and
w e ll-re sp e c te d m e d ia to r.”
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