Staff
Executive Director
Mark Wells
Operations Director
Steve Wytcherley
Director, Downtown Programs
Sydney Mead
Legal Assistant
Kae Zariwny
Executive Assistant & Board Liaison
Ashleen McGirk
Downtown Portland Clean & Safe is an affiliate partner of the Portland Business Alliance, greater Portland’s Chamber of Commerce. Shared staff include:
Vice President, Government Affairs
Jon Isaacs
Senior Director, Strategic Communications
Vanessa Briseño
Senior Director, Finance and Operations
Ariana Alejandres
Director, Downtown Marketing
Sommer Martin
Director, Communications & Digital Design
Katie Mongue
Director, Government Affairs
Amy Rathfelder
Downtown Retail Advocate
Chase McPherson
Communications Coordinator
Carisma Sanchez
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair
Cindy Laurila
World Trade Center Portland
Chair Elect
Terrence Paschal
The Standard
Chair Emeritus
Mark Schlesinger
The Schlesinger Companies
Treasurer
vacant
Member-at-Large
Ty Barker
Unico Properties
Member-at-Large
Matt Goodman
Downtown Development Group
Member-at-Large
Amanda Lowthian
Travel Portland
Board of Directors
Patrick Gilligan
Lincoln Property Company
Tiffany Hammer
Everett Street Autoworks
Jim Mark
Melvin Mark Companies
Shawn Menashe
Gevurtz Menashe
Eric Murfitt
Mercantile Portland
Peter Pappas
Condominium Representative
Tessa Peterson
General Manager, The Hoxton
Susan Steward
Building Owners and Managers Association of Oregon (BOMA OREGON)
Vanessa Sturgeon
TMT Development
Brooke Turner
Washington Trust Bank
