Rodger Gabrielson, Board Chair

Roger grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He graduated from YALE and joined the Voice of America in Washington DC. Shortly thereafter he was recruited by the CIA where he served for 36 years. He retired and moved to Black Butte Ranch with his wife Carolyn 12 years ago.

He serves on the Board of Directors of the Sisters Habitat for Humanity and on the Habitat RESTORE Advisory Committee.

He was instrumental in creating the BBR SB-360 Lot Certification Program and Chairs the SB-360 Lot Certification Committee.

He is often seen motoring around the Ranch with some of his 5 granddaughters in his 1929 Model A Roadster or his neighborhood electric car.

Larry Ellis grew up in the foothills of the Cascades--Cascadia and Sweet Home.

Education:

BS Forestry from OSU 1958
Masters from U of O 1966
Graduate Army Command and General Staff College
Graduate U.S Army War College

Employment:

Worked on a wild-lands fire fighting crew during High School
Worked in Logging Engineering
Worked as a consulting forester
Vocational Forestry Instructor
Technical/Vocational Education Instructor
Math and Science teacher
U.S. Army Engineer-- 30-years Active and Reserve
Retired as a Colonel 1989
Recently finished term as an Army Reserve Ambassador
Presently chair Central Oregon Employer Support of the Guard
And Reserve.

The Ellis's have owned property at Black Butte Ranch since 1972, and have lived here since 1999.
Larry enjoys woodworking, hiking, skiing, traveling, and Grandkids

Richard Elliott, Secretary - Treasurer

Nancy and I became fulltime BBR residence Feb 2006.

I grew up in Newport Beach, Ca. Attended University of Redlands, and then transferred to UC Berkeley where I graduated with a BS in Engineering. I served in the Air Force for 5 years as an aircraft maintenance officer. I then attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business and earned my MBA. We raised our family (a daughter and son now grown and parents of our 6 grandchildren) in Palo Alto, CA.

My career has been in finance and administration. I began my career as a CPA at Touche Ross in both San Francisco and San Jose offices for 14 years and left as a Partner. I then became the Executive Director of Pettit & Martin a SF law firm of over two hundred attorneys. I finished my career as VP Finance & Administration at Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath a consulting firm based in Mountain View, CA that concentrated on service to high tech companies.

We were introduced to BBR over 25 years ago by good Palo Alto friends who own a second home in BBR. We moved to BBR when we retired to enjoy all of the activities and beauty that the ranch has to offer. My interests include tennis, golf, hiking, and sharing BBR with our friends, family, and especially our grandchildren.