H. FRED MICKELSON, Senior Partner
With more than 30 years of management and top officer responsibility in the business community, and concurrent experience as the top volunteer leader of 14 community, state and national non-profit organizations, Fred brings a unique blend of business and non-profit acumen to any forum. His credits cover the spectrum from initiating 3 small “skunk works” operations to successful management of a 6000-person workforce and $600 million annual budget.

During the middle 1990’s Fred placed particular emphasis on enhancing community quality of life through economic development, and was appointed by California’s Secretary of Trade and Commerce on 3 occasions to select and head a California “Red Team” to retain or recruit major corporations in California. He and his handpicked private and public sector team achieved the objective in each instance.

In his capacity as Chairman of the Board of the Orange County Business Council in California, Fred led the initiative in 1994-1995 to raise over $8 million for economic development in Orange County in 10 months—right during the middle of the internationally publicized Orange County bankruptcy. No newcomer to the fund raising arena, Fred has raised millions of dollars for worthy projects over his caree.

Fred is in high demand as a speaker, trainer and group facilitator and is nationally certified as both an Arbitrator and a Mediator. Fred is currently an Advisory Board member for 3 software companies in California. He is the past Chairman of the National Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society, a member of the Governing Council of the Union Internationale Contre le Cancer (International Union Against Cancer).

Fred is based out of Portland, Oregon. He has Bachelor of Science degrees in Economics and Administrative Science from Pepperdine University.