Our Board and Committees

Board of Directors

PGE Retirees Inc (non-profit 501 c (4) meets at 9:30 AM on the second Monday every two months: Feb Apr Jun Aug Oct Dec. The Board has scheduled the Board meetings via ZOOM and/or at the Wilsonville Training Center at the Wilsonville Campus of Clackamas Community College. Directors and guests can attend in-person or via ZOOM. Contact the Board via email to PGERetirees@gmail.com to receive a ZOOM email invitation. As of 4/16/2023, the Board and Committees are listed below, followed by their personal profiles at the bottom of this web page.

Executive Board

President – Greg Rife

Vice President – John McLain

Treasurer – Carol Maresh

Assistant Treasurer – Open

Secretary – Open (acting Secretary John McLain)

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Committee Chairs

Blood Drives – Stan Chiotti * Find Blood Drives near you at redcrossblood.org

Communications – Terry Clelen, Ed Gorman

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Communications Sub Committees

Facebook Administration – Mark Lander, Terry Clelen, Roger Gibson, Ed Gorman

Website Administration – Ed Gorman

Website Calendar – Terry Clelen (Interest Groups), Ed Gorman

Plugged In Newsletter – Editor and Hard Copy Distribution – John McLain; Digital Distribution – Ed Gorman

PGERetirees@gmail.com – Terry Clelen, Ed Gorman

Mailchimp Management – Ed Gorman, Terry Clelen

Board Members

Terms End 2025

Tom Berquam

Carol Maresh

Ted Handris

Open

Terms End 2026

Ed Gorman

Terry Clelen

MinhHang Tran

Steve West

Open

Terms End 2027

Stan Chiotti

John McLain

Greg Rife

Cece Coleman

Patti Lama

Emeritus Board Members

An Emeritus Board Member has been on the Board for at least 10 years and has been a Committee Chair or on the Executive Board.

Norby Chartrey

Chick Colby

Jim Den

Judy Francis

Darlene Judkins

Terry Judkins

Tom Kreis

Ed Miska

Greg RifePresident, Communications Committee member

I started at PGE on June 27, 1983 shortly after graduating from Oregon State University. During my 37 year career I held various positions in PGE’s planning, forecasting, accounting, and financial reporting functions. I completed my career managing Ethics and Compliance before retiring on October 2, 2020. I enjoy golf, photography, and scuba diving. I am also an active member of PGE’s golf league and amateur radio club.

John McLainSecretary (Acting Vice President), Communications Committee member, Newsletter Editor

From 1968-1981, I served in Marine Corp, worked at SCE on line-crews, married my sweetheart, graduated from college, transferred to accounting department, and became a father to my two children. We moved to Oregon to work at PGE 1981-2014 beginning in financial planning, then moving on to many admin and customer programs, went back to school to get an MBA, coached youth soccer, and earned a national soccer coaching license. I am now fully retired, trying to improve at golf, tennis, photography, and music, as well as serving on several non-profit Boards.

Terry ClelenBoard Director, Communications Committee Co-Chair

I was hired in 1997 as a Corporate Communications assistant and moved into Community Affairs a year later. My 21-year career ended in 2018, from what I consider the best job in the company, administering the Company’s community engagement programs. Yes, it was me who relentlessly reminded you to “Record your volunteer hours”, “Apply for a Cause Card” and “Give during the Employee Giving Campaign and apply for the Company match!”
I keep busy with my Neighborhood Emergency Team, sewing masks for Portland Mask Project, serving on the PGE Retiree board and class reunion committees, lunching and taking long “walk and talks” with friends. I enjoy cooking, gardening, babysitting my grandgirls and attempting to improve my golf game. I live in Portland with my husband, John.

Stan ChiottiBoard Director, Past President

My Dad worked for PGE, and I joined PGE on 2/8/1968. I read meters out of the Gresham Division for six months and then moved to the Trojan nuclear project at the Yeon Building. The small staff grew to 1300 over the next 25 years (for me, 20 in operations and 5 in engineering) until plant terminated in 1993. After leaving PGE to work at a Nuclear Plant in New York, I was rehired by PGE in 1997 to help with the decommissioning of the spent fuel rods which ended in 2003, at which time I retired.

MinhHang TranBoard Director, Communications Committee, Pickleball and Tennis Group Leader

Hello there! I had the pleasure of working at PGE for 43 years, from 1978 until I retired in 2021. During my long tenure, I mostly worked in the Records Management Department, where I had the opportunity to support the Trojan Nuclear Plant until its closure. Afterward, I moved downtown and was responsible for Corporate Records Management.
In my free time, I like to keep myself busy by playing tennis and pickleball. I also enjoy exploring the neighborhood’s trails with my husband, Cuong, and making sure I hit my 10,000 steps goal each day. Additionally, cooking is one of my favorite pastimes, as well as spending time with my grandson, Jase. He’s my first and only grandchild so far, but that’s all going to change in March
2024 when Jase becomes a big brother to his twin brother/sister. As for my home, it’s located
in Beaverton

Ed GormanBoard Director, Communications Committee Co-Chair

I began at PGE as a Meter Reader in 1977, enthused by the ability to work outdoors and go home upon completion of the day’s route, usually before noon :<). Following the onset of fatherhood I had to get serious and worked my way to Service and Design as a Service and Design Project Manager. That was a great fit and I retired in 2017 as Service & Design Supervisor at Portland Service Center. These days, among other volunteer opportunities, I am involved with others in managing the digital components of the Retirees Inc. (website, Mailchimp messaging, Retirees private Facebook group).

Carol MareshBoard Director, Treasurer

I worked for PGE for just under 13 years, starting in Legal, then moving to Product Development. I also worked with the Research & Development team before retiring in 2020. I’m proud to have been Chair of the Advisory Committee on Diversity, championing equity for all employees. In retirement, I continue to do volunteer work in the community and donate my handmade quilts to charities.

Steve WestBoard Director, Communications Committee, Book Club Leader

I started my career at PGE’s Oregon City Line Office in 1970 after graduating from Oregon State University. After a couple years of distribution design, I moved to the Yeon building as an engineer in the new Standards Group. When the World Trade Center was completed, I got a major upgrade: A window seat on the fourth floor overlooking the river. With the exception of a couple of years in the distribution planning department, I spent the next 41 years as a Standards Engineer. In addition to the windows seat, I got to meet dozens of suppliers, tour electrical manufacturer factories, and work with employees from all regions. It was a great job.

Cece ColemanBoard Director, Communications Committee

I’m Cece (pronounced /ˈsi.si/). I’m a JAG Corps veteran, and now, a happily retired attorney. My current focuses are learning Spanish, exploring the beauty of our country and others, and indulging more spontaneity and humor in my life, which I too often suppressed during my working years!
My early years as a JAG Officer taught me that criminal law was not fun, but the experience gained as a litigator prepared me well for the 30+ year legal career I accomplished in the utility industry, with the added bonus of having nice clients! Over the years I have appeared before numerous courts and governmental agencies around the country while representing the interests of the US Government while in Texas and Washington, utility regulators and customers in Oklahoma, and lastly, two electric utility companies in Oregon, beginning in 2004 with PacifiCorp, and then hopping across the Willamette River to PGE from 2007-2022.
In retirement, I’m excited to volunteer my time and effort supporting several non-profit organizations including the PGE Retirees’ organization. I’m enjoying the new and renewed friendships I’m experiencing with PGE retirees who are on the Board and the Communications Committee and look forward to participating in some of the great activities they organize and make accessible to all of us as PGE retirees. I hope to meet more of you as we participate in the fun together! Cheers!

Patti LamaBoard Director

Patti Lama, Retired Manager of Contract Construction and Program Management at Portland General Electric; 36 years of diversified electrical utility experience.

Working at PGE gave me so much varied experience it is challenging to share the important highlights. Starting off in Nuclear Division sorting mail to launching a national organization that currently has over 3,000 members and serving on that Board for 17 years. The dash between those two highlights encompasses a career filled with discovery, trials, innovations…and yes, some tedium. It was a job, after all.

I worked in several areas of the company over my tenure, Nuclear Division, Generation Construction during Boardman build, Budget Dept, Public Policy and many aspects in the Distribution side of the company including managing garage and storeroom functions to joint use program management and large construction project management. Not only did I get to know a lot of people, but I also saw first hand the importance of each area of the Company working towards the success of the whole.

I am proud to say I spent my 36 year career at PGE and feel our Company afforded me an opportunity to experience accomplishments that I thought were impossible such as writing the Oregon Excavation Law or having my national team’s efforts recognized by the President of the United States. I have been on the podium of the NYSE twice for the opening bell and have experienced flying in a helicopter to check the top of the Trojan stack with engineers. Not bad for a local kid from Sellwood.