Welcome New Partners

(From the June 2004 Newsletter)

SVPP warmly welcomes these additions to our community of Partners:

Mark T. Adams
Mark manages marketing and communications for Intel Capital, the company's strategic investment program. He has been with Intel for almost seven years. During business school Mark wrote the first corporate citizenship report for Silicon Graphics Computer Systems. Prior to that he worked as an account executive on consumer advertising accounts such as Clorox and Kraft General Foods at Young & Rubicam in San Francisco.

Mark earned a bachelors degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. He leads the Net Impact Northwest Professional Chapter, an organization aimed at developing the next generation of socially responsible MBA students and alumni. Mark recently co-founded the Intel Employee Sustainability Network and is President of the Oregon Kayak and Canoe Club.

Please note the Net Impact Open House on the SVPP Calendar.

Heather Beusse
Heather is a Senior Financial Analyst for Intel. She is co-founder of the Intel Sustainability Network. She is also co-founder of Net Impact Northwest Professional Chapter and a member of its steering committee.

Heather holds a Master's degree in International Management from the Haas School of Business at the University of California. Her varied background includes working as a math teacher, and for the Council on Economic Priorities.

Heather serves on the Board of Directors of Globio,a group devoted to increasing children's awareness of biodiversity.


Kirsten Day and Rick Deats
Kirsten and Rick relocated with their two young sons from the San Francisco Bay Area two years ago. Kirsten is General Counsel for PacTrust. Rick, having practiced both as a tax lawyer and as a tax planning consultant in major accounting firms, is now a stay-at-home father to their boys. The family enjoys music and swimming, hiking and other outdoor adventures.


John and Geri Miner
John has worked at Intel for 21 years and is currently President of Intel Capital. He serves on the Advisory Board of The Tulane School of Engineering, his alma mater.

Geri's background is in marketing and she most recently owned a retail business for 12 years. She now spends time fundraising for "Friends of the Children - Portland" and is joining the Board of Oregon College of Art and Craft.

John and Geri enjoy travel, sailing, tennis, art, wine, cooking, old houses and antiques.