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2020 BizWomen BioBook
2020 BizWomen BioBook
2020 BizWomen BioBook
February 24,
2020
AGENDA
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GIRL SCOUTS OF THE USA
Mentors
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Maddie Andrews | TABLE 1 Debra Dunn | TABLE 8
President/Founder, Synergy Resources Group
Interim Executive Director, Friends of the
Children
Nafisa Fai | TABLE 9
Founder, Pan African Festival & Black Business Summit
Kate Arvidson | TABLE 2
Business Development Manager,
ZOOM+Care
Renee Fellman | TABLE 10
Founder, Renee Fellman and Associates
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BIOGRAPHIES
Nafisa Fai | FOUNDER, PAN AFRICAN FESTIVAL & BLACK BUSINESS SUMMIT
Nafisa Fai is a small business owner and public health expert dedicated to
improving the health and strength of our region. A twenty-two year resident
of Oregon, Nafisa was inspired by her experience as a refugee to create the
Pan African Festival and the Black Business Summit. Nafisa is running for
Washington County Commissioner, district 1. As a Commissioner, Nafisa will
prioritize tackling our affordable housing crisis, leveling the playing field so all
TABLE 9 working families can succeed, and working to create a Washington County that
is a prosperous and inclusive place for everyone
Jan Robertson | COO AND PRINCIPAL, NORRIS, BEGGS & SIMPSON COS., LLC
Jan Robertson is the Chief Operating Officer and a principal of Norris, Beggs
& Simpson Companies, LLC, a diversified commercial real estate services firm
serving as the holding company for four wholly owned operating subsidiaries:
Norris, Beggs & Simpson Financial Services, Morrison Street Capital, NBS Real
Estate Consulting, and The REFF Group. Jan has been with NBS since 1981, and
is directly responsible for the day to day operations of the NBS companies and
TABLE 41 supervises the administrative functions of the companies. She became the firm’s
first female partner in 1993, CFO in 2005 and CEO in 2011. When the company
reorganized in 2015, she subsequently negotiated the sale of their brokerage
and property management divisions before stepping into her current position.
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