EUGENE–Former Eugene Mayor Brian Obie is president of the University of Oregon Foundation Board of Trustees for 2000-2001.

Obie, 58, is president and CEO of Obie Media Corp., one of the top outdoor and public-transit advertising companies in the country. He also heads a property company that owns the Fifth Street Public Market in Eugene and is former chairman of Eugene-based Centennial Bancorp.

As foundation president, Obie succeeds Randy Papé, also of Eugene, president and CEO of The Papé Group, Liberty Financial Group and Mt. Bachelor, Inc. Papé is serving as foundation board chairman this year.

A UO Foundation trustee since 1993, Obie has been a major contributor to the Professional Sales Program in the UO’s Charles H. Lundquist College of Business. He also established a scholarship for UO fine arts students in honor of his father, Gordon, who founded Obie Outdoor Advertising in Eugene in 1960.

Obie was mayor of Eugene from 1985-88 after serving eight years on the Eugene City Council. He has three grown children from a previous marriage. He and his wife, Karen, live in Eugene.

The 47-member UO Foundation Board of Trustees oversees operation of the foundation–a private, nonprofit corporation established by the Oregon Legislature in 1957 to support fund-raising activities of the University of Oregon and to receive and administer private gifts to the university. Board members also serve as advisers to the UO administration and as advocates for the university.

Other 2000-2001 UO Foundation officers are:

• First vice president and president-elect–Vinton "Slim" Sommerville of Medina, Wash., UO Class of ‘58, former president and CEO of Bayliner Marine.

• Second vice president–E. Danell "Dan" Giustina of Eugene, a 1972 UO graduate and 1974 MBA recipient, managing partner of Giustina Resources.

• Secretary–Ann D. Thompson of Portland, former regional administrative officer for Salomon Smith Barney international stock brokerage.

• Treasurer–David Sparks of Eugene, UO Class of ‘66, a certified public accountant and partner in the firm Kernutt, Stokes, Brandt & Co.

Five new members have been named to five-year terms on the foundation board. They are:

• Bard E. Bunaes of Irvington, N.Y., who received his UO MBA degree in 1967, CEO and president of Sirius America Insurance Co.

• Gerry B. Cameron of Vancouver, Wash., former CEO and chairman of US Bancorp.

• Allen L. Gummer of Santa Rosa, Calif., UO Class of ‘59, CEO of MGM Brakes, a manufacturer of pneumatic brake systems for the heavy automotive industry.

• Marty W. Smith of Eugene, CEO, president and chairman of Bi-Mart Corp.

• Richard C. Williams of Eugene, UO Class of ‘61, chairman and former president and CEO of Centennial Bancorp.

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