Mr. Orser directs the sale of residential land to home builders, oversees specific on-site development projects, manages the phased build-out of the project, and is responsible for the creation and operation of the owners association at Quadrant's mixed-use master planned community Redmond Ridge. He is also now managing the project's commercial business park and retail site for development and sale.

Mr. Orser joined Quadrant five years ago when he moved from Washington D.C. where he had been working with CB Commercial on sales of commercial real estate assets. He chairs the Friends of Madrona Playfield which has been responsible for raising more than $600,000 for improvements to the park from donations from the neighborhood, and grants from organizations and corporations and Seattle's Neighborhood Matching Fund. Recently, he joined the Board of the Seattle Parks Foundation, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to raising financial support for the conservation, improvement, and expansion of Seattle's park and open space system.

He has a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland's Smith Business School.

Mr. Rahaim received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Rahaim's career path in urban design has been a reaction to that circumstance. He currently sits on the board of Consolidated Works, a contemporary arts center, and the editorial committee of Arcade Magazine.

Mr. Ross has 25 years of experience in leading urban and regional planning in the Northwest. Between 1981-2002 Richard Ross managed all aspects of community planning for the City of Gresham, Oregon's fourth largest city and Portland's eastern neighbor. In that period Richard has lead planning, development, and improvement of the Eastside light rail system and Gresham's nine station areas. His work has focused on coordinated community plans for transportation and land use, housing, economic development, urban renewal, cultural resources, parks and open spaces.

Between 1986-2002 Mr. Ross represented Gresham and adjacent cities on the region's transportation and growth management technical and policy committees, as well as numerous State land use and transportation policy committees. In 2003, Richard has served as interim project manager for Springwater, Gresham's new 1300-acre industrial community.

Mr. Ross holds a Master of Urban Planning from Portland State University, Master of Arts in Teaching from Reed College, and a BA in History from Middlebury College, Vt. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

Mr. Ross has been a leader of community, historic, and urban forestry groups. Richard is President of the Oregon Paleo Lands Institute, which is developing a geology & natural history learning center in the John Day Fossil Beds region. Richard is a past member of Portland's Urban Forestry Commission, and past president of Save Our Elms, Oregon's first elm inoculation and replanting project. For the Historic Preservation League of Oregon, Richard led citizen efforts to restore the Historic Columbia River Highway, as a 74-mile long linear park and state trail. Since 1976 Richard and his family have lived in Oregon's earliest planned community, Ladd's Addition in inner city Portland. His hobbies include wilderness treks, gardening, and home improvement and riparian restoration.

Nancy Rottle