E Barrett Anderson

Currently Barrett is a management consultant for Council Fire serving a variety of for-profit and non-profit mission-based organizations. He served as Interim Development Director for The Eugene Symphony Association and Executive Director of the Arts and Business Council of Eugene, a division of the chamber of commerce. He has consulted with international organizations including CREATE! Senegal. Barrett managed the development effort for Portland Parks and Recreation, and was a member of Albina Opportunities Corporation's Business Advisors Group. A recent graduate of Presidio Management School with an MBA in Sustainable Business, where he focused on systems thinking and the triple bottom line through the lens of small to mid-sized businesses. Barrett was born in the suburbs of Chicago and holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa. He began his career with a "big six" accounting firm on LaSalle St. in Chicago. He found the need to find work/life balance and mission based work and began a career as a professional fundraiser. For nine years his work was focused on fundraising for arts organizations, including The Goodman Theatre of Chicago, Artists Repertory Theatre and Portland Center Stage. After leaving the arts he went on to be director of corporate and foundation support for Portland State University and then, executive director of the Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, before moving to Presidio (then BGI).