2013 Roast Program
PROGRAM THE EDDIE MARTINEZ BAND KERRY TYMCHUK: MASTER OF CEREMONIES NELDA NEWTON: WELLS FARGO BRAD MILLER: BALL JANIK LLP DAN RYAN: ALL HANDS RAISED LEE PO CHA: ASIAN FAMILY CENTER “TOGETHER WE HOLD THE KEY” PRESENTED BY: GRAHAM CROW: GRAHAM CROW BENEFIT AUCTIONS Hacks VS. Flacks MARK MASON AND DAVE ANDERSON, KEX 1190 Kerry Tymchuk has served as the Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society since May 2011. Tymchuk is also well known for a public service career, which included serving as a top aide to U.S. Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator Bob Dole, and U.S. Senator Gordon Smith. Tymchuk co-authored several books with Bob and Elizabeth Dole, and also co-wrote the autobiographies of Oregon business icons Gert Boyle, Harry Merlo, and Al Reser. Tymchuk also serves as Chairman of the Board of Special Olympics Oregon, as well as a member of the Willamette University Board of Trustees. He was also a four-time champion on the popular television game show “Jeopardy!” What do Robert Palmer, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Steve Winwood, David Lee Roth, Run DMC, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Lenny White, Blondie, Meat Loaf, Celine Dion, Joe Cocker, Diana Ross, and Patti Labelle, to name a few, have in common? They’ve all recorded featuring the talents of guitarist Eddie Martinez. Eddie has played on many of the seminal hits of the 80s and 90s and since making Portland his home, Eddie has put together his own band including Bassist Gary Fountaine and Keyboardist Ramsey Embick.
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