Advisory Board

Carolyn Chambers received her B.A. degree in Business from the University of Oregon . An enthusiastic Duck fan, she has long been an active supporter of both the University's academic programs and its athletic teams. She is the Chairman and CEO of Chambers Communications Corporation, and also serves as the President of Chambers Management.

Ms. Chambers has held numerous leadership positions in local, national, and international professional organizations, as well as organizations that foster education, support the arts, or provide social services to the public. She has served several terms on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco , and has played important roles in Peace Health, the University of Oregon Foundation , and the Eugene Symphony. She is currently the President of the Oregon Women's Forum and the Treasurer of the International Women's Forum.

The July 2002 issue of Oregon Business magazine featured a cover story about Ms. Chambers and her diverse accomplishments. Further recognition has come from the University of Oregon , which has honored her with its Pioneer Award, its President's Medal, its Distinguished Service Award, and it's Distinguished Alumni Award. In addition, she has received the Webfoot Award of the University's Alumni Association, and an "Alumni Trailblazer" Visionaries Award from the Charles H. Lundquist College of Business.

Ms. Chambers' generous gift of $1 million to the School of Law established the Center for Law and Entrepreneurship in 1994. In her capacity as Chair of the Center's Advisory Board, Ms. Chambers has overseen the expansion of the Center's activities to include the Technology Entrepreneurship Fellow program, which began in 2002, and the Small Business Clinic, which opened in January 2004. The third-year law students who are enrolled in the Clinic, and who work under the supervision of Jill Fetherstonhaugh, have been acquiring valuable practical skills as they provide legal services to nearly a dozen entrepreneurs who are launching new businesses in western Oregon.

Barbara Bader Aldave earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, with distinction , from Stanford University in 1960, and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966. After practicing law for several years, she joined the faculty of the University Of Oregon School Of Law in 1970. She subsequently taught at the law schools of the University of California at Berkeley , the University of Texas , Northeastern University , Boston College , and Cornell University . From 1989 through 1998, she served as the Dean of St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio , Texas . In the fall of 2000, she returned to the University of Oregon , where she now holds the Loran L. Stewart Chair in Corporate Law and directs the Center for Law and Entrepreneurship.

Throughout most of her career, Professor Aldave has taught courses in Business Associations, Securities Regulation, and Constitutional Law. She has written a number of influential articles on securities fraud and insider trading, and for ten years served as an editorial consultant for a five-volume treatise entitled Texas Corporations -- Law and Practice. A nationally recognized expert on corporate governance and fiduciary responsibilities, Professor Aldave has testified in dozens of cases involving claims by or against business corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and nonprofit organizations. She is a lifetime member of both the American Bar Foundation and the Federacion Interamericana de Abogados.

Elizabeth Bauer is Vice President of Finance and General Counsel of C&K Market, Inc. based out of Brookings, Oregon. As the 24th largest privately owned company in Oregon, C&K operates a diverse size and style of supermarket. The company owns the Ray's Food Place chain, Shop Smart stores and Price Less Foods.

Ms. Bauer's professional affiliations include being a member of the American Bar Association, the Oregon State Bar Association, the Oregon Women Lawyers, and the American Health Lawyers Association. She currently serves as Chair of the ABA Business Law Section, Health Law Committee.

Her community activities include serving as an advisory board member for the University of Oregon's Law and Entrepreneurship Center. Until moving to Brookings, Ms. Bauer served as a member of the Eugene Symphony Board of Directors, Relief Nursery Leadership Board, and as a steering committee member for Lane County Women Lawyers.

Elizabeth received her J.D., M.B.A., and B.A. from the University of Oregon. She was recognized as the Law and Entrepreneurship Center's Outstanding Law Student in 2003.

She worked as an associate attorney at Watkinson Laird Rubenstein in Eugene, Oregon until moving to Brookings in 2006.

Matt Chapman
Mr. Chapman incorporated Centrisoft to lead the launch of the company. He is an experienced CEO who has previously led a software company from $2 million in revenue to well over $130 million. Selected as Oregon 's Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in 1994, Mr. Chapman was nominated as a finalist for Entrepreneur for the the Year in 2003. In addition, Centrisoft was nominated by OEF as a finalist for Company of the Year in the Working Capital category. Centrisoft is in its second full year of operation and employs 20 people in the Portland area. The company was listed four years in a row as one of the top ten places to work in Oregon.

Carol A. Emory practices in international business, technology licensing and IP, marketing, distribution and manufacturing alliances, and consults on international litigation and privacy issues. She is a graduate of the University of California School of Law at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) and Mary Baldwin College and is a member of the Oregon , California and District of Columbia Bars, with the Washington Bar pending.    Ms. Emory began her legal career as a litigation associate in the Bay Area, subsequently joining Bechtel Corporation as Legal Counsel in San Francisco and Washington , D.C. She practiced privately in Amsterdam for several years before moving to Portland and joining Perkins Coie. In 1989, she started the firm that is now Emory Law Group PC.

Carol Emory is a founder of Legal Counsel International, a global alliance of experienced, independent lawyers, and HMLB ("Hot Markets, Lively Business") Enterprises LLC, a distributor of marine and aviation "lifestyle" accessories. She co-founded, wrote, and for 23 years edited the International Lawyers' Newsletter, a popular bi-monthly with worldwide subscription circulation. Ms. Emory is a Trustee of Mary Baldwin College and recently chaired the ABA 's Task Force to revise the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Arbitration. She has served on the Advisory Board of Visitors for the University of Oregon School of Law, and the University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall), and chaired the International Section of the Oregon State Bar from 1989-1990.  Ms. Emory was appointed Regional Coordinator for the Federal Bar Association's Export Legal Assistance Network ("ELAN") program in 1995 and continues in this position in collaboration with the Small Business Administration.

Scott Farleigh is a founding shareholder of Farleigh Wada & Witt PC. He maintains a diverse business law, corporate, and litigation practice with special expertise in public and private securities offerings, business formations, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust law, real estate, employee benefit plans, employment agreements, and licensing contracts. Scott's litigation practice includes ski-area defense and environmental claims. In addition to the private practice of law, Scott worked as corporate attorney for a Fortune 500 company.

Scott conducts risk-management seminars and counsels clients on state and federal environmental regulations, stock options, employment contracts, limited liability companies, corporate law, securities, and antitrust compliance.

Scott is a member of the Board of Directors of the University of Oregon Center for Law and Entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Antitrust and Corporation, Banking, and Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar and has chaired the Bar-sponsored Insurance Committee and the Bar Committee on Community Service and Public Affairs.

Scott received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1974 after serving two years as a military intelligence officer in the United States Army. Scott obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon in 1968.

Scott and his wife have two sons who graduated from the University of Oregon . He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for Oregon/SW Washington. Scott and his family enjoy sailing, skiing, mountain biking, and fly fishing.

Jill R. Fetherstonhaugh is the sole shareholder of the Business Law Centre, a law firm located in Eugene , Oregon , that provides a broad range of legal counseling services to small businesses and entrepreneurs. After gaining years of business experience working in management for a national company, Ms. Fetherstonhaugh continued her education and graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1998. In addition to practicing law, Ms. Fetherstonhaugh is the president of the board of directors of Committed Partners for Youth, a non-profit organization that provides mentors for young people. Currently, Ms. Fetherstonhaugh is serving as the Director of the Small Business Clinic.

Don Gerhart joined the University of Oregon as Director of Technology Transfer in December 2000. Before moving to Oregon, Mr. Gerhart worked at the interface of academia and industry in North Carolina for nearly 14 years. In the private sector, he led pharmaceutical development teams and assessed intellectual property for a consulting company headquartered in Durham, NC. In academia, Mr. Gerhart worked as Associate Director of Technology Transfer at NC State, and earlier served on the faculty of the Duke University Marine Laboratory, earning six U.S. patents.

Mr. Gerhart obtained his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University. He received a Ph.D. in Biology from Stony Brook University.

Don Gerhart accepted a position on the Advisory Board for the Center for Law and Entrepreneurship in the spring of 2006.

William Henry Glasson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Environmental Science, magna cum laude, from Case Western Reserve University in 1999, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oregon in 2006. Recognized as the law school's outstanding student in entrepreneurship in 2006, he was also a Technology Entrepreneurship Program (TEP) Fellow in 2004, a board member of the Law and Entrepreneurship Student Association, and a member of the internationally celebrated CleanSmart business competition team. Prior to law school, Mr. Glasson worked for a number of Seattle-based technology companies and law firms, where he developed his expertise in technology entrepreneurship and open source licensing.

Mr. Glasson currently focuses on business, corporate, IP matters, estate planning and taxation with the firm of Scarborough, McNeese, O'Brien & Kilkenny PC in Portland, Oregon.

He is a member of the Multnomah Bar Association Young Lawyer Section Pro Bono Committee and on the Membership Committee for the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network.

Will Glasson accepted a position on the Advisory Board for the Center for Law and Entrepreneurship in the spring of 2006.

James P. Harrang is a founding member of the law firm of Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C. Today he is largely retired, but continues to work in the office several days each week. A native Oregonian, Mr. Harrang served in the 10 th Mountain Division, U.S. Army, World War II, before graduating from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in Philosophy. He graduated from University of Oregon Law School in 1951. Mr. Harrang specializes in general business practice for a variety of business clients. He is enjoying semi-retirement and pursuing outdoor activities.

Alan D. Meyer is the Lundquist Professor of Entrepreneurial Management, specializing in the areas of organization design, strategy, innovation, and change. He teaches courses in entrepreneurship and new venture planning.

Alan is currently directing a study supported by the National Science Foundation to investigate the emergence of networks engaged in commercializing discoveries in nanotechnology. A second study, also supported by NSF, compares the corporate venture investing arms of sixteen prominent technology corporations and venture capital firms.

Alan received his Ph.D. from the University of California , Berkeley . He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management and Associate Editor-in-Chief for the journal Organization Science.

Jamie Moffitt brings a combination of business and legal experience to the UO Law School. She worked for four years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, helping Fortune 500 companies with strategic and operational issues. She was a leader in the Post Merger Management Practice, both advising individual clients and helping to build the knowledge base for the firm. Jamie has also worked as a member of the management team of several small companies in the technology field. She was a mediator in the Boston District Courts and currently sits on the Harvard Mediation Programs Board of Advisors.

Nicholas G. Newton is an associate in Ater Wynne's Emerging Business, Intellectual Property and Corporate Finance Groups, where his practice focuses on entrepreneurial issues, business planning, corporate matters and IP law.

Nick is a former IT manager and controller who has worked with technology companies on financial reporting systems and providing technical support. In law school, he served as a Technology and Entrepreneurship Fellow, where he evaluated technologies and developed business models related to nursery and greenhouse products. Nick worked as a Summer Associate at Ater Wynne before joining the firm full time in 2007.