Endorsements

Following are comments from some of the industry sectors Mark Herbert has worked with.

"Mark is an objective individual who has the unique ability to motivate a group to concentrate on specific issues while not losing focus on the big picture. Further, he is willing to make the difficult decisions that are in the long-term interest of the organization - even if this means a fundamental shift in how the current organization management views the issue."

Chris Clemow, Director of Transportation
Group Mackenzie

"Mark is a bright, articulate, individual. Mark is exceptional at perceiving concepts, defining goals and implementing stratifies to achieve the objective. Mark has entrepreneurial qualities and is a natural leader. His communication skills are excellent. Mark is honest, treats people fairly and holds them to a high standard. mark is highly respected among his peers and associates."

Richard Dwyer, Senior Investment Advisor
Oregon Community Credit Union

"Mark Herbert is a proven business strategist with core competencies in organizational Development, Human Resource management, and Strategic Planning. Mark has a unique blend of corporate executive and entrepreneurial experience, within both the manufacturing and financial services sectors. His style is consultative, yet forthright, with a passion for corporate and cultural change through optimum allocation of human capital. Mark is intelligent, focused and an extremely effective communicator."

Mark Stephenson, Stephenson Referrals

"Mark is a futuristic thinker that strives to makes all things possible. He is able to anticipate and adapt to multiple business strategies and is able to draw connections between them. Mark brings out the talent in others by establishing challenging goals and recognizing and celebrating achievement. Mark displays a tremendous amount of courage and passion in everything that he engages in."

Christine Tucker, Director of Electronic Member Services
Oregon Community Credit Union

"mark is a results-oriented leader that focuses on building relationships with his staff and strategic partners to achieve goals. Mark has a true "open door" policy where he has always mad himself available for staff (direct report, colleague, manager, or staff) for guidance or advice. mark was the mentor of many employees, managers and staff, at Oregon community Credit union because of the trust and rapport he built with each employee."

Eric De Vita, Cuna Mutual

"Mark is a high energy change agent. With his strength in organizational development and human resources he is the perfect facilitator for developing leadership at all levels of the organization. His style of leadership forces the organization to go beyond their comfort zone and challenge the status quo."

Mandy Jones, Chief Executive Officer
Oregon Community Credit Union

"If you are looking for a change agent with solid business acumen and experience plus the ability to make things happen through managing relationships, Mark captures all of this in his approach. Mark's innovative thinking and ability to motivate staff helped increase OCCU's presence not only in the communities that we serve, but establish OCCU as an industry leader." — February 15, 2008

Russell Dennick, Chief Financial Officer
Oregon Community Credit Union

A quote that reminds us of Mark —
"Inside my bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships" — — Charles Simic

A group of employees at Oregon Community Credit Union