Board of Directors

Board members are volunteers who are also residents of the Elizabeth Lofts. They are elected to office for two-year terms at the Annual Owners’ Meeting. You can contact them at board@elizabethlofts.org or through our property manager, Community Management, Inc. (CMI) at (503) 233-0300.

Scott Baumann, Treasurer.

Forrest Gist, Secretary.

Forrest Gist is a native Oregonian and long-time Portland resident. He lives within the Elizabeth lofts with his wife, their cat and a large collection of plants, books and vinyl records. In addition to serving on the Board, Forrest is an electrical engineer, serving as a project manager and a technology leader for a large global engineering and construction company. In his spare time, Forrest enjoys music, travelling to far away foreign lands and looking at interesting cars.

Ken Han, Director

Cynthia Bianchini, Director.

Otto Riesenberg, Director.

Bob Steele

Robert Steele, Chair.

Robert (Bob) Steele is a retired software engineer from California. He’s been married 40years to Christine who has an MBA, CPA and is a retired corporate controller. He chose Portland after a 7-month, 7K mile road trip across the US. He loves downtown, and lived 18 years in a similar condominium, having served many years on the board there. He would not go back to a detached house. Bob enjoys writing software for himself, cycling nearly any day it isn’t raining, traveling, and photography. He’s currently struggling to learn the bass guitar. Visit www.bsteele.com.

Jay Sickler, Commercial Director.