Robert Wise specializes in visionary and practical approaches to sustainable development, strategic planning, public policy development and management, and relations with complex communities. Mr. Wise served as planning director or policy development advisor to four U.S. Governors (New York, Idaho, Arizona and Oregon) and served for seven years as the Executive Director of the Council of State Planning Agencies/National Governors' Association, the "think-tank" for U.S. governors.

Selected Professional Experience

• Sustainable development strategies - Team Oregon, LLC; City of Portland, Oregon; Taiwan Council of Economic Planning and Development, Tainan City, Taiwan; International Sustainable Development Foundation; Grand Canal, Hangzhou, China;  China-US Center for Sustainable Development.

• Strategic planning - Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland, Oregon; Parry Center for Children, Portland, Oregon; Wetlands Conservancy, Tualatin, Oregon; Japanese Garden Society of Oregon; Oregon Progress Forum; Public Utility District, Benton County, Oregon.

• Economic strategy - Oregon and Clackamas County Natural Resources and Sustainable Industry Strategies; Arizona New Enterprise Strategy.

• Urban and entrepreneur higher education strategies - States of Oregon and Arizona.

• Community participation strategies - Consulate-General of Japan; States of Idaho, Oregon, and Arizona.

• Public policy and budget processes - States of Idaho and Arizona.

• Land use planning system design - State of Idaho.

• Salmon restoration strategies - For the Sake of the Salmon (Salmon-Friendly Power); Pacific Region Coordination Strategy, World Salmon Center.

• Development projects - Portland State University District Plan; Portland River District Plan; Light Rail Financing Task Force; World Salmon Center; Great Western Garden; Chai Tou Gang Shi Greenway Plan, Tainan, Taiwan.

• Negotiated agreements, Law Enforcement Services Strategy - Washington County, Oregon (Sheriff and eleven Chiefs of Police).

Honors/Community Service

• Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider - Council of Governors' Policy Advisors of the National Governors' Association.

• Former Chairman and Co-Chairman, Sustainable Portland Commission - Guided the development and evolution of the City of Portland's sustainable development strategy from 1991 to present.

• Boards of Directors - Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability; Japanese Garden Society of Oregon; International Association of Japanese Gardens; Portland-Suzhou Sister City Association.

Robert Wise, Senior Project Manager
Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC
813 SW Alder Street, Suite 320
Portland, OR 97205-3111
Phone: 503-225-0192  x 213
Fax: 503-225-0224
E-mail: bob.wise@coganowens.com