Mr. John W. Mitchell served as Principal of M & H Economic Consultants; Mr. Mitchell is an Economist of Western Region at U. S. BanCorp. from 1998 to 2007. Mr. Mitchell served as Chief Economist of U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Oregon from 1983 to 1998. He served as member of Oregon Governor's Council of Economic Advisors from 1984 to 1998. He has been Chairman of Oregon Governor's Technical Advisory Committee at TaxReview since 1998. He has been a Trustee of Tax-Free Trust of Oregon since 1999.