Meet the Council
City Council
| Councilor Ed Boero |
I was born in San Francisco and spent most of my childhood in a small town in Northern California. I attended Colorado State University and graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1977. For the next 28 years I worked in the financial services industry including the last 11 as a Regional Vice President for the Retirement Services Division of AIG. I retired in 2005 and took a 3 year sabbatical. My wife Loie is from Seattle and we often vacationed in the Pacific Northwest. In 2000 we purchased property near Redmond and moved to Central Oregon in 2006. We have 2 children: Ashley a recent graduate of Washington State University; and Joe, who is in the 8th grade at Elton Gregory Middle School. After 3 years of retirement I decided to build a financial advising business through Capstone Wealth Management. I find the work interesting and challenging as I help people develop financial security. As a boy, I earned my Eagle Scout rank and learned the importance of community service. Today, community service continues to be important to my family. We are active members of the Community Presbyterian Church with Loie acting as an Elder. Loie is also a past president of the Obsidian Middle School’s PTO. I am currently a member of the Redmond Kiwanis and on the Redmond School District Budget Committee. Both of our children have also been active in community volunteer work. In 2008 I served as the Chairman for the Redmond School Bond Committee. During that process I saw first hand how this community could be mobilized to support important issues affecting our city. In many communities people like to complain about problems; in Redmond people get involved to find solutions. It was during that process that I realized I wanted to be more involved in guiding the direction of our community. Redmond is a terrific place to live and has the potential to be the economic hub for all of Central Oregon, but we face a number of significant challenges. People will continue to move to Central Oregon because it is a desirable place to live. With that in mind, we need to encourage responsible growth that provides good family-wage job opportunities. We need to continue to develop partnerships with education to upgrade and diversify our work force to help insulate our economy from future downturns. We need to encourage downtown development as the center of our community. Finally, our infrastructure systems which include the transportation, water and waste water systems will require increased resource allocation in response to past growth. But most importantly, as we respond and plan for growth we need to maintain the community feeling that makes Redmond a wonderful place to live. I’m excited to have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of our community. |
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