Northwest Baptist Foundation

History

Financial
Information

President's Report

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Our Team
staff

Back Row (left to right): Karla Inman, Tom Hixson, Heather Wright, Robin Smith
Front Row (left to right): Clint Overall, Steve Brock
Not Pictured: Criseda Yaw

Thomas R. Hixson
President

Thomas R. Hixson was named Executive Director of the Northwest Baptist Foundation in May 1994. Before coming to the Northwest, Tom was Vice-President for Financial Affairs at Houston Baptist University for six years. Prior to that time, he was Vice-President for Financial Affairs at California Baptist College for seven years. Tom earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Administration from California Baptist College. He also earned a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from Hardin-Simmons University and a Masters in Education (MED) degree from University of Houston.

Stephen K. Brock
Chief Financial Officer

Stephen K. Brock joined the Foundation as its CFO in November 2003. Steve is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University where he earned a Bachelors of Science (BS) degree in mathematics and accounting. He has been licensed as a certified public accountant in the State of Oregon since January 1982. Prior to joining the Foundation Steve served in an accounting manager position for another Baptist Foundation for over 10 years and worked in public accounting for 12 years.

Clint Overall
Trust and Estate Planning Officer

Clint Overall is the Trust and Estate Planning Officer for the Foundation. Clint received his Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Administration from Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho. He received his Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from the University of Idaho and was admitted to the Idaho State Bar in 1995. Prior to joining the Foundation, Clint worked for Idaho Legal Aid Services and the U.S. Forest Service.

Karla Inman
Administrative Assistant

Karla joined the Foundation in October 1996. Previously she was Manager at Weststar Loan Servicing in Portland, Oregon for three years and was office Administrator for the law firm of Chappell & Barlow in Albuquerque, New Mexico for five years. Karla attended Kalispell Community College in Montana and completed legal secretarial studies at the University of New Mexico.

Robin Smith
Bookkeeper

Robin joined the Foundation's staff in 1997 as part-time Bookkeeper. Previously she was Branch Operations Manager at AccuBanc Mortgage Corporation in Portland, Oregon where she had worked for eleven years. Robin graduated from Central Washington University with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree; a major in Business Administration and a minor in Economics.

Heather Wright
Administrative Assistant and Public Relations

Heather started at the Foundation in January 2006. She worked as a Doctor Coordinator at Gentle Dental prior to that. Heather graduated from Corban College (formerly Western Baptist College) in Salem, Oregon in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in English Communications.

Criseda Yaw
Family Finacial Planner

Cris, the Foundations newest employee, began in June 2008. She comes to the Foundation from the Northwest Baptist Convention where she had served as the Church Growth Team Assistant since August, 2005. Cris currently holds a BS degree from Oregon State University and will complete a MS degree in Family Financial Planning from the Oklahoma State University in the fall of this year.

Celebrating over 50 years of serving the Pacific Northwest