ACG Portland Welcomes New Board Members for 2012

Jan. 12, 2012 - PRLog -- The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Portland, a global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development and mergers and acquisitions, today announced the elections of Ruth Morton (president), Casey Boggs (VP, marketing), John Kreidel (CXO cultivation and recruitment) and Scott Ludwigsen (CEO exchange, programs). ACG Portland consists of nearly 125 Portland C-level executives of growth-oriented mid-market companies and related service professionals.  

“We are pleased to welcome Casey, John and Scott to our board to further support the corporate growth movement in Portland and help our members’ respective businesses flourish,” says Ruth Morton, elected president of ACG Portland. “As Portland businesses grow, ACG Portland provides value to local executives looking to share best practices and insights in this ever-changing corporate environment.”

Ruth Morton, Ph.D.
Morton is owner of an organizational development consulting firm with a wide client base and expertise in business change and transition, executive effectiveness and strategy alignment. Previously Morton was Vice President of a regional healthcare business services company and Director of Organizational Learning for a national hospital management company.

Casey Boggs
Boggs is president of LT Public Relations, a progressive communications firm specializing in telling the stories of financial and professional services organizations. Before forming LT Public Relations, Boggs served as director of public relations at AIG. He also previously managed a multitude of Fortune 500 accounts for two of the world’s largest public relations firms, Waggener Edstrom and Weber Shandwick.

John Kreidel
Kreidel is currently CEO of the Tire Factory, a Portland-based tire retailer with more than 200 stores in 14 states, with end-user sales exceeding $300M. Previously, Kreidel spent eight years as president and CEO of is.group—the nation’s leading office products marketing organization.

Scott Ludwigsen
Ludwigsen is president of Language Line Translation Solutions (formally, Lingo Systems), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Language Line Services—the world’s leading provider of language solutions for multilingual communication, including translation, localization, and interpretation. Prior to joining Lingo Systems in 2002, Ludwigsen was vice president and CFO of Woodward & Dickerson Wood Products.

About ACG Portland
Members of ACG Portland are CEOs, CFOs and COOs of mid-market growing corporations, as well as members of the professional services companies that serve them, such as private equity firms, banks, attorneys and accountants. Its Board of Directors are committed to maintaining a balance between corporate and professional service members (3:1 ratio) in the chapter, which currently approximates 125 members.  More information is available at www.acgportland.org.