Posted by Joel Paget on Mar 31, 2021
 
It is my pleasure to introduce to you John Brian “JB” Menefee as a new member.  JB’s classification is “Investments”.  His proposer was Liz McGrath to whom we express our thanks.  JB is excited to be a member of our club because it has a great reputation for serving the community, as well as the world.
JB hails from Bend, Oregon where he grew up.  Here, he was exposed to the great outdoors and to Rotary.  He remembers his mother obtaining funds from the Bend Rotary Club to dig a well in Kenya.  He also has a friend who was a Rotary exchange student from Portugal.
 
His parents were UW Huskies, so even though he grew up in the land of The Ducks and Beavers, he headed to the UW for college where he majored in math.  After graduation he joined Parametric Portfolio Associates which is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.  He began as an analyst, but is now on the sales team selling to wealth advisors who are providing financial advice to their clients.  It is not all quantitative analysis for JB.  He likes interaction with people, even though limited in this past year.
 
What does JB do for adventure?  He enjoys downhill skiing and taking river trips.  His last river trip was fourteen days in Alaska last summer where he and his friends from UW days floated down the Charley River to the Yukon.  This all proves that you can take the JB out of Bend, but you cannot take the Bend out of JB!
 
JB is using his spare time studying for the Chartered Financial Analyst exam.  Although the offices of Parametric are located at Fifth and Marion, his currently working remotely at his home on Eastlake Ave E.
Please join me in welcoming to our Club – JB Menefee.
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