Brad Mersereau — Biography

1968-1971
Whitman College – Economics

1971-1973
Portland State University BA in Music Composition

1974-1980
Wiscarson Music – Retail Clerk

1980-1981
Graduated from Northwestern College of Business with a degree in Accounting

1981-1984
NCB Director of Student Accounting,
Financial Aid Officer / Internal Auditor for Trend Colleges

1985-1990
Benson Hotel Night Auditor, Front Desk Agent, Accounting Clerk, & Pianist

August 8, 1987
Most Significant Day … Married Janet Hughes Mersereau

1990-1991
Waddell & Reed Mutual Funds Salesman

1991-1999
Hotel Vintage Plaza Pianist

1992-2005
St. Stephen’s Lay Eucharistic Minister / Visitor

1993-2004
Regency Park Volunteer Pianist

1993-2007
St. Stephen’s Chili Lunch Volunteer Pianist

1999-Present
Terwilliger Plaza Volunteer Pianist

2000-Present
London Grill Pianist

My sister Laura died June 13, 1999 due to medical complications from her disease of alcoholism. I composed tunes & executive produced a CD entitled Laura in her memory. Janet and I also donated the sale proceeds from her house to initially fund a drug/alcohol sobriety maintenance program through the YWCA called Laura’s House. We have also helped to fund a 1 year drug/alcohol sobriety-maintenance program for approximately 15 residents at a time at Hope House, an African American church-sponsored effort. We partnered with Mt. Tabor neighbors to purchase a former drug-distribution house that will become a Community Center. We are pleased to fund a scholarship essay contest through the Oregon Partnership. The question posed is: Why do you think high schoolers drink or take drugs; how do you resist the temptation, and how would you discourage a friend who’s thinking about starting or who has started already? Another funding strategy involves Central City Concern. We donated the lead gift for a drug and alcohol-free four-plex named “Laura’s Place” in addition to their existing 1000 monitored apartment units which are also free of drugs and alcohol. We also recently had the opportunity to participate with three unique matching programs for the Sisters of the Road funding for its new Personalist Center. Our final matching gift was for Union Gospel Mission’s LifeChange Center. We have raised a total of $1,849,000 in Laura’s memory to primarily help young women make better life-style choices than Laura did. We want Laura’s legacy to matter and to promote the opportunity for proactive-enhanced outcomes. $1,059,000 to date in our fund-raising efforts have come from a variety of outside matching sources including an additional $257,500 in Central City Concern pledged capital for improvements and on-site management of the Laura’s Place drug and alcohol-free four-plex.

1990-Present
Investor / Philanthropist

2003-2004
Bridge financier for 2934 SE Morrison 8-plex renovation
Architect: Ken Moholt-Siebert

2004
Oregon Food Bank Endowment Advisory Committee Member
Executive Producer for Tom Grant CD Nice Work If You Can Get It
Selected & approved as Terwilliger Plaza Foundation Board Member

2005
Executive Producer, Co-producer, Composer, Arranger, & Pianist for my 2nd CD project dedicated to Janet Mersereau, Peter Cowal & Sanya Cowal entitled Autumn Waltz.

2006
Produced and aired Autumn Waltz video on Tualatin Valley Cable Television
Selected & approved as Vice President for Terwilliger Plaza Foundation Board
Facilitated Question & Answer session at Lane Community College Drug / Family Lab
Launched website www.bradmersereau.com

2007
Established William Bradford Mersereau Jr. endowed jazz piano/instrumental studies senior year scholarship at Portland State University.
Received composition and performance credits for 2 tunes in the Chris Rock movie, I Think I Love My Wife.
Facilitated Investment 101 discussions on Career Day at Hosford Middle School.
Received composition credit for tune in Ugly Betty television episode #1-21.
Received composition credit for Christmas Carol tune in Everybody Hates Chris television episode #54.
Portland Columbia and Olympia Symphonies performed the Christmas Carol.

2008
Facilitated drug/alcohol refusal skills Q&A session at Buckman Elementary School.
Received composition and performance credits for D.E.G. Blues tune in New Amsterdam television episode #3.
Selected and approved as President for Terwilliger Plaza Foundation Board.
Selected and approved as William Temple House Board Member.
Interviewed on KNMT-TV's Northwest Focus program about celebrating sobriety.