Lynn
Frank
President
Mr.
Frank has been selected as a qualified Consultant/Facilitator by the
State of Oregon's Department of Administrative Services and Department of
Consumer and Business Services. The following statements reflect the quality of those skills
and, as importantly, the focus not just on process, but on results:
Thank
you again for the excellent and tireless leadership you showed during the work
of the SB 271 Review Panel. You kept the OUS staff, the DAS staff and the
committee on the same wavelength for months -- itself a major accomplishment. In
addition, you were able to facilitate agreement between DAS and OUS leaders
despite their differing perspectives and interests. That should earn you the
Henry Kissinger Award….
George
Pernsteiner, now Chancellor
My
staff was impressed with your professionalism, knowledge and facilitation skill.
I was confident this would be the case...I really appreciate you taking the time
to know the material; your intense ‘study time’ was apparent by the way you
were able to explore the issues in depth.
Virlena
Crosley, former Director
Oregon
Employment Department
Mr.
Frank served in the Budget and Management Division, where he reviewed biennial
budgets for major state agencies and developed the governor’s recommendations
that he then presented to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. He has an
in-depth understanding of public administration, finance and accountability.
Mr.
Frank served as director of the Oregon Department of Energy. While he was
director,
During
Mr. Frank’s tenure, a proposed business energy tax credit program was adopted.
The business energy tax credit has since financed more than $500 million in
energy efficiency investments. An innovative feature enables businesses to claim
the credit for public sector investments, in return for an upfront cash payment
to the public institution equivalent to the net present value of the five-year
credit. As a result, public institutions have received millions of dollars for
needed investments. In 2005, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
recently recognized the program as one of the most innovative in the nation. Representatives
of the review committee interviewed Mr. Frank at the request of the department
as the “founding father.”
While
director, Mr. Frank’s consensus building skills and leadership achieved
results:
Mr. Frank led the work of
a Commission and task forces comprising more than 80 Oregonians to develop in
less than a year comprehensive energy policy recommendations that form the
foundation for
Under his leadership, the
department consolidated local, state and federal reviews of a transmission line
siting process that not only achieved consensus, but also saved an estimated $1
million in procedural costs by the utility’s own accounting.
Mr. Frank was asked
by the Governor to chair a state and local government committee to resolve the
contentious issue of consistency of state agency actions with adopted local land
use plans. He led the committee to a resolution that was adopted by the Land
Conservation and Development Commission.
For
his public service, the Council of State Governments recognized Mr. Frank as one
of the nation’s outstanding young leaders.
Mr.
Frank has continued his work with the public sector at Five Stars. He has
performed diverse administrative, management, program evaluation,
organizational, and technical consulting services for the Department of
Administrative Services, Department of Agriculture, Building Codes Division,
Employment Department, Department of Human Services, Division of State Lands,
Oregon Universities System, Workers Compensation Board, and many other state and
local agencies. That work also includes administering public purpose programs
for the Oregon Department of Energy, Pacific Power and the City of Oregon City.
Mr. Frank’s highly regarded knowledge of and leadership in the public sector and his exceptional facilitation skills contribute to the success of Five Stars’ services