Not-for-Profit Conference - Portland

Jeff Mechanick is Senior Project Advisor for Not-for-Profit Organizations at the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).  In that role, he provides organization-wide technical and strategic advice on standard-setting activities affecting the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, guides and facilitates stakeholder outreach with the sector, chairs the FASB's NFP Advisory Committee, and participates in some of the FASB's broader educational activities.  Prior to joining the FASB staff in 2006, Jeff spent 20 years working in and with the not-for-profit sector, as the Chief Financial Officer of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., and before that, as a Senior Manager with KPMG, LLP, in the firm's New York City office and its national Higher Education, Research, and Other Not-for-Profits practice. He is also a past member of the AICPA's NFP Entities Expert Panel.  Jeff received his MBA from Rutgers University and his AB from the University of Chicago, and he is a member of the AICPA and the New York State Society of CPAs.  He is also an adjunct instructor in Columbia University's MS degree program in Nonprofit Management.

(1/8/26)

John Higgins

Meet John, the visionary behind Higgins Advisory, LLC. Specializing in guiding CPAs and CFOs through digital transformation. Blending strategic advice, education, and coaching, John aims to not just navigate but master today's digital landscape. He has founded and sold two CPA technology advisory startups in his career and now focuses exclusively on helping accounting professionals understand and apply emerging technologies.

(05/07/2024)

Martin Medeiros

Martin Medeiros is a Shareholder at Buckley Law. His practice area encompasses a range of services to clients including business formations and transactions, intellectual property, technology applications and IT, business succession management, privacy and security, and copyright and trademark law.

With more than 20 years of experience, Martin helps organizations build value by treating intellectual property as a strategic asset. He is a resource for clients who need to manage internal legal issues such as transactions and disputes, and provides leadership to internal resources and management of external professional services. Martin also works with clients to look at what strategic, tactical, operational, and contingent priorities require resources and which do not.

He works with clients globally by creating legal systems that limit risk and preserve value and has authored and edited various parts of the five-volume set "Advising Oregon Business." Martin also served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Oregon and as Chairman of the Small Business Advisory Counsel for the City of Portland. He has negotiated thousands of transactions, teaches on and authored six books on negotiation, and hosts an award-winning podcast, The Persuasion Lab.

Prior to joining Buckley Law, Martin founded Medeiros Law Group in 2015. The firm joined with Buckley in 2023. Martin received his J.D. from The University of Tulsa College of Law, and a B.S. in Finance from the American University Kogod School of Business. He is member of the Oregon State and Washington State bar associations.

(2/9/26)

Eric Robertson

Eric Robertson helps for profit and not-for-profit clients with a breadth of issues related to corporate formation, policies, compensation, contracts, and agreements. These include entity formation; drafting and reviewing of internal company policies, including conflict of interest, executive compensation, and internal controls policies; and reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts, including small- and large-scale service agreements, executive employment agreements, and purchase and sale agreements. Eric also advises clients on a wide range of corporate governance issues involving corporate actions, bylaws, operating agreements, formation documents, and shareholder agreements.
Eric has a background in employee benefits and executive compensation and has advised employers on issues related to compliance with ERISA, IRS, and DOL regulations for single and multiemployer retirement plans. In the area of executive compensation, Eric assists clients in forming multifaceted equity compensation plans and deferred compensation plans for current and incoming executives and key employees who are compliant or exempt from Internal Revenue Code Section 409A.

edited 2/3/25