Construction & Real Estate Conference - NEW! - Webcast

Ray Widmer III

RL has worked in public accounting since 2008. His focus is business and individual taxation, and he has extensive experience providing comprehensive tax services and general business consulting to construction, real estate, and manufacturing companies. 

RL is a member of the firm's construction and real estate tax committee, which is responsible for leading the firm on tax issues relevant to those industries. He also has experience advising business on Qualified Opportunity Zone compliance and tax benefits.  

RL served on the OSCPA board of directors from April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2026

(2/18/26)

Colin Quill

Colin Quill has practiced public accounting since 2013. After graduating from Willamette University College of Law, he earned an LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Washington. Colin has experience in a wide range of state and local issues, including income/franchise taxes, gross receipts taxes, indirect taxes, property tax and unclaimed property. He also regularly consults on federal and state tax incentives across a number of different industries. He assists multistate businesses with nexus and taxability analyses, apportionment reviews, tax planning and structuring, voluntary disclosure agreements, letter rulings, refund claims, and appeals.

(4/28/21)

Michael Lortz

Michael Lortz is the Chief Financial Officer for Downtown Development Group LLC (“DDG”), which owns and manages a commercial real estate portfolio that includes office, retail, industrial, and multi-family properties including significant holdings in downtown Portland. Prior to joining DDG in 2019, Michael spent 17 years at Geffen Mesher where he was a shareholder and chair of the firm’s real estate industry group. Michael was born in Portland, is a graduate of the University of Idaho, has been married for 20 years, and has 5 children.

(1/6/22)

Kim Lochridge

Kim Lochridge is Executive Vice President for Engineered Tax Services, Inc. (ETS), an industry-leading provider of specialty tax services in the United States. From Scottsdale Arizona, Kim possesses a powerful combination of real-world business management skills, with a fundamental understanding and practical application of tax codes as they relate to real estate, and energy efficiency incentives. This knowledge and experience has uniquely positioned her as a big-league tax expert for Fortune 500, high net worth individuals, ultra-high net worth individuals, single and multiple family offices, architects, engineers, and CPAs nationwide.

Ms. Lochridge is personally a real estate investor since the late 90's. This activity has earned her a seat on the tax committee for the Washington D.C. based Real Estate Roundtable group where she collaborates with top lawmakers and  holds a variety of other board positions.

Prior to joining ETS, Ms. Lochridge has spent over a quarter of a century in entrepreneurship which had important roles within the real estate and energy industry. Kim is also a frequent multi-national speaker in the tax, investment, private wealth, and family office spaces where she altruistically shares her expertise with others.

(2/26/26)