Club

Charbonneau Men's Club

Board of Directors - 2024

Spencer Groeshong, Vice President

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Director Biographies

Greg Benesh

Greg and his wife Bee moved to Charbonneau in June 2021 from Inverness, IL, a northwest suburb of Chicago. All their children now live in the west, two in Seattle, one in Portland and one in Hilo, Hawaii. The pandemic made clear the need to move closer to them and the 5 grandchildren.

Both Greg and Bee grew up in New Jersey and met at Ridgefield Park High School. Their first date was the senior prom. This year was the 50th anniversary of their marriage.

Greg went to Rice University in Houston, the class of 1972. After college, Greg and Bee moved to the Hartford, Ct area, where he worked as an actuary for Travelers Ins. In 1989, Greg joined MetLife, working in the Chicago area. After retiring from MetLife in 2012, Greg then joined Dearborn National, a subsidiary of HCSC (Blue Cross of IL, TX, etc.), first as their CFO and later as President and CEO.

After his second retirement began in January 2019, Bee and Greg traveled extensively until March 2020.

Greg’s volunteer work has included coaching his children’s soccer and basketball teams, being treasurer and president of their neighborhood pool club, a cub scout den “mother”, a finance advisor for two Catholic churches, and singing in the folk group, choir, or as a cantor at various churches over the years.

They are very happy to have found Charbonneau. Greg is enjoying the golf and bridge here, while Bee is active in the knitting group, book club, Social Niners and CWA.

Tim Bonino

I was Born in Northern Wisconsin and raised in Michigan’s beautiful and wild Upper Peninsula, I am a proud Italian and Yooper. I spent my formative years in Sault Ste. Marie, “The Soo”, mostly shoveling snow and trying to stay warm. I have been fortunate to have attend Lake Superior State College, Western Michigan University, University of Montana, and Seattle International University and have Bachelor degrees in Biology, Pharmacy, and an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies. While at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo I met my very sweet and patient wife, Judy, and we will have been married 47 years this November. We have three daughters and 6 grandchildren. Both Judy and I have been retired for 8 years, and moved to Charbonneau 5 years ago.

I have always been interested in outdoor activities, running, sky-diving, mountain climbing, hiking, biking, soccer, travel, and golf. All have provided new friends and experiences, and wonderful opportunities to learn and grow and hone my sense of humor. Several have provided artificial joints and exciting times in various medical institutions as well. Golf came to me later in life and those of you who have seen me play can attest to that. I love the game and comradery, and look forward to helping with the Charbonneau Men’s Club.

Mike Brown

Mike graduated with a BS degree from San Diego State University in 1969 and a Masters in Genetics in 1972. He worked at San Diego Children’s Hospital and UCSD Medical school. In 1977 he and his wife, Sandee, moved to Portland to join The Oregon Health & Science University’s Clinical Cytogenetics Lab, part of the Knight Cancer Institute at OHSU. Mike was involved in early research resulting in the development of leukemia treatment drugs.

They moved to Charbonneau in 2012 and fell in love with this community. After retirement in 2015, he has been playing golf and supporting the Men’s Club. He works with the Tuesday golf group assisting cleanup of weeds and tree trimming and helping with the installation of the yardage markers on sprinkler heads for all 27 holes. Mike believes the main focus should always be the friends and fun we have while playing this wonderful game of golf.

During his first term on the Board of Directors, he served as Secretary. In 2016, he was reappointed to the Men’s Club Board to complete the term of a resigning board member. Since then, he has served as Vice-President, liaison to Charbonneau Golf Club, Inc., Co-Chair and Chair of the Invitational Golf Tournament.

Joseph Fieweger

Joe and wife, Mary (married 50 years) have lived in Charbonneau for 8 years. They are thrilled to be in the Charbonneau community and continue to take part in community, social and golf activities.

Joe grew up in Wisconsin (Neenah) as well as The CA Bay Area (Burlingame). His family was involved with the Paper Industry. Joe graduated from the University of Notre Dame (1971) with a BA in Economics. He worked several years for National Starch & Chemical (Unilever division) selling modified polymers to Papermakers and mills traveling all the Midwestern states. Joe became Midwest Sales Manager, and the Fiewegers resided six years in Naperville (Chicago).

Without ever visiting the NW, he accepted the promotion to run the Portland sales office (1992) settling in West Linn. When the paper industry largely left the NW, Joe worked in M&A for a Lake Oswego firm.

Through that responsibility, Joe was asked to help commercialize a medical device company in Irvine, CA. He took on the challenge.

Mary and Joe moved to Irvine, CA in 2005 and together grew that company for the next 10 years. During that time, they established residency in Southern California. It was a rewarding experience working with and training eye surgeons throughout the world.

Joe and Mary have three grown children, as well as 5 grandchildren. Today, he is a member of the Charbonneau Men’s Golf Club scoring team, past President and member of the Notre Dame Club of Portland, an officer in the Knights of Columbus in Wilsonville, and a sports trivia nut.

Spencer Groeshong

I was born and raised in Bandon, Oregon and in 1967 graduated from Oregon State University with a major in Business Administration and a minor in Forestry. In 1967 I joined the Naval Reserve, serving in Vietnam from 1969-1970.

In 1973, my career in the wood products Industry began when I was hired as a Sales Coordinator for Willamette Industries. Over the next thirty-nine years I was employed as Regional Sales Manager for Columbia Forest Products, Product Sales Manager at Roseburg Forest Products and most recently as Sales Manager for several small manufactures in Corvallis, retiring in 2012.

Over the years I played tournament tennis around the Pacific Northwest until I was forced to retire because of bad knees. After two partial knee-replacements I switched to the sissy sport of golf. I played at Springhill Golf Club in Albany for several years until the lure of our five grandchildren drew us north to Charbonneau.

The first year we were here, I organized a group of fellow ‘golf’ fanatics’ who were interested in playing golf year around. This group grew from a core of eight golfers to where at last count, there are 69 golfers on my invite list. Currently, 32-36 play in a ‘team-format’ on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

My wife, Robin and I make our home on Village Crest Lane and enjoy everything about living here.

Gene Harp

In the early 60’s there was a one 9 hole golf course in Klamath Falls; Reames Country Club. I was a poor farm kid and walked 3 miles each way during my seventh and eighth grade summers to caddy. The course was closed on Mondays and caddies could play all day long with the rental clubs. Having played a lot of baseball growing up I had no trouble hitting the ball…..direction not so good, but the golf bug had bit me. Like many others with school, family, kids and careers I played little golf until late in my professional career i.e., 33 years in educating kid’s most of those as a MS and HS Principal. When Quail Valley golf course was built near Banks, I spent the evenings teaching kids the basics of the swing. We were able to field both a boys and girls golf team the following year. I was principal at Banks HS at that time.

I marshaled the Fred Meyer Challenge a number of times, the Women’s U.S. amateur at Pumpkin Ridge and the Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater. My son and I carried the score banner behind Tiger Woods when he won the US amateur in 1996. A great memory.

Including the Pacific amateur, the Mesquite amateur and Walla Walla invitational, I was fortunate to have played well in those tournaments in addition to the Langdon Farms Senior championship and the Quail Valley Senior championship several times. A lucky day to shoot my age at 69 (Langdon) and a 79 on St. Andrews Old Course. Most famous people I have golfed with….Sandy Koufax at Quail Valley and Danny Ainge (Phoenix Suns). My professional golf idol has always been Lee Trevino. There are a number of “famous” people whom I admire in our Charbonneau golf community, most notable to me …..Jimmy Gibbons and Allen Southwell.

My Wife of 54 years, Kathy, and I really enjoy Charbonneau, the golf community and the many friends we have made. Golf is such a great equalizer. Once you step on the tee it makes no difference who you are, what you do or did, where you are from or who you know….the game speaks for you.

I will contribute my time to the Charbonneau golf community and Men’s Club Board in whatever manner I could best serve.

Lloyd Johnson

I was born and raised in Lebanon where I graduated high school in 1970. I graduated with a degree in Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington in 1974. My wife, Bonnie, and I have lived across Miley road from Charbonneau for 34 years. We have two daughters and a grandson.

Nearly all of my career involved providing high technology solutions for businesses. I was the founder and sole employee of CommercePath in 1990 which grew to over 100 employees providing B2B distribution of mission critical documents from mainframe computers. The business was sold to a Fortune 500 company in 1997. The technology I invented is still in use today.

In 2000, I started a hobby business, Woodturner PRO, where I write and sell design software for woodturners and wood workers around the world. As the only employee, I have relied on technology such as search engine optimization, social media, a website with an online store, forum and photo gallery to organically grow the business.

I now serve on three non-profit boards where I use web technology to provide members information, training, support in a welcoming and easy-to-use online environment.

Richard McLeod

Richard is a “born and raised” Oregonian. While he enjoys to travel, he has not found a better state to live. After growing up in Springfield, he moved to Beaverton where he met his wife Carol. They moved to the beautiful Dundee Hills and raised three sons on 15 acres. Richard and Carol moved to Charbonneau in 2017 and truly enjoy the community atmosphere here.

Richard attended the University of Oregon and then transferred to Oregon State University where he graduated with a BS in Pharmacy in 1979. He spent the next 22 years working in hospital pharmacy in acute care, clinical, and administrative Pharmacy. In 2001, he shifted his focus to the pharmaceutical industry as a Medical Outcomes Specialist with Pfizer. To further his career he went back to school and earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida in 2007. Richard finished his professional career as a founding member of the Board of Directors at Pacific University School of Pharmacy, as well as an adjunct faculty member.

Volunteering and mentoring are important aspects of a life well-lived. Richard has spent many years in support of Special Olympics of Oregon which includes coaching athletes in basketball and golf. He is also a member of the Emergency Preparedness Public Safety (EPPS) committee as well as the Medically Trained Residents (MTR) committee.

While Richard is a “later in life” golf enthusiast, he enjoys the camaraderie and socialization of the Men’s Club. He also enjoys wine, camping, and yoga.

Bill Stout

Bill grew up in Portland and married Kathy his high school sweetheart while attending PSU. He graduated with a BS degree in economics. He then enrolled the first year of the MBA program at PSU and earned a degree in finance and marketing while working at the Portland branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. Following a short tenure at the bank he worked at Jantzen Sportswear for 15 years as Men’s Group controller and then as a marketing rep, and finally for 28 years had his own business in retail consulting specializing in liquidations.

Bill and Kathy moved to Charbonneau in 2010 and both have become active golf enthusiasts. He is currently chairman of their HOA and on the scoring committee of the Men’s club. He takes great joy in living by his Christian values and looks forward to serving on the Men’s Club Board.

Tim Tyler

Tim has been a Charbonneau resident since August 2019. His wife Deb and he lived on two acres in West Linn for 23 years where they enjoyed various 4-legged friends on their property including llamas; various goats, a few chickens, and protector cats.

Tim was born and raised an Oregonian, living in east Multnomah while attending David Douglas HS and was the number two man on the golf team! He attended Oregon State for 2 years in business, followed by 2 years at George Fox in HR Management. He received an MBA at George Fox using a new degree completion program at Wacker Siltronic Corp where he worked in various manufacturing management roles.

After leaving Wacker, he joined Nike as a manufacturing manager at the air sole facility. He enjoyed many challenges working with individuals in other locations on campus and across the world. While at Nike, became a product tester for golf where he enjoyed testing dry fit and storm fit gear, and at times, keeping the items!

Tim left Nike to create, develop, and implement training/certification programs at Lam Research in Tualatin. After 10 years, our training programs had been implemented in various facilities in other countries.

Their current and future retirement goals include but not limited to road trips! That is Deb and Tim’s preferred exploration style. Fly in, rent a car, and explore for a week or two. As long as they have their clubs and bikes, they are happy campers.

They love meeting new people here at Charbonneau. Such a great mixture of people from so many backgrounds. They feel very fortunate living here and look forward to many years in this community. Tim is meeting additional Wilsonville residents by delivering Meals on Wheels which he finds very rewarding.

Mike Williams

EDUCATION University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, BA 1968 University of California, Hastings College of the Law San Francisco, California JD 1974

MILITARY US Army 1969 to 1970 Military Intelligence, Ft. Lewis, Washington

EXPERIENCE Williams Fredrickson, LLC and its predecessors 1974 – 2021. Licensed to practice law in Oregon and Washington. Admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Oregon and Washington. General business office practice representing large national companies with Oregon presence and local business entities. Substantial practice in business litigation. Substantial practice in eminent domain representing condemning agencies and landowners. Served on multiple client boards and committees over the last 50 years including the Wilsonville Planning Commission, 1978 to 1994.

ACTIVITIES: Skiing, bicycling, golf and traveling