Beth deHamel stewards Mercy Corps’ financial resources and ensures strict accountability standards. Prior to joining Mercy Corps, deHamel served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) for nearly four years, where she oversaw TriMet’s $1 billion annual capital and operating budget, as well as the agency’s debt management, audit and accounting, and investment portfolio.

Prior to TriMet, deHamel was the Vice President and Manager of Northwest Public Finance for Goldman Sachs & Co. For four years at Goldman Sachs, deHamel was the lead banker for over $5 billion public power and infrastructure project financings. Before that, deHamel spent five years at Morgan Stanley, as Executive Director of the Public Finance Department.

Earlier in her career, deHamel spent a decade and a half in New York working as Managing Director and Vice President of Municipal Capital Markets for BT Securities Corporation and as Vice President of Municipal Investment Banking for PainWebber, Inc.

She serves as a board member for several Oregon nonprofits.