Janice Mason, Associate Principal at Mackenzie, President at PACCO
Janice Mason is an Associate Principal at Mackenzie, an integrated design firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more than ten years, she has served as Mackenzie’s marketing and communications director, and she is fluent in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry functions and operations. Jan works with other colleagues in both Oregon and Washington to advance marketing strategies and business development while managing an in-house marketing team. She is Mackenzie’s liaison for small business partnering initiatives and a member of the firm’s corporate social responsibility committee on diversity, equity, and inclusion, which addresses staffing, contracting, organization culture, and community engagement.
Born on the Pacific island of Guam, Jan is a second-generation Filipino American and has resided in the Portland metro area for several decades.
She dedicates her time to advocacy in the community, including serving as a volunteer for the Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon (PACCO) since 2013, and currently as its
President. Her other volunteer contributions include several economic-driven committees at the city and state level, as well as committees focused on equity and inclusion, particularly for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) business community.