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OHSU Donor Visit Chauffeur On Marquam Hill.

The OHSU Foundation development office hosts $1 million-plus donors on Marquam Hill across stewardship visits, naming opportunity walkthroughs, and research lab tours. The transport requirement is a vehicle with privacy glass, a chauffeur with an NDA addendum on file, ground access knowledge for SW Sam Jackson Park Road, and the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance routing memorized. Marquee runs the standard assignment on the Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour with the same W-2 chauffeur on the recurring annual visit.

Last updated: April 21, 2026

Bottom line: A donor visit at OHSU on Marquam Hill calls for a Cadillac Escalade ESV with privacy glass at $135 per hour, a chauffeur with an NDA addendum tied to the donor, security gate clearance arranged in advance, and the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance routing rather than the public visitor garage. Recurring annual visits hold the same chauffeur. Billing runs through the OHSU Foundation Net-30 vendor account with cost-center coding to the development office.

01The Buyer And The Visit Profile

OHSU Foundation Development.
The Major-Gifts Officer Is The Booker.

The booker is the major-gifts officer in the OHSU Foundation development office hosting the donor on a Marquam Hill stewardship visit. The donor is a $1 million-plus current or prospective gift, often returning for an annual stewardship walk after a previous commitment closed. The visit profile runs a half-day to a full day on campus across the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance, the Knight Cancer Institute, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, the Casey Eye Institute, and the Center for Health and Healing on the South Waterfront. The Foundation books the chauffeur on a Net-30 corporate vendor account with the donor identity held confidential on the invoice. Marquee runs the same chauffeur across recurring visits so the donor sees one face year over year.

The Foundation contact

The trip request originates from the major-gifts officer or the principal-gifts officer in the OHSU Foundation development office. The booking moves through the Foundation corporate portal with the donor name held confidential, the visit date, the campus stops, the security clearance contact, and the Foundation cost-center coding. The full corporate booking workflow covers W-9 onboarding, the NDA addendum filing, and the recurring assignment scheduling. The chauffeur communicates with the Foundation contact across the day rather than with the donor directly.

The donor profile

The donor is typically a $1 million-plus current donor returning for stewardship or a prospective donor on a closing visit. Most arrive from out of region through PDX airport car service or by private aircraft to PDX general aviation or Hillsboro Airport. The donor expects a quiet vehicle, a discreet chauffeur, and a routing that keeps the visit invisible to the broader OHSU campus traffic. The Cadillac Escalade ESV with privacy glass on the second and third rows fits the profile across the spectrum from regional donors to international principals.

The visit footprint

A standard half-day visit runs the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance for the lobby reception, a Knight Cancer Institute walkthrough with the institute leadership, an upper-floor research lab visit, and a closing stop at a private dining room or the OHSU executive boardroom. A full-day visit adds Doernbecher Children's Hospital, the Casey Eye Institute, the Center for Health and Healing on the South Waterfront, and a closing donor reception at the Allison Inn or a downtown Portland venue. The Marquam Hill segments stay tight on routing because the campus footprint is compact.

Recurring annual stewardship

Major donors return for stewardship visits on an annual or semi-annual cycle. Marquee assigns the same chauffeur to the recurring visit when the schedule allows, with the donor's preferences, the Foundation contact, and the campus routing carried forward in the dispatch profile. The continuity matters because the donor relationship is built on familiarity, and the chauffeur becomes a small part of the institutional memory the donor associates with the OHSU campus.

Cadillac Escalade ESV principal protection OHSU donor visit Marquam Hill chauffeur
The Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour holds privacy glass on the second and third rows, captain seats with a center console for the development officer's brief, and ride height that clears the speed tables on SW Sam Jackson Park Road.

02Marquam Hill Ground Access

SW Sam Jackson Park Road.
The One Way Up.

Marquam Hill is reached only by SW Sam Jackson Park Road, a narrow climbing lane that runs from the Ross Island Bridge approach up to the central OHSU campus. The road carries hospital traffic, OHSU shuttle buses, and South Waterfront tram-base traffic at peak hours. The donor visit routing avoids the public visitor garage, runs through the Kohler Pavilion donor arrival loop, and clears the security gate code with the OHSU contact in advance. The Center for Health and Healing on the South Waterfront sits across the river, and the donor is driven by the chauffeur across the Ross Island Bridge to the SW Macadam approach rather than ridden across the aerial tram. The full executive car service protocol applies across the Marquam Hill segments.

The climb

SW Sam Jackson Park Road climbs roughly 500 feet from the Ross Island Bridge approach to the central campus. The road narrows to two lanes through the wooded segment, with switchback turns that push a stretched limousine off the lane on the corner radius. The Cadillac Escalade ESV holds the lane on the climb without wheelbase issues. The Volvo S90 runs the climb without any geometry concern. The Sprinter takes the climb at a measured pace with the chauffeur giving extra clearance to the OHSU shuttle buses on the descending lane.

Kohler Pavilion donor entrance

The Kohler Pavilion lobby holds the donor-side arrival point for the central campus. The donor entrance loop sits off the main building approach with a covered drop-off and a short-term hold zone for the chauffeur during the lobby reception. The Marquee chauffeur stages in the loop, clears the OHSU security gate code at the curb, and holds the vehicle for the duration of the lobby exchange before pulling forward for the next stop. The donor entrance routing keeps the visit out of the public emergency department drive and the visitor garage entry.

South Waterfront crossing

The Center for Health and Healing sits on the South Waterfront across the Willamette River from the Marquam Hill central campus. The aerial tram is the public route between the two, but donors generally do not ride the tram on a stewardship visit. The Marquee chauffeur drives the donor down SW Sam Jackson Park Road, across the Ross Island Bridge, and up the SW Macadam approach to the South Waterfront drop-off at the Center. The drive runs 12 to 15 minutes door to door versus the 4-minute tram ride, but keeps the donor in the vehicle and out of the public tram queue.

Security gate clearance

The Marquam Hill arrival loops run gated access for non-shuttle vehicles. The Foundation contact provides the gate code and the day-of clearance contact at booking, and the chauffeur clears the gate at the curb on arrival rather than holding the donor in the vehicle while the vehicle is registered. The same clearance covers the Kohler Pavilion loop, the OHSU 1 short-term zone, and the Doernbecher Children's Hospital arrival lane. The chauffeur carries the OHSU vendor credential on the dashboard for any spot review by campus security.

Volvo S90 OHSU Foundation development officer donor stewardship visit Marquam Hill
The Volvo S90 at $110 per hour fits the solo donor riding alongside the major-gifts officer, the quieter visual presentation at the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance.

03Discretion Protocol

NDA On File.
No Photos. No Posts. No Names.

The chauffeur side of a donor visit is held to the same discretion standard as the development office hosting the visit. Marquee keeps a standing NDA on file with the OHSU Foundation, the assigned chauffeur signs an addendum tied to the specific donor at booking, and the donor identity, the gift conversation, the buildings on the visit, and any naming opportunity language all stay inside the cabin. The chauffeur does not photograph the donor, does not post any reference to the assignment on social, and does not discuss the visit with other clients or other chauffeurs at Marquee. The discretion model carries through to the private driver service for ongoing stewardship engagements.

NDA addendum at booking

The standing NDA between Marquee and the OHSU Foundation covers the broader vendor relationship. Each donor visit triggers an addendum tied to the specific donor name, the visit date, and the campus stops on the itinerary. The addendum is countersigned by the chauffeur before the assignment confirms and is filed with the Foundation development office for the record. The chauffeur receives the donor name, the campus routing, and the Foundation contact only after the addendum signs. The discretion paperwork sits in the assignment folder for the duration of the recurring annual visit.

No photography, no social

Marquee chauffeurs do not photograph donors, do not post any reference to the assignment on social channels, and do not discuss the visit with other clients or other chauffeurs at the company. The standard applies across the Foundation account and the broader principal-protection roster. The donor is not a public figure for the purposes of the visit, and the chauffeur side of the engagement reflects the same posture the development office holds with the donor's name in published donor lists.

Cabin conversation rules

The cabin holds the development officer's brief, the donor binder, the naming opportunity renderings, and the gift conversation across the visit. The chauffeur does not interject in the brief, does not initiate small talk during the strategy segments, and does not relay any cabin content back to other parties. Any donor preference noted during the visit gets carried forward into the dispatch profile rather than passed laterally. The cabin is sealed.

Invoice presentation

The donor name does not appear on the invoice. The line item reads as a development-office stewardship trip with the date, the vehicle, and the hourly hold. The Foundation cost-center coding routes the cost to the development office budget rather than to a donor-facing record. The monthly consolidated invoice goes to the Foundation accounts payable team for reconciliation rather than to the major-gifts officer who hosted the visit. The donor-facing record at OHSU contains nothing about the chauffeur engagement.

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter OHSU trustee delegation board-level Marquam Hill campus tour
The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter at $165 per hour holds a delegation of three or more OHSU trustees on a board-level campus tour with executive seating and a center aisle.

04Vehicle Selection Across The Visit Profile

Escalade ESV. Volvo S90. Sprinter.
One Vehicle, One Chauffeur.

The vehicle selection follows the visit profile. The Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour is the standard for a $1 million-plus donor on a campus tour because the privacy glass, the captain seats, and the ride height all fit the principal-protection brief. The Volvo S90 at $110 per hour fits a solo donor riding alongside the major-gifts officer on a quieter visit. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter at $165 per hour holds a delegation of three or more trustees on a board-level tour. The same chauffeur runs the visit end to end and recurring visits across the year. Pricing across the fleet sits on the 2026 pricing guide.

Cadillac Escalade ESV — the standard

The Escalade ESV at $135 per hour is the default on a $1 million-plus donor visit. Privacy glass on the second and third rows shields the donor from the public hospital footprint at the Kohler Pavilion arrival loop. Second-row captain seats with a center console give the development officer a working surface for the brief tablet and the donor binder. Ride height clears the speed tables on SW Sam Jackson Park Road without scraping. The wheelbase holds the climb without the geometry issues that show up on a stretched limousine. The standard applies across most Foundation visits in the central campus footprint.

Volvo S90 — the quieter option

The Volvo S90 at $110 per hour fits a solo donor riding alongside the major-gifts officer on a stewardship visit where the SUV presentation reads as too formal for the relationship. The S90 holds rear leather seating, a quieter cabin, and a presentation at the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance that signals a personal-relationship visit rather than a corporate principal-protection arrival. The S90 is the right vehicle for a returning donor on the third or fourth annual stewardship visit where the formal SUV staging would feel mismatched.

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter — the trustee delegation

The Sprinter at $165 per hour holds a delegation of three or more OHSU trustees, board members, or out-of-region foundation officers on a board-level campus tour. Executive seating on the Sprinter runs facing-forward captain chairs with a center aisle that does not force shoulder contact across a long campus circuit. The Sprinter takes the climb on SW Sam Jackson Park Road at a measured pace and clears the Kohler Pavilion arrival loop with extra coordination through the Foundation contact for the larger group dismount.

Same chauffeur across the year

The recurring annual visit holds the same chauffeur. The donor's preferences, the Foundation contact, and the campus routing all carry forward in the dispatch profile. Climate preset, water preference, the Sirius preset, the briefcase position, and the OHSU 1 entrance routing remain consistent visit to visit. Continuity matters because the donor relationship is built on familiarity, and the chauffeur becomes a small part of the institutional memory the donor associates with OHSU. The same continuity model runs across the broader Foundation roster and the corporate executive accounts on executive car service.

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Book OHSU donor-visit transport. Call Marquee Chauffeur at (503) 706-8662, available 24/7. Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour with privacy glass and the same W-2 chauffeur on the recurring annual stewardship visit. NDA addendum on file with the OHSU Foundation, security gate clearance arranged in advance, Kohler Pavilion donor entrance routing, and Net-30 corporate billing through the Foundation vendor account with cost-center coding to the development office.