Venue Deep Dive
OHSU Donor Visit Chauffeur On Marquam Hill.
On Marquam Hill, the OHSU Foundation development office walks $1 million-plus donors through stewardship visits, naming opportunity tours, and research lab walkthroughs. Each visit needs the same four things: a vehicle with privacy glass, a chauffeur carrying an NDA addendum, working knowledge of the SW Sam Jackson Park Road climb, and the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance routing committed to memory. The standard assignment is a Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour, and the same fully employed chauffeur stays on the account across the recurring annual visit.
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By Ilyas Khairi, Founder of Marquee Chauffeur · Licensed and permitted since 2018 · Updated July 19, 2026
TL;DR
A donor visit at OHSU on Marquam Hill runs on a Cadillac Escalade ESV with privacy glass at $135 per hour, driven by a chauffeur who signs an NDA addendum tied to the donor. Security gate clearance is arranged in advance, and the routing uses the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance rather than the public visitor garage. Recurring annual visits keep the same chauffeur. Billing runs through the OHSU Foundation Net-30 vendor account with cost-center coding to the development office.
Related reading: the 2026 pricing guide and executive car service.
01The Buyer And The Visit Profile
OHSU Foundation Development.
The Major-Gifts Officer Is The Booker.
Every booking starts with the major-gifts officer in the OHSU Foundation development office who is hosting the donor for a Marquam Hill stewardship visit. That donor represents a $1 million-plus current or prospective gift, and many return year after year for a stewardship walk once an earlier commitment has closed. A visit spans a half-day to a full day on campus, moving through 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 through a Net-30 corporate vendor account, and the donor's identity stays confidential on the invoice. Because the same chauffeur handles the recurring visits, the donor sees one familiar face year over year.
The Foundation contact
The trip request comes from the major-gifts officer or the principal-gifts officer inside the OHSU Foundation development office. It travels through the Foundation corporate portal carrying the confidential donor name, the visit date, the campus stops, the security clearance contact, and the Foundation cost-center coding. The full corporate booking workflow handles W-9 onboarding, NDA addendum filing, and recurring assignment scheduling. Throughout the day, the chauffeur talks with the Foundation contact rather than the donor directly.
The donor profile
Most donors fall into one of two groups: a $1 million-plus current donor back for stewardship, or a prospective donor on a closing visit. Many arrive from out of region through PDX airport car service, or by private aircraft into PDX general aviation or Hillsboro Airport. What they expect is consistent: a quiet vehicle, a discreet chauffeur, and a route that keeps the visit invisible to the broader OHSU campus traffic. The Cadillac Escalade ESV, with privacy glass on the second and third rows, suits everyone from regional donors to international principals.
The visit footprint
A standard half-day visit opens at the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance for the lobby reception, moves into a Knight Cancer Institute walkthrough with institute leadership, continues to an upper-floor research lab, and closes at a private dining room or the OHSU executive boardroom. A full-day visit stacks on 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. Routing on the Marquam Hill segments stays tight because the campus footprint is compact.
Recurring annual stewardship
Major donors come back for stewardship visits on an annual or semi-annual rhythm. When the schedule allows, Marquee keeps the same chauffeur on the recurring visit, carrying the donor's preferences, the Foundation contact, and the campus routing forward in the dispatch profile. That continuity earns its keep, since the donor relationship rests on familiarity, and over time the chauffeur becomes a small piece of the institutional memory the donor ties to the OHSU campus.
02Marquam Hill Ground Access
SW Sam Jackson Park Road.
The One Way Up.
There is one way onto Marquam Hill: SW Sam Jackson Park Road, a narrow climbing lane that rises from the Ross Island Bridge approach to the central OHSU campus. At peak hours it carries hospital traffic, OHSU shuttle buses, and South Waterfront tram-base traffic all at once. Donor visit routing skips the public visitor garage, uses the Kohler Pavilion donor arrival loop, and clears the security gate code with the OHSU contact ahead of time. The Center for Health and Healing sits across the river on the South Waterfront, so the chauffeur drives the donor over the Ross Island Bridge to the SW Macadam approach instead of sending them across on the aerial tram. The full executive car service protocol governs every Marquam Hill segment.
The climb
From the Ross Island Bridge approach to the central campus, SW Sam Jackson Park Road climbs roughly 500 feet. Through the wooded stretch it narrows to two lanes, and the switchback turns push a stretched limousine off the lane on the corner radius. The Cadillac Escalade ESV holds the lane up the climb with no wheelbase trouble. The Volvo S90 makes the climb with no geometry concern at all. The Sprinter takes it at a measured pace, with the chauffeur leaving extra clearance for the OHSU shuttle buses coming down the opposite lane.
Kohler Pavilion donor entrance
On the central campus, the donor-side arrival point is the Kohler Pavilion lobby. The donor entrance loop sits just off the main building approach, with a covered drop-off and a short-term hold zone the chauffeur uses during the lobby reception. The Marquee chauffeur stages in the loop, clears the OHSU security gate code at the curb, and keeps the vehicle in place for the length of the lobby exchange before pulling forward to the next stop. Routing through this donor entrance steers the visit clear of the public emergency department drive and the visitor garage entry.
South Waterfront crossing
Across the Willamette River from the Marquam Hill central campus, the Center for Health and Healing sits on the South Waterfront. The aerial tram is the public link between the two, though donors rarely ride it on a stewardship visit. Instead, the Marquee chauffeur takes 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. That drive runs 12 to 15 minutes door to door against the 4-minute tram ride, but it keeps the donor in the vehicle and out of the public tram queue.
Security gate clearance
Non-shuttle vehicles hit gated access at the Marquam Hill arrival loops. At booking, the Foundation contact hands over the gate code and the day-of clearance contact, so the chauffeur clears the gate at the curb on arrival instead of keeping the donor waiting in the vehicle while it gets registered. One clearance covers the Kohler Pavilion loop, the OHSU 1 short-term zone, and the Doernbecher Children's Hospital arrival lane. The chauffeur keeps the OHSU vendor credential on the dashboard in case campus security runs a spot review.
03Discretion Protocol
NDA On File.
No Photos. No Posts. No Names.
On the chauffeur side, a donor visit meets the same discretion standard the development office holds. 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 everything in between (the donor identity, the gift conversation, the buildings on the visit, and any naming opportunity language) stays inside the cabin. The chauffeur takes no photographs of the donor, posts nothing about the assignment on social, and discusses the visit with no other client or chauffeur at Marquee. The same discretion model extends to the private driver service for ongoing stewardship engagements.
NDA addendum at booking
The standing NDA between Marquee and the OHSU Foundation frames the broader vendor relationship. Each donor visit then triggers an addendum tied to the specific donor name, the visit date, and the campus stops on the itinerary. The chauffeur countersigns that addendum before the assignment confirms, and it gets filed with the Foundation development office for the record. Only after the addendum signs does the chauffeur receive the donor name, the campus routing, and the Foundation contact. The discretion paperwork stays in the assignment folder for the life of the recurring annual visit.
No photography, no social
Marquee chauffeurs photograph no donors, post nothing about the assignment on social channels, and discuss the visit with no other client or chauffeur at the company. That standard holds across the Foundation account and the broader principal-protection roster. For the purposes of the visit the donor is treated as a private individual, and the chauffeur side mirrors the same posture the development office keeps around the donor's name in published donor lists.
Cabin conversation rules
Across the visit, the cabin carries the development officer's brief, the donor binder, the naming opportunity renderings, and the gift conversation. The chauffeur stays out of the brief, holds back small talk during the strategy segments, and relays no cabin content to anyone. When a donor preference surfaces during the visit, it goes into the dispatch profile rather than sideways to another party. The cabin is sealed.
Invoice presentation
No donor name lands on the invoice. The line item simply reads as a development-office stewardship trip with the date, the vehicle, and the hourly hold. Foundation cost-center coding routes the cost to the development office budget instead of any donor-facing record. The monthly consolidated invoice heads to the Foundation accounts payable team for reconciliation, not to the major-gifts officer who hosted the visit. Nothing about the chauffeur engagement touches the donor-facing record at OHSU.
04Vehicle Selection Across The Visit Profile
Escalade ESV. Volvo S90. Sprinter.
One Vehicle, One Chauffeur.
Vehicle selection tracks the visit profile. The Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour is the standard for a $1 million-plus donor on a campus tour, since the privacy glass, the captain seats, and the ride height all match the principal-protection brief. The Volvo S90 at $110 per hour suits a solo donor riding alongside the major-gifts officer on a quieter visit. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter at $165 per hour carries a delegation of three or more trustees on a board-level tour. One chauffeur runs the visit end to end, and the same chauffeur returns for the recurring visits across the year. Pricing across the fleet lives on the 2026 pricing guide.
| Vehicle | Hourly | Typical booking | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo S90 | $110 / hr | By quote | Solo or 2-3 |
| Cadillac Escalade ESV | $135 / hr | 4-hour half-day, $540 | Group of 4-6 |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | $165 / hr | By quote | Group of 8-14 |
Add 20 percent gratuity. Held-vehicle rate covers the wait. Marquee holds Portland private-for-hire permitting (since 2018) and $1 million commercial liability.
Cadillac Escalade ESV, the standard
At $135 per hour, the Escalade ESV is the default for a $1 million-plus donor visit. Privacy glass on the second and third rows keeps the donor screened 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. The ride height clears the speed tables on SW Sam Jackson Park Road without scraping, and the wheelbase handles the climb without the geometry issues a stretched limousine runs into. This is the standard across most Foundation visits inside 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 would read as too formal for the relationship. It offers rear leather seating, a quieter cabin, and a look at the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance that signals a personal-relationship visit rather than a corporate principal-protection arrival. The S90 is the right call for a returning donor on the third or fourth annual stewardship visit, where formal SUV staging would feel mismatched.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, the trustee delegation
At $165 per hour, the Sprinter carries a delegation of three or more OHSU trustees, board members, or out-of-region foundation officers on a board-level campus tour. Its executive seating runs facing-forward captain chairs with a center aisle, so a long campus circuit never forces shoulder contact. The Sprinter takes the SW Sam Jackson Park Road climb at a measured pace and works the Kohler Pavilion arrival loop with extra coordination through the Foundation contact for the larger group dismount.
Same chauffeur across the year
Each recurring annual visit keeps 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 stay consistent visit to visit. That continuity earns its keep, since the donor relationship rests on familiarity, and over time the chauffeur becomes a small part of the institutional memory the donor ties to OHSU. The same continuity model runs across the broader Foundation roster and the corporate executive accounts on executive car service.
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Frequently Asked
Questions, Answered.
Does the chauffeur sign an NDA before the OHSU donor visit?
Yes. Marquee keeps a standing NDA on file with the OHSU Foundation development office, and the assigned chauffeur signs an addendum tied to the specific donor at booking. The addendum covers the donor's identity, the gift conversation, the buildings on the visit, and any naming opportunity language discussed in the cabin. The chauffeur does not photograph the donor, does not post any reference to the assignment on social, and routes day-of communications through the Foundation contact rather than the donor directly. The same operational discipline applies to recurring visits where the donor returns year over year for stewardship walks.
Which vehicle do you assign for a principal-protection donor visit on Marquam Hill?
The standard assignment for a $1 million-plus donor on a campus tour is the Cadillac Escalade ESV at $135 per hour. Privacy glass on the second and third rows, captain seats with a center console for the development officer's brief, and a ride height that clears the speed tables on SW Sam Jackson Park Road without scraping. For a solo donor riding alongside a major-gifts officer, the Volvo S90 at $110 per hour fits the profile and presents quieter at the Kohler Pavilion donor entrance. For a delegation of three or more trustees on a board-level tour, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter at $165 per hour holds the group with executive seating and a center aisle that does not force shoulder contact.
How does the chauffeur handle ground access at Marquam Hill?
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 OHSU central campus. The road carries hospital traffic, shuttle buses, and the South Waterfront tram base traffic at peak hours. The Marquee chauffeur runs the climb during the donor visit window when commute volume drops, stages off the OHSU 1 corridor rather than cutting through the visitor garage, and clears the security gate code with the Foundation contact in advance. The Escalade ESV holds the lane on the climb without the wheelbase issues that show up on a stretched limousine.
Who books the chauffeur for an OHSU donor visit, the development office or the donor?
The OHSU Foundation development office books the engagement on the Foundation corporate account in nearly every case. The major-gifts officer hosting the visit submits the trip details through the Net-30 corporate portal with the donor name held confidential, the Foundation cost-center coding, and the on-site OHSU contact for security gate clearance. The donor never receives the invoice and is not asked to coordinate the vehicle. The full booking workflow for the development office covers W-9 onboarding, NDA addendum filing, and recurring assignment scheduling on the corporate intake at marqueechauffeur.com.
What does a half-day OHSU donor visit run on the Escalade ESV?
A four-hour stewardship visit from a downtown Portland hotel through Marquam Hill and back runs $540 on the Cadillac Escalade ESV at the locked $135 per hour rate, with a 20 percent service charge built into the line item and a 2-hour minimum that covers a shorter visit if the donor leaves early. The four-hour block typically covers hotel pickup at 9 a.m., the climb to Kohler Pavilion for the donor entrance, a Knight Cancer Institute walkthrough, a stop at the Center for Health and Healing across the South Waterfront, lunch at a private dining room downtown, and return to the hotel by 1 p.m. The full fleet-rate breakdown lives on the 2026 pricing guide.
How does the chauffeur handle a Knight Cancer Institute drop-off?
The Knight Cancer Institute sits inside the OHSU Hospital footprint on the central Marquam Hill campus, with the donor-side entrance running through the Kohler Pavilion lobby rather than the public emergency department drive. The Marquee chauffeur stages at the Kohler Pavilion arrival loop, clears the security gate code with the OHSU contact at the curb, and holds the vehicle in the loop for the duration of the tour rather than parking down the hill. The development officer's brief tablet, the donor binder, and any naming opportunity renderings stay in the Escalade ESV cabin during the walk so the chauffeur can pull the materials forward when the group returns to the loop.
Can you handle recurring weekly board-meeting transport for OHSU trustees?
Yes. Recurring weekly engagements run on the same chauffeur and the same vehicle each week when the schedule allows, with the trustee's preferences carried forward in the dispatch profile. Climate preset, Sirius preset, water preference, briefcase position, and the OHSU 1 entrance routing all remain consistent week to week. A Tuesday board run from a Lake Oswego residence to the Robertson Life Sciences Building on the South Waterfront and back, for example, holds the same chauffeur over the full year of the trustee's term. The recurring assignment model applies to executive car service across hospital boards, life-sciences advisory committees, and university trustee bodies.
What about an international donor PDX pickup before the campus visit?
International donors arriving at PDX before the OHSU campus visit get a paired booking. The arrival leg runs the PDX airport car service on FlightAware live wheels-down tracking with a Cell Phone Lot hold during customs, then transfers the donor to the hotel or directly to Marquam Hill if the visit runs same-day. The same chauffeur and vehicle hold across the arrival, the campus visit, and the departure when the schedule supports it, so the donor sees one face across the engagement rather than rotating through multiple drivers. The Foundation contact receives a single consolidated invoice covering arrival, hourly hold, and return on one line.
Can the chauffeur stage during the lab tour or does the vehicle have to leave?
The chauffeur stages in the Kohler Pavilion arrival loop or the OHSU 1 short-term zone during the lab tour and remains on hourly hold for the full duration of the visit. The Escalade ESV does not leave the campus footprint, the donor's belongings remain secured in the cabin, and the vehicle is positioned to depart within 60 seconds of the group returning to the loop. For longer tours that run beyond the typical loop tolerance, the chauffeur clears an extended-stage permit with OHSU security in advance and routes to a designated long-hold zone outside the active emergency department lanes. The hourly rate continues across the staging window with no break in the meter.
Can the OHSU vendor account be billed directly through the Foundation?
Yes. The OHSU Foundation runs a Net-30 corporate vendor account with Marquee, with the Foundation W-9 on file, the cost-center coding routed to the development office budget, and the monthly consolidated invoice sent to the Foundation accounts payable team rather than to the major-gifts officer hosting the visit. The donor never appears on the invoice line item by name; the entry reads as a development-office stewardship trip with the date and the vehicle. Concur export and QuickBooks integration both run on the account for downstream reconciliation through the OHSU finance ladder.
About the Author
Ilyas Khairi is the founder of Marquee Chauffeur, a Portland luxury black car and chauffeur service operating under Portland Bureau of Transportation certification since 2018 with $1 million in commercial liability coverage. He and his team of fully employed, background-checked chauffeurs run OHSU donor-visit and South Waterfront medical-campus chauffeur runs through every season.
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