Blaine Dickason
Senior Vice President
Portfolio Management and Trading
Blaine Dickason joined Ferguson Wellman in 2018 and is a portfolio manager and member of the investment and trading team and fixed income team. He oversees our firm’s trading department and conducts trades for our taxable bond portfolios. Blaine is also a shareholder of the firm.
Prior to joining Ferguson Wellman, Blaine was a fixed income portfolio manager and head trader at Quest Investment Management. His responsibilities included managing institutional fixed income portfolios for Taft-Hartley and corporate accounts and conducting all fixed income and equity trading across multiple investment products. He also was previously employed at Mazama Capital Management and Wells Fargo Securities in trading and sales.
Blaine earned his B.A. in biology with a secondary study in economics from Reed College, where he was captain of the rugby team. He is a current member and past president of the Security Traders Association of Portland and serves on the board and investment committee of Oregon Wildlife Foundation.
Originally from the East Coast, he now lives in Northeast Portland with his wife and two daughters and enjoys skiing, windsurfing, fly fishing and playing the piano with his family in his free time.