Nancy Carré is the owner of a successful grant writing consulting business, specializing in securing funding for nonprofits on both national and international levels. Graduating summa cum laude in 1992, Nancy continued her academic journey by obtaining a master’s degree in reading, a master’s degree...

Laura is a Library Media Specialist in Portland Public Schools. She completed her Master’s in Educational Leadership at the University of Oregon. Laura has a strong focus on Information Literacy Teaching and Learning for her students. She is a Board Member on Action 4 Media Education. Laura is curre...

Marcus Kauffman, Biomass Resource Specialist, Oregon Department of Forestry. He leads statewide and regional economic development efforts focused on equitable job creation, forest resiliency, and low-carbon building solutions. He helps lead the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition, serves as the Coalition's...

Brent Renison is an immigration attorney in Portland, Oregon who has been representing employers and key employees with business-based immigration, and individuals with complex immigration cases since 1997. He is top listed in Best Lawyers in America, is top ranked as a leading individual by London-...

Michael Jordan is the COO/Operations Leader for the newly formed EV Charging Solutions business within CBRE, the world's largest real estate company. Michael's curiosity and analytical nature has always drawn him to innovation -- a web-based restaurant guide in 2005, a six sigma program at a large h...

Michele Tarnow is the Founder and CEO of Alliance Care Technologies (ACT) a digital health technology company. ACT’s driving vision is to provide world class connected care across the continuum of care. Michele has assembled a team of visionary physician entrepreneurs to create technology solutions ...

A member of the Who’s Who in the Asia Pacific region and named on BusinessWeek’s Top 50 of the World’s Most Influential Headhunters, Kathryn Yap specializes in CEO and C-suite executive searches. Kathryn Yap has been a panel speaker at World Economic Forum on East Asia 2009 on the topic Brain G...

Professor Sherman is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh, where he is also Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science. He directs the University’s program on Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He previously held academ...

Kimberly Gauderman earned her Ph.D. in Latin American History at UCLA and is a professor of Latin American history at the University of New Mexico. She also serves as an expert witness in Latin American asylum cases. She authored Women’s Lives in Colonial Quito: Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish A...

My name is Laurie Hurtado Vessely and I am a retired physician (endocrinologist). While I hardly used French in my career, I am still happy to have gotten a French degree. Now that I am retired, I am immersed in language study, taking multiple classes weekly in both French and Spanish and listening ...