Please join us for lunch with Trail Blazers Chief Operating Officer, Sarah Mensah on January 25th at the Rose Quarter. Sarah will highlight strategies for reviving an organization’s brand and financial viability. She will also discuss the importance of giving back to the community as evidenced by her board service with the Portland Children’s Museum, … Continued
Trail Blazers executive Sarah Mensah gives the keynote address Saturday during a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at The Red Lion at the Quay. Sarah will be the feature speaker at the ELGL Forum on January 25. MLK Jr. message: Work together Tribute’s speakers explain a dream of collaboration On a recent trip … Continued
ELGL is excited to announce the speaker for our August meeting. Sean Robbins, CEO of Greater Portland Inc., will be joining us on August 1, 2012. The location and lunch details for this meeting will be sent out as the date approaches. Sean Robbins, CEO Sean joined the Greater Portland Inc. team in 2011 as … Continued
The ELGL luncheon with Patrick Quinton will be rescheduled. If you have already paid via PayPal, your payment will be refunded via PayPal. Please stay tuned for more information about the rescheduled date. Thank you for your understanding.
ELGL is excited to announce the addition of Portland Timbers Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mike Golub to ELGL’s 2012 Issue and Speaker Series. The Timbers COO will be the featured speaker on April 11, 2012 at 11:45am. The meeting will be held at JELD-WEN Field (1844 SW Morrison St., Portland, OR 97205). Mike will discuss the … Continued
ELGL will be hosting Patrick Quinton, Executive Director for the Portland Development Commission, as a guest speaker at our meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The luncheon will be held in the PDC’s Commission Room located at 222 NW 5th Avenue, Portland 97209, first floor, Commission Room. Patrick will be speaking … Continued
Patrick Quinton will be discussing the PDC’s economic development strategy as well as economic development trends/issues specific to Greater Portland. If there are specific topics you think he should cover or would be most interesting to the audience please let us know. Email your questions to oregonelgl@gmail.com. ELGL has begun donating to a charity … Continued
Meeting Agenda for ELGL Forum with Rob Cornilles Please make sure to give a warm welcome to Rob Cornilles’ guests and staff members: LeeAnn Larsen, Sarah Smith, Mark Christie, Caitie Osborn, and Brian Jones who are attending today’s forum.
As you know by now, Rob Cornilles will be the guest speaker at tomorrow’s ELGL lunch forum. His opponent, Suzanne Bonamici declined ELGL’s invitation. Reminder: RSVP for ELGL Forum with Rob Cornilles Since many of you are attending tomorrow’s forum, ELGL wanted to provide the latest on the campaign. Please jot down any questions as there … Continued
How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, … Continued
