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6:30-7:30am

Westside Professionals hosts a monthly event for men and women in the business and professional community. These are early-morning informal presentations with time for questions & answers, and discussion. Complimentary continental breakfast is provided.

RSVP is encouraged to help provide for all guests.

Continental breakfast is provided at no charge.

A record of Past Events can be found below...
 

Planned Future Events:
Westside - Monteaux's Downtown - Red Star
June 5, 2008 - Mark Forker, Executive Director, Willamette West Habitat for Humanity Oregon, topic: "The Value of Community Service" RSVP June 12. 2008 - Malcolm F Marsh, US District Judge presenting on "The Spirit of Leadership"  RSVP
July & August - summer break
September 11, 2008 - Marshall Stevens, Entrepreneur, Founder & former President/CEO of Oil Can Henry's.  Topic: TBA September 18, 2008 - Poppy Smith, Professional Speaker and author on "Sex and Power in the Workplace"
October 16, 2008 - Rita Robinson, Robinson Financial Group. Topic: TBA October 9, 2008 - Pat Reser, retired educator and Co-owner of Reser's Fine Foods on "Transitions: Living the 2nd Half of Your Life on Purpose"
November 13, 2008 - Mike Yonker, Nike: Director of Finance, Strategic Planning & Costing for Global Footwear on "Motivating Excellence through Love" November 13. 2008 - Ron King, President and CEO of Western Family Foods on "The Myths and Truths of Leadership"
December 11, 2008 - Dick Reiten, retired former President of Northwest Natural on "Is there a Flow to Life? Are You In It?" December 11, 2008 - Rick Coulson, Senior Fellow, Intel Corp. on "Managing Stress and Anxiety at Work"
  Past Events:
May, 2008
Westside
Mark Reed, President of HighGround Group on "Leadership that Matters"
April, 2008
Downtown
Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer on "Difficult Conversations"
April, 2008
Westside
Poppy Smith, Professional Speaker and Author, on "Sex and Power in the Workplace"
March, 2008 Bruce Kerr, CEO of The Partner's Group on "Making Your Mark"
YouTube Video of Eli with his coach, Eric.
February, 2008 G. Robert Buckendorf, PhD, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist, Manager of Buckendorf Associates, LLC, Topic: “The Lost Art of Communication - How to listen and how to get others to listen to you”
January, 2008 Bob Li, Director of Strategic Planning for Data I/O, on The China Experience: American Business Opportunities and Challenges"
December, 2007 Nancy Wilgenbusch, PhD  President of Marylhurst University on "Looking in the Rear View Mirror - 35 Years of Leadership"
November, 2007 Mark Ganz, President and CEO of Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon,
Topic: “Ethics in the Workplace – The Real Issue at a Practical Level: Courage”  
October, 2007 Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer on "Difficult Conversations"
September, 2007 Stu Hall, president and CEO of Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp on "Honoring your Passion"
July & August summer break
June, 2007 Pat Reser, retired educator and co-owner of Reser's Fine Foods on "Transition: Living the Second Half of your Life on Purpose"  Book references:
"Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of your Life on Purpose"
by Richard Leider 
Amazon Powells Barnes & Noble
"Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom  Amazon  Powells Barnes & Noble
"Man is Not Alone" by Abraham Joshua Heschel  Amazon  Powells Barnes & Noble
May, 2007 Steve Pratt, Chairman & CEO of ESCO on "Reflections from a 35 year Career"
April, 2007 Dan Russell, former Intel VP, now CEO of PowerMand on "Dealing with Job Loss  Watch out for blind corners - you might just run into an opportunity."
March, 2007 Bill Lattin, retired former Vice President of Intel Corp, "Career Development Plus"
Many have requested a reference to the video presented...
Size Matters and Shift Happens  -  Text transcription
Did You Know?  -  WMV Video
February, 2007 Ron King, President & CEO of Western Family, "More about the Myths and Truths of Leadership"
Documents: Leadership Lessons  Leadership Traits
January, 2007 Mike Collins, CFP and Doug Moshofsky, CFP: Financial Consultants, "A Whole New Mind - Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age" 
A WHOLE NEW MIND handout (PDF file)
December, 2006 John Harker, retired former Chairman of the Board & CEO, In Focus Systems, on "Managing in an Uncertain World"
November, 2006 Steve Halliday, President of Crown Media on "The Lost Art of Forgiveness"
October, 2006 Brian Wheeler, Investment Representative with Edward Jones, on "Investing for Rising Income"
September, 2006 Jeff Grubb, Regional Managing Director for Private Client Services with Wells Fargo on "Givers and Takers"
July & August summer break
June, 2006 Serena Morones, CPA, ABV, ASA; Morones Young Valuations, on "Making Your Life Count Personally, Professionally and Beyond"
May, 2006 Rick Coulson, Fellow, Intel Corp. on "Stress and Anxiety in the Workplace - Revisited"
April, 2006 Skip Centioli, Retired Corporate Trainer on "The Power of Full Engagement -
Managing Energy, not Time"
March, 2006 Nancy Willgenbusch, Ph.D., President of Marylhurst University on "Giving of your Substance, not of your Abundance: The Formula for a Successful Life"
February, 2006 Allan Schrader, President and CEO of LightSpeed, on "The Magic of Relationships in Career Development"
January, 2006 Mike Holzgang, Senior VP, Colliers International on "Overcoming the Challenges in Life Personally and Professionally"
December, 2005 Pat Gelsinger, Senior VP, Intel Corp on "Living in the Tornado"
November, 2005 Malcolm F. Marsh, United States District Judge on: "The Spirit of Leadership"
October, 2005 Ron King, President and CEO of Western Family on: "My Experience with the Myths and Truths of Leadership"
September, 2005 John Bradley, President and CEO of IDAK Group on "Finding Your Occupational Sweet Spot"
July & August summer break
June 2005 Chuck McClung Partner, Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung and Stenzel, LLP on "Business Ethics in the Twenty First Century: Can Ethics Be Legislated?"
May 2005 Patty Ross, Director of Global Customer Development and Sales Operations at Nike on “Mentoring the Leader of the Future” with special focus on Women in Leadership
April 2005 Steve Coury, Lake Oswego High Football Coach, Rich Ackerman, Lake Oswego School Board President, Assistant Football Coach presenting on "Leadership: The Coach as a Role Model for Youth"
March 2005 Keith Gibson, President and CEO of IntegrityLogistics presenting on "Organizational Change and Transition"
February 2005 Jeff Grubb, Managing Director and Regional CEO of US Trust Company presenting on “Passion and Balance in Work and Life”
January 2005 Michael J. Riley, APR, President and Research Director for Riley Research Associates on "A Professional Analysis of the 2004 Election"
December 2004 Al Egg Director of Beyond Victory Ministries and chaplain for the NBA Portland Trailblazers, Portland Beavers baseball, and Portland State University football teams, on "Dealing with Adversity"
November 2004 Tracy Smith President and CEO of Inhance – Tools for Organizational Effectiveness, on "Emotional Intelligence: Creating Self-Awareness"
October 2004 Skip Centioli - Corporate Trainer, on "Discovering Your Strengths"
September 2004 Two Investment Consultants on "The Two Most Important Characteristics of a Successful Investor" (Our presenters could not be identified online because of contractual restrictions.)
July & August summer break
June 2004 Steve Halliday President of Crown Media on "Making Relationships Work"
May 2004 John Harker President, InFocus Systems on "Offshore Outsourcing in an Increasingly Competitive and Rapidly Changing World from a High Tech Perspective"
April 2004 Steve Johnson Executive Director of Urban Sports and Former OSU/NBA Basketball Star on "Developing Leadership in an At-Risk Community"
March 2004 Bill Lattin Intel Vice President (Retired) on "The  Five Dysfunctions of a Team"
February 2004 Rick Coulson Intel Fellow on "Managing Stress and Anxiety at Work"
January 2004 Dan Russell Vice President, Intel Corp. on "Authority: How to Give It, How to Take It"
December 2003 Debbie Senestraro CPA on “Finding Financial Peace”
November 2003 Dave Petersen Patent Attorney with Klarquist, Sparkman, Cambell, Leigh & Whinston, LLP Intellectual Property Law on “CopyRights and Wrongs”
October 2003 Matt Hennessee President and CEO of Quiktrak, Inc., an international financial risk management company on “Job Satisfaction”
September 2003 Rod Englert Chief Deputy (Retired) Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and forensics expert presenting on “The O.J. Simpson Case: Questions of Truth and Justice”
July & August summer break
June 2003 Stephanie Gehring Professional Writer/Artist on “Telling Stories through Art”
May 2003 Pat Gelsinger Senior VP at Intel on “Juggling demands of Faith, Family, and Work”
April 2003 Wayne Erickson “40 years in the Investment World: What have I learned?”
March 2003 Matthis Gehring Invited Walk-on/Redshirt Freshman Oregon State University Football Team: “The Inside Scoop on OSU Football”
February 2003 Dave Sunde in global demand as presenter for business and professional audiences on “Getting along with People: How to maintain healthy relationships at work”
January 2003 Dick Bader CEO Acme Construction Supply on “Mentoring in Corporate America”
 
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