Partner Highlights

(From the April 2008 Newsletter)

SVP Portland is pleased to welcome the following new Partners:

Nathaniel "Than" Clevenger III
Than, a native of southeastern Virginia, is husband to Sydney and father to three children: Jack (age 8), Steele Elizabeth (4), and Gus Henry (2). He was trained in a family business and went to college in the D.C. area, graduating from George Mason University. He worked as a lobbyist, speechwriter and marketing/communications strategist for a variety of CEO's, senior executives, D.C. mayors, foreign governments and charlatans of one kind or another before moving to Oregon in 1998 at the request of his native Oregonian wife. Than now serves as an outsource Chief Marketing Officer for companies in Nova Scotia, Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Oregon and other places around the world. He owns an environmental printing company: www.greendogprinting.com.

He says he enjoys Oregon from June to October and prefers his home back east from November through May (when he can get there). Than believes in SVP's mission and is always interested in lending a hand when asked. "I've always admired the Partners for their hard work, dedication and unique leadership skills. It's a blessing to me to be part of SVPP again." Little known fact about Than: he collects toy Napoleonic soldiers.

Adam and Melissa Light
Melissa J. Light has a background in fundraising for nonprofit organizations and is currently Director of Development and Communications at Chess for Success. Melissa holds a Master's Degree in writing, literature, and publishing from Emerson College in Boston. Adam Light manages software product development as Director of Planning and Program Management for TransUnion. He studied geography at Dartmouth College and the University of Colorado before earning his Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. Melissa is an avid tennis player; Adam loves running. Together the couple enjoys food, cooking and outdoor activities such as hiking, skiing and bicycling. Adam and Melissa have been married for two years and are expecting their first child in October.

Libbi Loseke Winter
Libbi is a graduate of the University of Oregon, but originally a native of the Midwest. She is a Senior Associate at 3, the creative communications co. where she helps manage and publicize events, develop design and content for Web sites and marketing materials, and write newsletters and other creative content (including helping with the SVP Portland newsletter). Libbi has been involved with SVP Portland and CASH Oregon since mid-2005. “I’ve really enjoyed watching CASH Oregon evolve as an organization and increase the positive impact they make in our community – a feat made all the more possible by SVP Portland.” Libbi is recently married (a newlywed for just under two months). Her husband, Erik Winter, is an architect at a Portland architectural firm. She loves to cook – especially anything that has bacon in it. Libbi works with and shares a SVPP Partnership with Than Clevenger.

Please visit SVPP’s Join site or contact Mark Holloway to learn about becoming an SVP Partner.