SVPP Forms Advisory Council

(From the March 2008 Newsletter)

SVPP is proud to announce the formation of the SVPP Advisory Council, which will provide guidance for achieving our deep community impact and strong growth plans in the coming years. This Council is made up of community and business leaders who are also current and former SVPP Partners or Investees. In addition to their advisory role, Council members will serve as ambassadors for SVPP in the community. They are:

• Jeff Grubb, Chair - SVPP Partner; Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Private Bank
• Frank Gill – SVPP Partner; retired Intel Corp. executive
• Jim Johnson – SVPP founder; President and CEO of Tripwire
• Eli Lamb – SVPP founder and Partner; President, Green Lightning Consulting
• Krista Larson – Executive Director of Metropolitan Family Service, a former Investee
• Judith McGee – SVPP Partner; Chairman of McGee Financial Services
• Bob McKean – SVPP Partner; President and CEO of Albina Community Bank
• Howard M. Shapiro – Not for Profit Consultant; Vice Chairman of the Board of Albina Community Bank
• Nick Stanley – Partner, Veber Partners
• Bill Swindells – Independent Investor/Developer; CFO and COO of Purple Mountain Media Co.

The Council met for the first time in March to learn about the current state of SVPP including our membership, investments and impact since its inception in late 2000. Two more meetings and attendance at the Annual Partners’ Meeting are planned for this year. We are delighted to have this group of community and business leaders engaged with SVPP to help achieve our future goals.

Annual Meeting Highlights

(From the June 2004 Newsletter)

On a lovely May evening SVP'ers, investee representatives, and guests met at the EcoTrust Building in Portland's Pearl District to look back at our accomplishments so far, and also to look ahead to new challenges and opportunities, at the SVPP Annual Meeting.

Partners thanked outgoing Board members Jim Johnson and Nick Stanley for their dedicated service, and welcomed new Board members George Alexander, Jean Hart and Dave Smith. The Partners also warmly thanked departing Interim Executive Director Miriam Feuerle. Team Co-Leader Leslie Trim presented the Plan developed by the Strategic Design Team over the past six months. The Plan beautifully lays out SVPP's philosophy and goals and offers ideas for continuing evolution and improvement in service both to our Partners and to our community; it will be the subject of an SVPP Town Hall on June 9th (please see the notice on the Calendar, top right).

Oregon Public Broadcasting President Maynard Orme gave the Annual Meeting keynote address. He described a national initiative called Life Options that he and Jay Bloom, President of Morrison Child and Family Services, seek to integrate into Portland area nonprofits. Its purpose is to tap the potential of the generation now aged 45 to 75 as volunteers and as "returnee" workers. This creative program is being developed locally with the help of SVP Partner Jean Hart.