- Steve Acheff has joined Solar World USA as their new Purchasing Leader.
- Than Clevenger and his wife, Sydney have just published a children’s book called Swifty’s Big Flight about the Vaux’s Swifts that visit Portland each fall.
- Joan Hoffman has a new Sprinter camping van, which was supposed to take her on a road trip around the country until she added a new Jack Russell named Zoe to the family.
- Val Ilsley and Bruce Murray are new grandparents to a baby boy, Ashe Hardigg.
- Les and Martha Soltesz celebrated the marriage of their son Dan to Jessica McFadden on August 30.
- Adam and Jayne Youngbar welcomed their new, healthy baby boy, Wyatt, on September 15. They are doing well adjusting to family life!
Showing posts with label Than Clevenger. Show all posts
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Partner Ventures
(From the October 2008 Newsletter)
Partner Profile - Nathan "Than" Clevenger, Suzanne McGrath & Ryan Hildebrand
(From the July 2006 Newsletter)
Nathaniel "Than" Clevenger - In 2005 Than Clevenger joined SVPP and has touched
many aspects of our organization since then. He has helped us take an investee from a concept to an organization with identity (CASH Oregon), with branding, logo, and a website. He recently guided us through the creative aspects of a website redesign. And, he has helped us refine policies and procedures which will strengthen SVPP. He's done this with a sense of humor, enthusiasm and high energy.
Than is CEO of "3, the creative communications company" which he formed after leaving Fleishman Hillard--currently the largest public relations firm in the world--as Vice President and Co-Chair of the Global Technology Marketing Team. Prior to joining Fleishman Hillard, he spent the previous seventeen years toiling in a variety of positions with increasing buck-passing responsibility in agencies and organizations around the globe--mostly from offices in Washington D.C. (This is all from his web site!) He and his wife moved to Oregon in 1998 believing 17 years in D.C. is enough for anyone.
SVPP appreciates the experience, guidance and exuberance Than brings to the varied and sometimes messy tasks we ask him to unravel.
Suzanne McGrath - Suzanne was a 2006 winner of the Business Journal's Outstanding Oregon Women. Diversity and the joys of exploration have shaped Suzanne's career. She co-founded Vision Capital Management with her daughter, Marina Johnson, in 1999. It is the largest registered investment advisor firm, solely owned by women, in Oregon.
Suzanne grew up in Salem, Oregon and Alaska where she worked for the high school newspaper taking her own photographs and uncovering new stories. Then she went to OSU and studied mathematics. It was math that led her to teach at Newberg High School but the work was too inactive, as much as she liked the pupils. She found a coupon one day promising "you, too, can become a CPA". And so she did. This career morphed into the investment business in 1983 and she's loved it ever since. "Constructing a portfolio is an art," says McGrath. "It takes fine-tuning and creativity."
Another philanthropy Suzanne enjoys, in addition to SVPP, is her alma mater, OSU. She and her husband, Bernie, serve on the Beaver athletic scholarship board. She also serves on the Oregon Society of CPAs Educational Foundation Board. "I love handing out scholarships," she says. "I love helping people get more education."
OSU College of Business Honors SVPP Partners at Awards Event
Ryan Hildebrand, a partner and associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, and a 2004 graduate of Oregon State University, was the sole recipient of the Distinguished Young Business Professionals. This is an award given by OSU's College of Business at its annual Alumni and Business Partner Awards in Portland every spring. Ryan is involved in Portland area entrepreneurship organizations and is active in the college's Austin Entrepreneurship Program. He served on the Investment Committee for SVPP and actively helps us recruit younger partners.
Also recognized at this celebration was partner Jeff Jones, representing Stockamp & Associates, a national provider of performance improvement solutions for health care companies. Stockamp was given a Distinguished Business Partners award. The company has supported the college's management information systems program and hired several of the college's students as interns and employees.
Nathaniel "Than" Clevenger - In 2005 Than Clevenger joined SVPP and has touched
many aspects of our organization since then. He has helped us take an investee from a concept to an organization with identity (CASH Oregon), with branding, logo, and a website. He recently guided us through the creative aspects of a website redesign. And, he has helped us refine policies and procedures which will strengthen SVPP. He's done this with a sense of humor, enthusiasm and high energy.
Than is CEO of "3, the creative communications company" which he formed after leaving Fleishman Hillard--currently the largest public relations firm in the world--as Vice President and Co-Chair of the Global Technology Marketing Team. Prior to joining Fleishman Hillard, he spent the previous seventeen years toiling in a variety of positions with increasing buck-passing responsibility in agencies and organizations around the globe--mostly from offices in Washington D.C. (This is all from his web site!) He and his wife moved to Oregon in 1998 believing 17 years in D.C. is enough for anyone.
SVPP appreciates the experience, guidance and exuberance Than brings to the varied and sometimes messy tasks we ask him to unravel.
Suzanne McGrath - Suzanne was a 2006 winner of the Business Journal's Outstanding Oregon Women. Diversity and the joys of exploration have shaped Suzanne's career. She co-founded Vision Capital Management with her daughter, Marina Johnson, in 1999. It is the largest registered investment advisor firm, solely owned by women, in Oregon.
Suzanne grew up in Salem, Oregon and Alaska where she worked for the high school newspaper taking her own photographs and uncovering new stories. Then she went to OSU and studied mathematics. It was math that led her to teach at Newberg High School but the work was too inactive, as much as she liked the pupils. She found a coupon one day promising "you, too, can become a CPA". And so she did. This career morphed into the investment business in 1983 and she's loved it ever since. "Constructing a portfolio is an art," says McGrath. "It takes fine-tuning and creativity."
Another philanthropy Suzanne enjoys, in addition to SVPP, is her alma mater, OSU. She and her husband, Bernie, serve on the Beaver athletic scholarship board. She also serves on the Oregon Society of CPAs Educational Foundation Board. "I love handing out scholarships," she says. "I love helping people get more education."
OSU College of Business Honors SVPP Partners at Awards Event
Ryan Hildebrand, a partner and associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, and a 2004 graduate of Oregon State University, was the sole recipient of the Distinguished Young Business Professionals. This is an award given by OSU's College of Business at its annual Alumni and Business Partner Awards in Portland every spring. Ryan is involved in Portland area entrepreneurship organizations and is active in the college's Austin Entrepreneurship Program. He served on the Investment Committee for SVPP and actively helps us recruit younger partners.
Also recognized at this celebration was partner Jeff Jones, representing Stockamp & Associates, a national provider of performance improvement solutions for health care companies. Stockamp was given a Distinguished Business Partners award. The company has supported the college's management information systems program and hired several of the college's students as interns and employees.
Welcome New Partners
(From the June 2005 Newsletter)
Chris Bailey and Robert Lusk - Chris Bailey was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University, and got his undergraduate degree from Oregon State University, and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management with a certificate in hydrology from Portland State. His specific research was on the effect Portland's urban heat island has on regional precipitation. He will teach physical geography at a local college this fall. Chris is a tenor with Oregon Repertory Singers. He and Robert have two "pound dogs" which Robert spoils and Chris "parents".
Robert Lusk was born in Texas. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Houston and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch. His postgraduate training is in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He is the associate director of the internal medicine residency program at Providence Portland Medical Center, where he also practices infectious disease medicine. He serves as medical director of "Our House of Portland". Before moving to Portland he was medical director of Willamette Valley Hospice. He enjoys cooking, gardening and reading.
Both Chris and Robert love to travel. Ask Robert about his recent experience with "yak liver" sauté while in Lhasa with a N.W. medical team's mission to China.
Nathaniel (Than) Clevenger and John Mozzocco - Than is an entrepreneur, marketing communications strategist and speech writer. Than brings a broad background in business, marketing, government relations and political consulting to his own firm "3." Than formed "3" after leaving Fleishman Hillard - currently the largest public relations firm in the world - as a vice president and chair of the global technology marketing team. Prior to joining Fleishman Hillard, Than spent the previous seventeen years working in a variety of senior positions with companies and organizations around the globe from offices in Washington D.C. and New York.
He served in senior staff positions with The Democratic National Committee, The Canzeri Company (the Rockefeller Family's public relations and public affairs firm) and Hill and Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide Company (currently the second largest public relations and public affairs firm in the world) in both the Washington D.C. and New York offices.
Current and former clients include CEOs and senior executives in large, privately held corporations, Fortune 500 and multinational corporations, foreign heads of state, trade association directors and senior executives at large non-profit foundations. He has written speeches and or correspondence for a variety of leaders including former President Bill Clinton and former President George H.W. Bush among many others. Than was recently listed in Strathmore's Who's Who in American Business, 2004 Edition.
Than is a native of the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia (formerly and historically known as Tidewater) and enjoys competitive sailing, painting, art collecting and military history. He is a graduate of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and currently resides in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Sydney, a Portland native, and their children Jack and Steele Elizabeth.
John Mozzocco is described as a storyteller, networker, entrepreneur, musician, and friend to everyone he meets. A professional musician for the first 20 years of his adult life, John traveled the world playing bass guitar with legendary musicians such as Johnny Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, and Robert Gray. Returning to Portland, John laid down his bass but continued in the entertainment field by founding Poundhouse.com, an Internet company that remonitized unused entertainment inventory. These days John can be found working with 3's prospective clients as partner in charge of new business development, website and newsletters. John lives in Portland with his wife, Sarah Quist-Mazzocco, daughter Nicole and three sons, Peter, Michael, and Robert. In his spare time he can be found on the golf course working on his handicap.
Mary Edmeades - Mary is a branch manager and vice president for Albina Community Bank. Her primary function is to foster and nurture the spirit of Social Impact Banking. Albina currently serves more than 400 nonprofits and foundations, including SVPP. Prior to Albina, Mary was a VP at Pacific Northwest Bank and US Bank.
Mary is currently a member of the search committee for the Portland Development Commission and is a member of five boards of directors: Regional Arts and Culture, Zimmerman Community Center, Alzheimer's Association, Association of Portland Neighborhood Business Alliances and Professional Services Council.
She has served on many other boards during the past, and volunteers for Junior Achievement in their financial literacy program. She is also a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
Steve Rosenbaum and Amanda Bryan - Steve has over 12 years of management experience in the electronic publishing industry, with expertise in web development and Internet marketing. Steve has consulted on over 200 web projects, including multiple projects for non-profits, mid-size companies and Global 500 corporations.
Steve attended Wilson High School in Portland, went to Stanford for his undergraduate education where he received a B.A. in History and a minor in Economics. Upon graduation, he immediately returned to the City of Roses to start Pop Art in 1997. Under his leadership, Pop Art has been recognized as "Small Business of the Year", "Most Innovative Small Business," the 5th fastest growing technology company in Oregon, and the 3rd best small company to work for in the state.
Steve is active in numerous community and professional organizations which include the AeA, the Software Association of Oregon, the Portland Business Alliance, Portland City Club, and the Portland Advertising Federation. Steve is board member of Chess for Success. He is a board member and treasurer of the Oregon Bus Project.
Amanda Bryan is a Sales Engineer for Hinds Instruments, a high tech optical firm located in Hillsboro, Oregon. She holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering from University of Texas and has lived in the Portland area for four years. Previously Amanda was a researcher at Lawrence Berkley National Lab, and a congressional liaison for the Department of Energy Office of Science. She also began the Technology Exchange Program at the University of Texas, traveling to Honduras to set up a wireless communication system for medical centers in remote villages.
In her spare time, Amanda is active in the community and is a board member and organizes event fundraisers for the Oregon Bus Project, an organization that is dedicated to getting young people more involved in local politics. She is a mentor with the AWSEM program, is active in the Optical Society of America, Society of Women Engineers, IEEE, and was a founding member of MentorNet, an organization dedicated to providing college women studying optics professional mentors.
Ted and Katrina Wheeler - Ted Wheeler, a sixth-generation resident of Portland, is proud to have graduated from the Portland Public Schools. As a former Director and senior manager of Copper Mountain Trust, Inc., Ted helped grow the company to become the largest independent trust company in the Pacific Northwest. Ted is actively involved with the Portland Ambassadors Program which works to retain local businesses and recruit new ones to the Portland Area.
Ted is very active in community service. He volunteers as an overnight shelter host at the Goose Hollow Family Shelter and is the founder of Portland YouthWorks, Inc., which raises funds for cultural and educational opportunities for disadvantaged children throughout Portland. Ted founded the annual Walk for the Wildwood which raises funds for the preservation of Forest Park. He serves as the Multnomah County Citizen Representative on the Metro Policy Advisory Committee (MP AC). He has also held leadership posts at Neighborhood House, Inc., the World Affairs Council of Oregon, and the Friends of Forest Park. He is a supporter of the Cascade Aids Project and the local chapter of the Boy Scout's Eagle Scout Association. He is a field deployable volunteer for Portland Mountain Rescue and has participated in many search and rescue operations.
Ted earned a BA in Economics from Stanford University, an MBA from Columbia University and a MPP from Harvard University. He is currently gearing up a campaign to run for Multnomah County Chair.
Katrina was raised in Oregon, went to school in Oregon (OSU), moved to Seattle and then back to Portland (she missed Oregon too much).
Volunteer work and non-profits have always been a big part of Katrina's life. In college she participated in tutoring young children for Benton Literacy and helped with fundraisers for a number of organizations. In Portland, Katrina volunteered for the Children's Museum, the Neighborhood House, the Big Sister Program and many other organizations. She was a Director of Special Events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Development Coordinator for the Vestibular Disorders Association. Most recently she was a Financial Advisor, leaving the industry when she finally realized that she preferred the helping aspect of the job more than the selling aspect. According to Katrina, you can take the girl out of the non-profit but you can't take the non-profit out of the girl.
On a personal level, Ted and Katrina are newly married and committed to continuing to make a difference in the community not only through philanthropy but through Ted's run for Multnomah County Chair.
Chris Bailey and Robert Lusk - Chris Bailey was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Virginia Commonwealth University, and got his undergraduate degree from Oregon State University, and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management with a certificate in hydrology from Portland State. His specific research was on the effect Portland's urban heat island has on regional precipitation. He will teach physical geography at a local college this fall. Chris is a tenor with Oregon Repertory Singers. He and Robert have two "pound dogs" which Robert spoils and Chris "parents".
Robert Lusk was born in Texas. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Houston and his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch. His postgraduate training is in internal medicine and infectious diseases. He is the associate director of the internal medicine residency program at Providence Portland Medical Center, where he also practices infectious disease medicine. He serves as medical director of "Our House of Portland". Before moving to Portland he was medical director of Willamette Valley Hospice. He enjoys cooking, gardening and reading.
Both Chris and Robert love to travel. Ask Robert about his recent experience with "yak liver" sauté while in Lhasa with a N.W. medical team's mission to China.
Nathaniel (Than) Clevenger and John Mozzocco - Than is an entrepreneur, marketing communications strategist and speech writer. Than brings a broad background in business, marketing, government relations and political consulting to his own firm "3." Than formed "3" after leaving Fleishman Hillard - currently the largest public relations firm in the world - as a vice president and chair of the global technology marketing team. Prior to joining Fleishman Hillard, Than spent the previous seventeen years working in a variety of senior positions with companies and organizations around the globe from offices in Washington D.C. and New York.
He served in senior staff positions with The Democratic National Committee, The Canzeri Company (the Rockefeller Family's public relations and public affairs firm) and Hill and Knowlton Public Affairs Worldwide Company (currently the second largest public relations and public affairs firm in the world) in both the Washington D.C. and New York offices.
Current and former clients include CEOs and senior executives in large, privately held corporations, Fortune 500 and multinational corporations, foreign heads of state, trade association directors and senior executives at large non-profit foundations. He has written speeches and or correspondence for a variety of leaders including former President Bill Clinton and former President George H.W. Bush among many others. Than was recently listed in Strathmore's Who's Who in American Business, 2004 Edition.
Than is a native of the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia (formerly and historically known as Tidewater) and enjoys competitive sailing, painting, art collecting and military history. He is a graduate of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and currently resides in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Sydney, a Portland native, and their children Jack and Steele Elizabeth.
John Mozzocco is described as a storyteller, networker, entrepreneur, musician, and friend to everyone he meets. A professional musician for the first 20 years of his adult life, John traveled the world playing bass guitar with legendary musicians such as Johnny Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, and Robert Gray. Returning to Portland, John laid down his bass but continued in the entertainment field by founding Poundhouse.com, an Internet company that remonitized unused entertainment inventory. These days John can be found working with 3's prospective clients as partner in charge of new business development, website and newsletters. John lives in Portland with his wife, Sarah Quist-Mazzocco, daughter Nicole and three sons, Peter, Michael, and Robert. In his spare time he can be found on the golf course working on his handicap.
Mary Edmeades - Mary is a branch manager and vice president for Albina Community Bank. Her primary function is to foster and nurture the spirit of Social Impact Banking. Albina currently serves more than 400 nonprofits and foundations, including SVPP. Prior to Albina, Mary was a VP at Pacific Northwest Bank and US Bank.
Mary is currently a member of the search committee for the Portland Development Commission and is a member of five boards of directors: Regional Arts and Culture, Zimmerman Community Center, Alzheimer's Association, Association of Portland Neighborhood Business Alliances and Professional Services Council.
She has served on many other boards during the past, and volunteers for Junior Achievement in their financial literacy program. She is also a member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.
Steve Rosenbaum and Amanda Bryan - Steve has over 12 years of management experience in the electronic publishing industry, with expertise in web development and Internet marketing. Steve has consulted on over 200 web projects, including multiple projects for non-profits, mid-size companies and Global 500 corporations.
Steve attended Wilson High School in Portland, went to Stanford for his undergraduate education where he received a B.A. in History and a minor in Economics. Upon graduation, he immediately returned to the City of Roses to start Pop Art in 1997. Under his leadership, Pop Art has been recognized as "Small Business of the Year", "Most Innovative Small Business," the 5th fastest growing technology company in Oregon, and the 3rd best small company to work for in the state.
Steve is active in numerous community and professional organizations which include the AeA, the Software Association of Oregon, the Portland Business Alliance, Portland City Club, and the Portland Advertising Federation. Steve is board member of Chess for Success. He is a board member and treasurer of the Oregon Bus Project.
Amanda Bryan is a Sales Engineer for Hinds Instruments, a high tech optical firm located in Hillsboro, Oregon. She holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering from University of Texas and has lived in the Portland area for four years. Previously Amanda was a researcher at Lawrence Berkley National Lab, and a congressional liaison for the Department of Energy Office of Science. She also began the Technology Exchange Program at the University of Texas, traveling to Honduras to set up a wireless communication system for medical centers in remote villages.
In her spare time, Amanda is active in the community and is a board member and organizes event fundraisers for the Oregon Bus Project, an organization that is dedicated to getting young people more involved in local politics. She is a mentor with the AWSEM program, is active in the Optical Society of America, Society of Women Engineers, IEEE, and was a founding member of MentorNet, an organization dedicated to providing college women studying optics professional mentors.
Ted and Katrina Wheeler - Ted Wheeler, a sixth-generation resident of Portland, is proud to have graduated from the Portland Public Schools. As a former Director and senior manager of Copper Mountain Trust, Inc., Ted helped grow the company to become the largest independent trust company in the Pacific Northwest. Ted is actively involved with the Portland Ambassadors Program which works to retain local businesses and recruit new ones to the Portland Area.
Ted is very active in community service. He volunteers as an overnight shelter host at the Goose Hollow Family Shelter and is the founder of Portland YouthWorks, Inc., which raises funds for cultural and educational opportunities for disadvantaged children throughout Portland. Ted founded the annual Walk for the Wildwood which raises funds for the preservation of Forest Park. He serves as the Multnomah County Citizen Representative on the Metro Policy Advisory Committee (MP AC). He has also held leadership posts at Neighborhood House, Inc., the World Affairs Council of Oregon, and the Friends of Forest Park. He is a supporter of the Cascade Aids Project and the local chapter of the Boy Scout's Eagle Scout Association. He is a field deployable volunteer for Portland Mountain Rescue and has participated in many search and rescue operations.
Ted earned a BA in Economics from Stanford University, an MBA from Columbia University and a MPP from Harvard University. He is currently gearing up a campaign to run for Multnomah County Chair.
Katrina was raised in Oregon, went to school in Oregon (OSU), moved to Seattle and then back to Portland (she missed Oregon too much).
Volunteer work and non-profits have always been a big part of Katrina's life. In college she participated in tutoring young children for Benton Literacy and helped with fundraisers for a number of organizations. In Portland, Katrina volunteered for the Children's Museum, the Neighborhood House, the Big Sister Program and many other organizations. She was a Director of Special Events for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Development Coordinator for the Vestibular Disorders Association. Most recently she was a Financial Advisor, leaving the industry when she finally realized that she preferred the helping aspect of the job more than the selling aspect. According to Katrina, you can take the girl out of the non-profit but you can't take the non-profit out of the girl.
On a personal level, Ted and Katrina are newly married and committed to continuing to make a difference in the community not only through philanthropy but through Ted's run for Multnomah County Chair.
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