Senior Fellows Invited to Attend Class XXII Welcome Reception

Mark your calendars!

Portland area Senior Fellows, and other Senior Fellows who may be visiting the Portland area, are strongly encouraged to join us for a welcome reception for ALF Class XXII.

• Multnomah Athletic Club
• Thursday - July 12, 2007
  
• 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Cost:  $10 per person for hors'doevers and soft drinks (cash bar available for other drinks). FREE to those Senior Fellows whose nominees were selected for Class XXII!

RSVP:  To the ALF office (503-636-2288 or pmclean@alfo.org) no later than Monday, July 9th.

 We'd love to see as many of you there as possible to welcome the new class and make them feel warmly embraced by our wonderful ALF network.

ALF Regional News Links

ALF is looking for Senior Fellows who would be willing to gather and submit newsworthy items from their respective regions for publication on a special local page that will be linked to the monthly ALF E-Newsletter.  Events, updates and items of potential interest to other Senior Fellows in your local area are all welcome.  Regions we'd like to include are:

1. Portland/Metro
2. Southern Oregon
3. Central Oregon
4. Eastern Oregon
5. Mid-Willamette Valley
6. Oregon Coast

Contact Robin at the ALF office (503-636-2288 or rteater@alfo.org) for more information.  Those who volunteer to be local ALF E-News "stringers" will be given a current email listing of their area's Senior Fellows to help with the information gathering process.

ALF Oregon Seeks Board Members

The ALF Oregon Board of Directors invites Senior Fellows interested in being a part of this vital group to indicate their interest by completing a nomination form.  Senior Fellows from outside of the Portland metropolitan area are especially sought for board service.  Board terms are three years, and the board meets four times a year - twice in Portland, once in southern Oregon and once in Central Oregon. For more information, contact Chris Dudley, chair of the nomination committee, by email at ilove2ride@aol.com or contact Robin at the ALF office.

Click here for ALF board member job description/nomination form

Judy Johansen, Class XI

Judi has been appointed by Governor Kulongoski as president of the Port of Portland Commission, becoming the first woman to serve in that role in the port's 116-year history.

Judi is the former president and chief executive officer of PacifiCorp, and has served on the commission since 2003.

Nichole Maher, Class XX

Nichole has been selected to be part of the American Indians for Opportunity Ambassadors Program, a 2-year program that brings together 18 Tribal leaders from across the U.S. to focus on retaining indigenous values while improving communities through united leadership.  Nichole departed this month for the first meeting in a series of four, this meeting taking her to Bolivia for 10 days to meet with that country's first indigenous president, Avo Morales, as well as to visit several indigenous communities.

Michelle has established her own business consulting service, called EnTranRight, LLC.  Most recently Michelle has served as vice president/director of CH2M Hill's Intellectual Property Office.  For more information on her new enterprise, check out her website at www.EnTranRight.com.

Steffeni Mendoza Gray, Class XX

Steffeni has accepted a position as Government Relations Specialist for the City of Portland's Office of Government Relations.  Steffeni was formerly the executive director of Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement (OCHA).  Her new work email is steffeni.mendozagray@ci.portland.or.us.

Peggy Fowler, Class V

Peggy, the CEO and President of PGE, was honored on May 24 by the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors with their Annual First Citizen Award.

Nancy Wilgenbusch, Class I

Founding ALF class member Nancy  Wilgenbusch has announced her intention to retire as President of Marylhurst University in 2008.  Nancy has been president of Marylhurst since 1984, and is well known for her many outstanding achievements in college administration and exemplary community service.

Gretchen Kafoury, Class III

Gretchen was the recipient of the Nohad A. Toulan Award for Public Service at the sixth annual Urban Pioneer Awards dinner, hosted in May by Portland State University's College of Urban and Public Affairs.  Emceed by Clackamas County Commissioner, Martha Schrader (ALF Class XXI), this annual event honors community leaders who exhibit the ideals taught to students and valued by College of Urban and Public Affairs' faculty and community partners.

Michael Mills reports that he has learned the sad news that ALF classmate Allie Stickney's husband of 30 years passed away last month.  Allie was in Class 9 with Michael.  Allie, who now resides in Vermont, wrote that her husband, David Wagner, 69, died on May 15^th  of multiple myeloma, a cancer he bravely fought for two and a half years. Gifts in David's memory may be made to the David Wagner Fund at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, 183Talcott Road, Williston, VT 05495, a fund that honors David many contributions to Planned Parenthood.

What will it take to unlock Portland's full creative capacity? That is the question that Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams, Class XIII, is asking Portland-area citizens to help answer on Tuesday, June 12. This unique Arts & Culture Town Hall will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Portland Center Stage (128 NW 11th Ave at Davis St. in Portland). In addition to Commissioner Adams, other sponsors of the town hall include the Portland Development Commission, the Regional Arts and Cultural Council, and Northwest Business for Culture & the Arts.  The event is free and open to the public but space is limited so you are asked to RSVP by Friday, June 8, 2007 to Polly Birge at pbirge@ci.portland.or.us. To learn more visit www.CommissionerSam.com/creativecapacity.

Calendar of Events: June-July

• June 12th - 7:30 a.m.: ALF Executive Committee

• June 19th - 4-6 p.m.: ALF Program Committee meeting, Portland

• June 21st - 6 p.m.: ALF Class XXI Check-in dinner, Roseburg

• June 22nd - 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: ALF Class XXI Project Planning Session, Roseburg

• July 12th - 5:30-7:00 p.m.: ALF Class XXII Welcome Reception, Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland (RSVP required)

• July 13th - 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.: ALF Class XXII Orientation, Marylhurst University