1RVC: Talent

Regionl Strategy 3
  • Business OR/OED/RWP/SOREDI: Created Joint Business Team (2020)
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  • SOREDI/RWP: Share at least three board members.

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  • SOREDI: Joined meetings for IGNITE, which creates partnerships between business and education.

  • Talent Maker City, SOEDD, and other partners worked on the Bus Project, connecting students with local businesses and education. 
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  • SOREDI: Added 17 EDGE Profiles since 2019, giving insight into local businesses. 

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  • SOREDI: Sponsored booth at Careers in Gears, Feb 2020.

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  • RCC: Added a Healthcare Professions Building to campus.

  • RCC/SOREDI: Hosted Invent-OR together in a virtual format, Oct, 2020. 

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  • RWP: Designed and Created Rogue Careers Website.
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  • RWP: Secured Funding for Fire-related Grants for Employers.

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Members

  • Bud Armundsen, Executive Director, 71: Five Ministries
  • Bonnie Barasch, HR Director, City of Medford
  • Daniella Bivens, Treasurer, Youth Pathways
  • Maxwell Brooks, Career Connections, SOU
  • Amy Browne, Business Development Manager, SOREDI
  • Peter Buckley, Southern Oregon Success
  • Karla Clark, CC4A/STEAM Project Manager, SOESD
  • Andrea Cole, Business Services Team, Worksource Rogue Valley
  • Stacey Derrig, Assistant Director, Corporate Relations, SOU
  • Polly Farrimond, Workforce Analyst, OED
  • Caitlin Fernandez, Business Support Manager, SOREDI
  • Jim Fong, Executive Director, RWP
  • Kimberly Freeze, Dean, Science, Art & Tech, RCC
  • Mary Hambleton, Training and Development, Soul Canyon
  • Nikki Jones, Franchise Owner, Express Employment
  • Cathy Kemper-Pelle, President, RCC
  • Juliet Long, Vice President, RCC
  • Gene Merrill, Youth Pathways
  • Suz Montemayor, HR, Quantum Innovations
  • Colleen Padilla, Executive Director, SOREDI
  • Joe Spagnualo, Business & Employment Specialist, OED
  • Marta Tarantsey, Regional Development Officer, Business Oregon
  • Guy Tauer, Regional Economist, OED
  • Jill TeVelde, Workforce Development, RWP

Updated 2022

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