Winterim is a five-day entrepreneurship immersion event that culminates in a pitch competition. Since Winterim will be conducted in a hybrid style this year, the Bates Center views it as an opportunity to open up part of the programming to alumni, parents, students, faculty/staff, and the professional community.
Over 40 professionals served as speakers, mentors and judges for our 30 students during January 9-14. Here are the events our alumni/parents and the greater community are invited to participate in and/or watch.
Keynote
Speaker 1
When : Jan 11, 2022 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic : Liberal Arts and the Future of Work
Our speaker is Michelle Weise who is an expert in higher education and the future of work. She will describe the disconnect between higher education and work/life trends and then describe what liberal arts brings to the table and how liberal arts students can bridge the chasm between college and the future of work.
Registration no longer available
Speaker 2
When : Jan 12, 2022 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Ethic to Action: Designing a Purpose Led Organization
Join our speaker James Joaquin, the co-founder of Obvious Ventures where he discusses purpose led organizations, changes you can make in yours, and how a for-profit can achieve significant social and environmental progress.
Registration no longer available.
Pitch Competition
When: Jan 14, 2022 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Pitch Competition
This is a chance for family, friends and fans to see all the team pitches.
Registration no longer available
Judges
- Tony Abena* - Operating Advisor at Lightview Capital
- John Bates* - Retired Professor, Co-Founder of Bates Capital
- Alex Gamboa Grand - Relationship Specialist at OEN
- Cliff Johnson - VP of New Homes at Realtor.com
- Ricardo Lopez - Oregon Growth Board Director & Investment Strategist at Business Oregon
- Suzanne Stevens - Editor of the Portland Business Journal
- Rommel Vega - Founder of HOLO Footwear
- Linda Weston - Principal of Rapporto
- Jessica Zutz Hilbert - Co-Founder, General Counsel, and Marketing at Red Duck Foods
- Mohan Nair - CEO at Emerge Inc.
Speakers
- J Cheema - Allergan Aesthetics, Marketing and Strategy Expert
- Jim Chi - Founding Member of Oregon Sports Angels and Principal at Cascade Management Consulting
- Sara Conte - Director of Strategy and Transformation at VMware
- Meredith Goddard - Director of Enterprise Applications; L&C Innovation Instructor
- Carl Guess - Executive Presentation Coach at Elevator Speech
- Brent Hutchings* - CEO of North River Boats
- James Joaquin - Co-founder and Managing Director at Obvious Ventures
- Michael Pan - Founder of Pan’s
- Matt Rhoades - Master and Professor of the Strategic Design and Innovation program at the DeTao School of Design
- Michelle Weise - Author of Long Life Learning, Future of Education and Workforce Strategist
Mentors
- Kanika Agrawal - Senior Strategy Operations at Lyft
- Matt Bolte - Managing Partner, Chief Product Officer at ThenWhat
- Jim Chi - Founding Member of Oregon Sports Angels and Principal at Cascade Management Consulting
- Sara Conte - Director of Strategy and Transformation at VMware
- Mitch Daugherty - Co-Founder and Director of Built Oregon
- Doug Freeman - Startup Communications Services/Consulting, Ideascape Inc.
- David Harris - Retired Executive at Harris Oil, banking and insurance
- Marcus Harvey - Founder of Portland Gear
- Brent Hutchings* - CEO of North River Boats
- Fred Jacobs - Chairman of the Board, DMS Bank
- Shashi Jain - Tech Innovation Lead at Intel Corporation
- Hongda Jiang - Segment Finance Lead at Intel Corporation
- Bob Julier - Retired Director of Business Research, The Dow Chemical Company
- Jim Kean - Health Care Entrepreneur
- Jake Kindrachuk - Partner at Village Family Capital
- Charlie Lambropoulos - Co-Founder of Scrum Launch
- Ben McKinley - Founder/CEO Cascade Web Development
- Travis Merril - EVP at Resideo Technologies
- Skip Newberry - President and CEO of Technology Association of Oregon
- Scott Owen - Founding Partner at Baker Brothers Studios
- John Paik - SVP of Global Marketing at MiiR
- Tawny Schlieski - President of Oregon Story Board, Founder of Shovels and Whiskey
- Bill Stevens - Professor, Angel Investor and LLC Manager
- Cara Turano - Chief Operating Officer at Technology Association of Oregon
- Rick Turoczy - Founder, Silicon Florist, PIE, Tech Fest NW, Oregon Story Board
- Paul Vogel - Executive Director, Columbia Economic Team
- Nicole Vollebregt - Founder and Co-CEO at We Are On Purpose
- Robin Wang - Consulting CFO at CFO Selections
- Alex Carney - Interim Executive Director at Consejo Hispano
- Marie Baldridge - CEO/Founder at MK Diversity Group
The Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership is located in room 344 of J.R. Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
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email entrepreneurship@lclark.edu
Chrys Hutchings
Director
chryshutchings@lclark.edu
503-768-7683
Catarina Hunter
Associate Director
chunter@lclark.edu
503-768-8683
The Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership
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615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219