2019 Winterim

Papi-Thornton is an educator whose work focuses on systems-led social interventions. Daniela was a Lecturer at Yale School of Management this fall where she taught a course on systems-led leadership. Previously she was a Lecturer at Watson Institute and was the Deputy Director at Oxford Saïd Business School’s Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, and she continues to consult for both institutions. At Oxford she launched educational programming designed to help incorporate systems thinking into social entrepreneurship education, including Map the System, a contest now running at 42 global universities. Her report and subsequent article, Tackling Heropreneurship, have been widely referenced. From that research she designed a tool called the Impact Gaps Canvas, used at universities around the world. Daniela’s work in education design builds upon six years of emerging market entrepreneurial experience in Cambodia, running a hybrid social enterprise. She co-authored a book, Learning Service, focused on shifting mindsets and practices related to volunteer travel. Her 2018 Ashoka U Big Idea Talk and her TEDx talk on Reclaiming Social Entrepreneurship highlights some of her more recent thinking.

• Tony Abena – Partner at Seven Peaks Ventures
• John Bates - Retired Professor, Life Trustee
• Jim Huston - Managing Director of Portland Seed Fund
• Cliff Johnson – Chief Commercial Officer of Rented.com
• Caroline Lewis – Rouge Venture Partners
• Suzanne Stevens - Editor of the Portland Business Journal
• Linda Weston - Principal of Rapporto, former Exec Director of OEN

• Tim Clark – Author, Speaker, Educator at Business Model You
• Sara Conte - Entrepreneur, Management Consultant at SGC Ventures
• Meredith Goddard - Founder of Five Years In, Educator
• Carl Guess – Executive Presentation Coach at Elevator Speech
• Michelle Lantow-retired CAO/CFO - New Seasons, McCormick & Schmicks & Lucy
• Ben McKinley - Founder/CEO Cascade Web Development
• Daniela Papi-Thornton – Educator, Consultant
• Corey Pressman – Principal at Intangible PDX
• Peter Rachor – Director for Entrepreneurship at University of Portland
• Ron Sakaguchi - Design Thinking/Innovation/Entrepreneurship professor at OHSU
• Gene Wang - Entrepreneur, CEO of People Power
• Robin Wang – Executive Director of Ascent Funding

• Brie Bridegum – Attorney at Stoel Rives
• Jessie Duley – Founder of Burn Cycle
• Jordan Hayles – Founder of Radical Brand Lab
• Charlie Lambropoulos – Co founder of ScrumLaunch
• Scott Owen – Global Innovation and Experience Manager for KEEN Footwear
• Dana Plautz - Entrepreneur, co-President MrsP.com
• Mark Reed - Owner of MJP Management
• Tawny Schlieski – President of Oregon Story Board, Founder of Shovels and Whiskey
• Paul Vogel - Communications Strategist, Vogel Communications

Roaming Mentors

• Kanika Agrawal – Business Consultant at Hitachi
• Chris Bailey – Micro-Enterprise Developer
• Bill Etheredge - Principal of WCE Consulting Group
• David Harris – Executive at Harris Oil, banking and insurance
• Brent Hutchings - CEO of North River Boats
• Shashi Jain – Innovation Manager at Intel
• Michelle Janke - Partner at Coraggio Group
• Bob Julier – Retired Director of Business Research, The Dow Chemical Company
• Amber Moore – Founder of Moore Communications
• Serilda Summers McGee – Deputy Director of HR for City of Portland
• Rick Turoczy - Founder - Silicon Florist, PIE, TechFest NW, Oregon Story Board
• Nicole Vollebregt – Adidas’ SVP of Global Purpose