Past Lunches

Learn how Ana moved from Sao Paulo to the US and made (and recently sold) a business based on a mission to provide fresh, healthy and delicious salads for busy people.

Overseeing an investment portfolio of about $750M and chairing a board that manages $90B of Oregon funds, hear how this liberal arts graduate weighs social justice in her investment decisions.

Learn about being mentored by an uncompromising leader in the natural food world and Jan’s rise to head of international sales in an employee-owned company with over $100M in sales and in over 80 countries.

Hear the story of developing a personal products brand in her kitchen, selling her products at farmers’ markets, and then selling her company to Unilever. Schmidt’s next venture is elevating emerging and underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Recognized as “Oregon’s best known scientist,” Brian Druker will talk about his inauspicious beginning and his path to becoming the Director of OHSU’s Knight Cancer Institute. He will explain why he believes cancer will be treatable and curable.

Hear from this Lewis & Clark alumna and trustee how she went from studying chemistry to founding HueNoir: Changing the face of beauty by putting multicultural makeup customers at the center of the modern beauty movement.

Learn from Portland’s leading expert about how to translate ideas and designs into products that improve lives. Jennifer is a director/chief of staff at Autodesk after being executive director of OTRADI and Oregon Biosciences Incubator (turning science research into commercial use).

Meet the CEO of TopGolf, the purveyor of golf and entertainment in 56 locations world-wide. With more than 13 million guests/year and 35,000 guests per day/location, engage in a trends conversation about sports, entertainment, music and business.