A special series of events has been scheduled around the first EMERGE summer raft trip. Participation is limited to 100 participants.

Get Acquainted Pre-Raft Trip Reception
Thursday, June 18
4:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
NW Natural Gas
Hospitality Room, 4th Floor
220 NW 2nd Ave., Portland OR 97209

All-Day Raft Trip Down the Deschutes River
Tuesday, July 14
(Continental breakfast, bus transportation, raft, guide, and lunch provided)

Post-Raft Trip Dinner and Raft Trip Slide/Video Show
Thursday, October 1
6:00 p.m. Cocktails
6:45 p.m. Dinner – business attire
(You are asked to bring a bottle of wine to share for the evening)
University Club
1225 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204

The cost of the raft trip is $225 (pre-reception, rafting fee and October dinner) or $125 (for pre-reception and rafting only).

For more information on registration, please contact Don Krahmer, Jr. at dkrahmer@schwabe.com. At this time, registration is limited to  Leadership Portland alumni and current Leadership Portland class members.

Join the fun in the 2009 EMERGE Raft Trip

EMERGE is an initiative of the Portland Business Alliance to build greater participation in its Leadership Portland program and build better connection between emerging and established leaders in the Greater Portland-Vancouver Region.

The EMERGE kick-off event is a reception scheduled for Monday, May 11th at the Gerding Theatre from 5-7 p.m.. It will be a good opportunity for emerging and established leaders to get connected. Groups of 6-10 people are organizing post-dinner receptions in local Portland restaurants. As of 4/24, 204 people registered for this event. Cost is $10 plus a donation of food for the Oregon Food Bank.

Sign-up TODAY for the May 11th EMERGE Event!

Well, join us this May 11, 5-7 p.m. at the Gerding Theater to meet, build relationships, friendships and connections among emerging and established leaders in the greater Portland-Vancouver region at an event called EMERGE. Click here to register and join us.

Attendees are encouraged to come and meet some new friends from other leadership programs in the region. In addition to the $10 cost, everyone is asked to bring a couple of cans of food to support the Oregon Business Hunger Initiative and the Oregon Food Bank. Additionally, attendees are encouraged to find a couple of other friends (emerging and established) from other parts of the region and get together for small group dinners around the Pearl District and other parts of Portland, and take advantage of this regional asset of great restaurants in Portland.

Special thanks to the Portland Business Alliance with the generous sponsorship of NW Natural, Pacific Power, Regence, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Wells Fargo, Opus Northwest, Oregon State University, Portland State University, Portland General Electric and US Bank.

The invitation list for EMERGE will include participants and alumni from the following programs: Leadership Portland, Leadership Hillsboro, Hillsboro Young and Innovative, Leadership Clackamas County, Leadership Beaverton, Latino Leadership Development Program, Leadership Lake Oswego, Leadership Tualatin, Leadership Clark County, American Leadership Forum, Greenlight Greater Portland Emerging Leadership Program, NEW Leadership Oregon (PSU), NW Business for Culture and Leadership/Art of Leadership.

-Donald L. Krahmer, Jr., Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and Board Liaison, Leadership Portland, Portland Business Alliance