On Tuesday, March 12th 2019, our lunch program speakers will be Dan Steelhammer, regional ambassador for Shelter Box USA, and Club member Shon Keeley from the American Red Cross. They will join us for lunch to discuss international disaster response.

Dan Steelhammer is a native Central Oregonian, a graduate of Crook County High School and the University of Oregon (BS, JD). Dan practiced law in Eugene and then in Bend for 15 years before changing careers to real estate. He has been an active Realtor since 1997, specializing in Commercial Properties throughout the state. Multifamily, industrial, and office sales and leasing are his primary areas of focus. His wife Jill is a recently retired teacher, and they have three children, Henry, Tom and Molly, all in their early 20’s, all products of the Bend La Pine public school system and Oregon higher education programs.

Dan is a member and past President of Mt. Bachelor Rotary, and is on the Board of Directors for Central Electric Cooperative. He enjoys fly fishing, hiking and being outdoors in Central Oregon.

On Tuesday, March 5th 2019, our lunch program speaker will be George Lepp, Field Editor, Outdoor Photographer Magazine. One of North America’s best-known contemporary outdoor and nature photographers and a leader in the field of digital imaging, George Lepp is the author of many books and hundreds of nationally and internationally published articles about the creative, ethical, and technical aspects of nature photography.

George is field editor of Outdoor Photographer magazine, where his “Tech Tips” column has been read for more than 30 years. His photography is extensively published and exhibited, and represented by Getty Images, Corbis, AgStock, and Photo Researchers. Lepp is one of the first members of Canon USA’s Explorers of Light program, featuring the industry’s most influential photographers. He has presented hundreds of lectures and led workshops all over the world, and often serves as a judge of international photography competitions. A founder and fellow of the North American Nature Photographers Association (NANPA), Lepp has won many awards for his work, including Photo Media’s Photography Person of the Year and the Photographic Society of America’s prestigious Progress Award. First trained in wildlife and wildlands management, Lepp later earned a BA and honorary MSc from Brooks Institute of Photography. George and his wife and collaborator, Kathryn Vincent Lepp, live in Bend, Oregon and can be contacted at http://www.georgeleppimages.com/.

On Tuesday, January 15th 2019, our lunch speakers will be Christine Frazer, CEO of HR Any Day Consulting and our own Matt Ertle, of Pridestaff. They’ll be presenting on managing multi-generations in the workforce, including the growing percentage of millennials we are fortunate to have in the workforce.

Christine Frazer’s career has spanned profit, non-profit, public and private work entities, with the majority of those years spent as a human resources professional in private corrections. Her vast experience in the HR field means, as she puts it, she’s pretty much seen it all. Christine focuses on helping smaller and growing companies set themselves up for success by building a solid HR foundation. She uses her many years of experience and real-life stories to help employers understand the importance of implementing sound processes and becoming compliance focused.
HR Any Day Consulting was the result of realizing her skill was in sharing as much information as possible with anyone who would listen.

Matt Ertle is a local from Bend with an international business background in several critical leadership roles. He opened the PrideStaff Bend office in early 2016 with the goal of creating an experience that businesses and people in Central Oregon trust throughout their careers. Matt feels so thankful to work in the community where he grew up and is now raising his own family. He enjoys all outdoor activities with his wife Ashley, son Levi, and daughter Emme.