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.

On Tuesday, November 27 2018, our lunch speakers will be Roger Lee (CEO) and Brian Vierra (Venture Catalyst) from EDCO, who will be talking to us about the history and purpose of the Bend Venture Conference.

Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) hosted the 15th Annual Bend Venture Conference (BVC) to a sold-out crowd at the Tower Theatre in Downtown Bend this past October. 14 companies presented their ideas to 600 attendees in hopes of gaining investments from prominent funds. Of those 14 finalists, half of them walked away with funding totaling $1,807,500 in both investments and cash prizes. Side investment deals are still being finalized.

Over the past five years, the Bend Venture Conference has awarded upwards of $9.6 million in funding to 41 companies, completely reinventing Oregon’s angel and venture landscape.

At EDCO, Roger is responsible for the tri-county area’s economic development strategy, business recruitment, oversight of the organization and its satellite offices, and development of special projects including industrial parks, expansion of commercial air service and creation of new programs to assist the region’s traded-sector employers and improve the overall business climate.

Brian is an international business entrepreneur and start up/ early stage investor. He successfully founded and directed three businesses in Asia over a 17 year period. He’s currently active as an angel investor in the Pacific Northwest and Venture Catalyst with Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO), consulting for and connecting early stage businesses with resources.

On Tuesday, November 20 2018, The Bill Berg Foundation will provide its semi-annual update to the Club.

On Tuesday, November 13 2018, we’ll be having our Rotary Student Recognition lunch.

The Rotary Student Recognition lunch is a unique opportunity to recognize and hear from five outstanding students (one from each of the five Bend-La Pine high schools) who best exemplify Rotary’s motto of “Service above self.” This is always a high energy, feel-good program as we get a glimpse at the best and brightest of our future and a peak at the caliber of students going through our local schools.