pdxlunch

The men and women of PBL invite you to join us for lunch, Wednesday June 19th with speaker Alex Molden.

After sustaining a devastating knee injury his freshman year, he became a captain of a team that won the prestigious Pac-10 Championship and put them in the Rose bowl for the first time in 37 years, even after starting the season 1-2! With Alex’s leadership, the team worked hard to establish a deeper relationship with one another that allowed them to refocus and come together for one common cause & in the process rewrite U of O football history.

After overcoming hurdles both on and off the field, he was drafted in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1996 NFL draft. Alex played for 8-years (Saints, Chargers & Lions).

Alex’s main focus is to strengthen team collaborations, communication & transparency using his patent Alignment, Assignment, Adjustment & Assessment formula. His formula has given many organizations and executives proven solutions to help them build a more galvanized team. Some of Alex’s clients include the Boys & Girls Club of America, Hiya, Microsoft & Nike.

Alex has dedicated himself full time to bringing his message of personal and professional leadership & culture change to conferences around the world. Whether as a keynote speaker or a workshop leader, he helps break through the boundaries that are limiting most organizational teams and get them ready to shape the future.

He & his wife Christin have 8 children whom they love and adore.

Cost of the luncheon is $20.00 and pre-registration is highly recommended.

Growing up in North Carolina in the 60’s Tom had a front row seat to Jim Crow, integration, desegregation, busing, white flight and the southern strategy, but experienced transformation through the person of Jesus Christ while spending time with men who were brought up to be adversarial with each other.

In 2009, Tom was invited by Tony Kriz to attend the Friday Morning men’s group that meets weekly in NE Portland, which continues to be one of the most spiritually important moments in his life.

Tom worked for AT&T Bell Labs for 20 years as an electrical engineer in the field of Power Electronics. At different times he has been responsible for the design, manufacture, and marketing of power supplies. He currently works with his son John at SIMPLIS Technologies, which develops and markets the SIMPLIS power supply circuit simulation software program that is sold around the world.

Having lived in Dallas, Minneapolis, New Jersey, and now Portland, Tom and his wife Jane were married in 1975 and have two adult children.

Please join us for lunch to hear from Tom.

Cost of the luncheon is $20.00. Registration is required and seating is limited, so please register at this link.

Don’t miss our upcoming monthly speaker Jean Gutierrez, friend of Robert King.

Wednesday, March 20th from 11:45 am – 1:15 pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton near the Lloyd Center.

Suspended and kicked out of 8 schools, including his elementary school, Jean Gutierrez joined a gang at age of 12. With a pattern of drinking and driving he had his first car accident at age 13.

After moving to the U.S., his behavior continued to land him in numerous courts including overnights in correctional.

After being caught with drugs while driving drunk, Jean was sentenced to one and half years  probation, earned by multiple DUI’s, drug dealing, and drug abuse. He also experienced a parental divorce.

Saved by Christ at age of 23, Jean turned his life around, and started a food business. By starting this new venture, he was able to employ his mother from McDonald’s and also making her a business partner. She now oversees and operates PDX Meal Prep- a local meal delivery service targeted to help people save time and lose weight by eating healthy food.

Come join with us and hear how this all happened to Jean by the age of 25. He has a beautiful relationship, and he’s been sober and drug free for 3 years.

He’s looking forward to telling his story about God pulling him out of darkness and into his heavenly glory.

Register today for our weekly luncheon at this link.

***Important update for Wednesday’s Luncheon

We are pleased to let you know that Robert King, keynote speaker from our recent PBL Christmas Luncheon will give us a brief update on how we (PBL) are responding to the racial incident that happened recently at the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton.

If you didn’t have a chance to join us for the Christmas Luncheon to hear Robert’s talk on inclusion and racial reconciliation, here is the video from our program. It is timely in light of the racial incident at the hotel.

If you haven’t already RSVP’d, Monday is the last day to register. You won’t want to miss this January 16th lunch with our guest speaker Steve Hanamura from 11:45 am to 1:15 pm in the Oregon Room at the DoubleTree by Hilton near the Lloyd Center.

He spent part of his youth in a Japanese internment camp and experienced prejudice and discrimination first hand. He is both dynamic and impactful in how he tells his story and helps facilitate change.

President of Hanamura Consulting, Inc., founded in 1986, Steve brings over 30 years’ experience to the consulting, training and speaking profession. He is widely sought after in the areas of leadership development, managing and leading diversity initiatives, building effective teams, working with people with disabilities and managing personal and organizational change.

Steve has authored two books, In Search of Vision and I Can See Clearly and was a contributing author to Valuing Diversity. He has served as past president of the Portland Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development and is an emeritus member of The Diversity Collegium, a group of thought leaders in the field of diversity.

Among Steve’s professional honors is the Multi-Cultural Network Trainer of the Year presented by the American Society for Training and Development. He was recognized as one of forty diversity pioneers in the July/August 2007 edition of Profiles in Diversity Journal and has received the Meritorious Service Award for the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. He was also privileged to be one of the torchbearers for the 1996 Olympics.

Throughout his life he has experienced prejudice and discrimination but has been impacted by followers of Jesus Christ who have come alongside him throughout his journey. Though blind, he enjoys running and is an avid sports fan. He and wife Becky have three grown sons and seven grandchildren.

Register at this link. Cost of the lunch is $20.00 and pre-registration is highly appreciated. 

If you would like to register a group of people, please contact Diana directly at 503-906-1580

Check in at the Oregon Room begins at 11:45 am with program and lunch from 12 pm-1:15 pm.

Parking in the Doubletree garage is complementary. You will receive a validation ticket at the luncheon.