***Note: last minute venue change to the DoubleTree by Hilton. 1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland,Oregon, 97232

Join us for our April 18th ONE Lunch to hear from guest speaker Carl Talton.

Carl is the former Executive Chair and CEO of the Portland Family of Funds and its affiliate United Fund Advisors currently serving  in an ex-officio capacity.

He is the former Vice President of Government Affairs, Economic Development, Community Development and Business Development for Portland General Electric where he retired in 2003. Prior to PGE he served 25 years with Pacific Power and Light where he served in numerous executive roles including the Senior Public Affairs Representative and Director of Retail Business Operations.

His community and civic activities include 10 years on Oregon’s Economic Development Commission and 15 years on the Portland Development Commission including 3 terms as Chairman. He has a 40 year record of extensive community service, initiating and serving on the boards of numerous civic and community based organizations focused on economic development, housing development, health issues and education.

Current and recent board activities include the Northwest Health Foundation, Concordia University Council of Trustees, Governors Metro Regional Solutions Committee, San Francisco Federal Reserve Community Advisory Council, Black Investment Consortium for Economic Progress, NNE Economic Development Alliance, Albina Head Start, NNE STEAM Coalition, and National Community Fund.

Carl was born and raised in the Portland area and resides with his family in NNE Portland where he has lived since early childhood.

We’ll be meeting at our new location at the Courtyard by Marriott.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Registration for the luncheon is required.

Register here at this link.

We’re happy to announce announce Tom Kohl as our February 21 guest speaker for our PBL ONE lunch.

Judge Kohl was appointed to the bench in Washington County, Oregon by Gov. John Kitzhaber in April of 1997. Prior to his appointed, Judge Kohl was the city attorney for a small, rural community for 14 years.

As a lawyer, Judge Kohl specialized in employment law the last 14 years of his private practice. Since his appointment, Judge Kohl has been elected three times and currently is on assignment, part time, as a senior judge for the State of Oregon.

He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky (BA) and the University of Toledo (JD). He headed the birth of the Washington County Adult Drug Court in 2005 and was the only judge for the drug count until his retirement on January 1, 2016. The Washington County Drug Court received state-wide and national recognition.

As of December of 2015, the drug court had 169 graduates, saving the state over 9 million dollars in incarceration costs. Judge Kohl was also the Presiding Judge in Washington County from 2006 through 2010. He was President of the Oregon State Circuit Court Judges’ Association from 2010-11.

In 2006, Judge Kohl’s daughter, Megan, was brutally murdered. The killer was tried and convicted of aggravated murder several years later. Judge Kohl wrote and published a book, “Losing Megan; Finding Hope, Comfort and Forgiveness in the Midst of Murder” in 2012.

Recently the book has opened the doors of prisons for Judge Kohl to share his powerful story with inmates. He has spoken in prisons around the country including Oregon, Washington, Georgia and Louisiana (Angola Prison) and has recently returned from speaking in prisons in Rwanda and Indonesia. Judge Kohl lives in Hillsboro with his wife, Julie.

Please pre-register at this link.

Happy New Year! Starting February 21, the women and men of PBL will host a combined luncheon each third Wednesday of the month in a new location. We can’t wait to begin again with a renewed energy and commitment to bring people together for encouragement to authentically live out our faith through the sharing of business and life stories.

We’re excited about the New Year and what it means for PBL. We just finished up the year with our annual Christmas Luncheon, and look forward to seeing you again at our monthly luncheons.

If you couldn’t attend our annual luncheon with keynote Larry Anderson, be sure to watch the video here.

Our mission is to love God love and others, and by combining our two monthly lunches into one single event- the ONE Lunch, we’ll have greater opportunity to make the most of our time together.

You can register for the ONE Lunch here.