Portland nonprofit Central City Concern is currently building three separate residential and medical facilities in east and northeast Portland. Two of these projects, the six-story Blackburn residential and medical facility at East Burnside and 122nd Avenue and the Stark Street Apartments at Southeast 127th and Stark Street, were opened to the 91ÊÓƵ for a tour recently. This video shows those two sites as they currently stand. All three facilities will be completed later this year.

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Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. (OTI) recently hired Dennise M. Kowalczyk as a development director to lead new efforts to build a robust fundraising and development department, and diversify the funding base of the 25-year-old nonprofit organization. She has more than 17 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector, including as station manager for KBOO Community Radio, and as director of organizational advancement for MetroEast.

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Kenneth M. Novack, CEO of investment firm MMGL Corp., recently was appointed to the BRIDGE Housing board of directors. The nonprofit develops, owns and manages affordable housing. Novack previously served as chairman of Schnitzer Steel Industries, chairman and CEO of Schnitzer Investment Corp. and chairman of Liberty Shipping Group.

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The Green Building Initiative recently appointed Glumac CEO Steve Straus to its board of directors. He has more than 30 years of professional engineering experience, and has become a leader in sustainable design and use of innovative technologies.

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The Green Building Initiative recently appointed Plum Creek director of real estate Doug Cole to its board of directors. He oversees a variety of strategic company initiatives related to acquisitions, joint ventures and special projects. He also is a registered architect.

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The Portland Community ToolBank, the sixth affiliate of the nationwide ToolBank network, recently named Zoya Kumar its executive director. She has more than 10 years of experience handling operations, fundraising, marketing and human resource management. ToolBanks lend high?quality tools to charitable organizations and their volunteers.

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The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership recently added Linda Wechsler as a food processing industry consultant. She has more than 10 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, including stints as prep kitchen chef, food scientist, and supply chain and operations manager.

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The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership recently added Heather Cutler as a sales manager. She has more than 18 years of experience in sales, account management, and product and market development. She previously provided innovative information technology infrastructure solutions and consulting services for regional mission-critical enterprises.

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The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership recently added Jasmine Agnor as a marketing manager. She has more than six years of experience supporting strategic marketing initiatives for businesses and organizations in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. She has a background in strategic communications, corporate branding, event planning and execution, campaign management, and print and web design.

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Pamela Benoit recently joined Human Solutions as director of finance. As CFO, she will provide financial management of the agency’s assets and $10 million budget. Benoit is a CPA.

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