Dress for Success Oregon’s Celebrate Success Benefit Has Style

Portland, April 18th, 2014. Awash in Glitter, 550 attendees raised $332,000 for Dress for Success Oregon. The nonprofit promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support, and career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. At the event, Janine Richardson (on the left) was digging for diamonds. (photo credit, Andie Petkus & Shane Brant)

Barb Attridge, Dress for Success Oregon Executive Director and Co-Founder; Lisa Lucas, Dress for Success Oregon Board of Directors; Joi Gordon, CEO of Dress for Success Worldwide; Karen Fishel, Dress for Success Oregon Board of Directors and Co-Founder.

Barb Attridge, Dress for Success Oregon Executive Director and Co-Founder; Kathy Larson, The Larson Legacy; Karen Fishel, Dress for Success Oregon Board of Directors and Co-Founder.

Lisa Murphy, Dress for Success Oregon Board of Directors; Peggy Maguire, Cambia Health Solutions; Angela Dowling, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon; Olivia Dowling.

Bank of America table – Bottom row (left to right): Leanne DiLorenzo, Roger Hinshaw (Bank of America President, Oregon & SW Washington), Margaret Hinshaw, Kelly Blunt. Top row (left to right): Victoria Blachly, Tara Kinateder, Nicole Frisch, Lisa Brubaker, Monique Barton (Dress for Success Oregon Board of Directors).

Drew Carney from KGW and Barbara Carlson from Ben Bridge, Official Celebrate Success 2014 Diamond Sponsor, selecting the diamond winner!

From Dress for Success Oregon:

“Dress for Success Oregon is an anti-poverty nonprofit organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. As over 85% of Dress for Success Oregon clients are single mothers, the organization provides low-income women the support and career development resources that help them not only get a job, but build a career, a life and the self-confidence to succeed, helping them transition off of government assistance to become financially-independent, self-sufficient citizens that can support their families.

Visit their website to learn more: http://www.dressforsuccessoregon.org/”

Elisa Klein

I’ve been a professional journalist and writer since 1987, (and long-time reporter for KOIN-TV.) As a nationally published reporter, with a Master’s Degree in Journalism, I love to report positive news and information. Journalism has also connected me with another non-profit where I served as a leader; the Northwest’s biggest writer’s organization: The Willamette Writers.