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Dress for Success Oregon’s Empowerment Breakfast Raises Over $43,000

Empowerment Breakfast Panel & Speakers: panelist Lisa Fisher, Intel Manager (ADA Case Manager); client speaker Patsy Hall, Transition Projects Outreach Specialist; emcee Shari Dunn, DFSO Executive Director; client speaker Bessie Kirkland, Jean’s Place Mentor Specialist; keynote speaker Nadya Okamoto, Camions of Care Executive Director.

Portland, October 13th, 2015. Over 270 people attended Dress for Success Oregon‘s third-annual Empowerment Breakfast. The event drew business, civic and social leaders who support the elimination of racial, economic and gender lines in the workplace. Dress for Success Oregon’s mission is to help low-income women present themselves in a positive light to gain employment, independence and self-worth. The Empowerment Breakfast Panel included: Lisa Fisher, Intel Manager; client Patsy Hall, Transition Projects Outreach Specialist; emcee Shari Dunn, DFSO Executive Director; client Bessie Kirkland, Jean’s Place Mentor Specialist; and keynote speaker Nadya Okamoto, the Executive Director of Camions of Care.

DFSO Board Member, Sara Weinstein; DFSO volunteer, Bonnie Schimschock; Jane Orlowski; Demetra Star; DFSO Board President, Cindy Larson.

Sam Scheinberg, Cherrie Scheinberg and DFSO Board Member, Justin Nielsen

The event featured 17 year-old keynote speaker and Executive Director of Camions of Care, Nadya Okamoto. The nonprofit she founded distributes feminine hygiene products to women who need them.

From Dress for Success:

Dress for Success Oregon is an anti-poverty nonprofit organization that has been helping low-income women successfully transition back into the workforce since 1999.

We promote 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.

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.