On this edition of Oregon Rainmakers, we talk about business communications and PR and the do’s and don’ts of communicating with the public. Our guests are two veteran communication’s professionals in our community, Dana Turell, president of the Turell Group and Pat Walsh, director of communications at Lane Transit and a longtime owner of a PR firm in town.

On this edition of Oregon Rainmakers, we talk with Blake Thompson, the chief innovation officer at Springfield Creamery. Springfield Creamery makes one of the most well-known products to come out of the region – Nancy’s Yogurt. We discuss the company, its history, and some of the challenges and opportunities for a national brand in today’s marketplace.

On this edition of the podcast, we are talking about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and how this relatively new term is becoming an increasingly critical part of today’s business. Our guest is Erika McCalpine, the Executive Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives at OSU-Cascades, and the director of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Laboratory.

On this edition of the Oregon Rainmakers Podcast, we tackle the very interesting and relatively new subject of Name, Image and Likeness for college athletes and how a recent supreme court ruling opened the doors for college players to be paid.

On this edition of he Oregon Rainmakers podcast, we are talking with interim GM of Lane Transit District, Mark Johnson.

A conversation with Karl Mundorff, the executive director of the Oregon State University Accelerator program.

On this edition of the Oregon Rainmakers podcast, we talk with Brian Steffen, Eugene Family YMCA Chief Executive Officer. Steffen talks about the venerable Eugene institution whose origins can be traced back to when the University of Oregon was a brand new institution and gives us an update on The $42 million capital campaign to build a new Y with state-of-the art facilities.

On this edition of the Oregon Rainmakers Podcast, we talk with Josh Lehner an economist with the State Of Oregon’s office of economic analysis. Lehner talks about the health of the state and local economy, some potential challenges to overcome, and some solid optimism for the near future.

On this edition of Oregon Rainmakers we talk to Lucy Vinis, the Mayor of Eugene. Serving since January of 2017, Mayor Vinis has been the chief elected official of Eugene during some of the most unusual and challenging times in the city’s history. We talk about those challenges and the economic climate within our community.

On this edition of Oregon Rainmakers, we are talking baseball, specifically the quest for a new baseball park for the Eugene Emeralds. Our guest today is Allan Benevides, The Emeralds GM and the leader of the campaign to build a new stadium or risk losing the team to another minor league city.