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Women Grow Portland

Ambridge Event Center

1333 NE Mlk Bvld OR

45.532531756991524 -122.66190331886651

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Please join us for our Women Grow Portland chapter September Signature Networking event! This event will be held at Ambridge Event Center, located at 1333 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. in Portland from 6-9pm on Thursday, September 8, 2016. We are thrilled to announce another exciting and informative program line up for this event! First, we will hear from our sustaining sponsor speaker, Trista Okel from Empower Bodycare. We deeply appreciate the support of all of our sponsors and are looking forward to learning more about Trista's highly acclaimed topical company! Our keynote speaker for this event will be Oregon State Representative Val Hoyle. Rep. Hoyle has represented House District 14, encompassing West Eugene, Junction City, and Cheshire, since 2009. From 2012-2015 Val Hoyle served as the Majority Leader of the Oregon House, leading the Democratic Caucus through multiple successful legislative sessions. Under Val's leadership, Val has more than 25 years of private sector business experience in domestic and international sales, wholesale distribution, and retail management in the sporting goods industry. She was a member and chairperson of the Board of the Federal District Export Council of Oregon and a member of the Outdoor Industry Women's Coalition. She worked hard with colleagues during the 2009, 2015, and 2016 sessions to ensure the burgeoning cannabis industry has the support it needs to grow by; protecting patients’ access to medicinal marijuana, helping legal businesses create jobs and thrive, and preventing drug use among young people. Rep. Hoyle was hugely supportive of the 2016 industrial hemp bill HB 4060 that just passed through the Oregon Legislature this past spring. HB 4060 amended the original hemp bill SB 676 that Val worked on extensively with Senator Floyd Prozanski in 2009. She will be speaking about her reasons for supporting HB 4060, and about women in leadership overall. We are both proud and honored to host her at this event! * All photos in slide show courtesy of Mirifoto

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