KLCC's Oregon Rainmakers: Recent Episodes
Michael Dunne
KLCC's Oregon Rainmakers is a podcast where we talk to business leaders creating economic and community success in western and central Oregon. Our region is rich with business and economic stories that aren’t being told, so we decided to create a podcast where we can have a conversation with the very leaders in Oregon who are moving the business community forward. Every other week, we will launch a new in-depth conversation with a person who is either creating wealth, policy, or opportunity for Oregon to continue to thrive today, and into the future. It won’t always be a CEO or business leader or a leader in private industry, it could be an elected official, entrepreneur, or nonprofit leader, but the conversation will always focus on an important driver of community prosperity.
A conversation with B Grace Bullock, Chair of the Lane County Mental Health Advisory Committee.
A conversation with Shelly Williams, Shelly Williams, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley
A conversation with Leah Murray, Executive Director of the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House and Museum
A conversation with with Katie Urhausen, Co-Founder and Board President of Circle of Friends School.
A conversation with Nancy Buffum, Executive Director of The Eugene Education Foundation
A conversation with Bethany Cartledge, Executive Director, St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County. She becomes the new Executive Director, taking over from long-time leader, Terry McDonald.
A conversation with the conductor of the Eugene Concert Choir and their new album, Black is Beautiful.
A conversation with Dr. Richard Pettigrew, the executive director of the Archaeological Legacy Institute of Eugene. The Institute runs multiple media platforms including The Archeology Channel, subscription video-on-demand service, Heritage Broadcasting Service and a weekly podcast call Audio News from Archaeologica. The mission of the organization is to use media to nurture and bring attention to the human cultural heritage
A panel discussion about the role of community colleges to develop talent for the 21st Century workforce.
A conversation with Brian Bull of KLCC and University of Oregon Journalism School about the career of journalist and the venue of public media.
A conversation with leaders of Eugene Mountain Rescue about how they help save people in need in our wilderness areas.
A conversation with Francesco Lecce-Chong, Conductor and Music Director of the Eugene Symphony.
A conversation with Darcy Phillips, Executive Director of Cornerstone Community Housing
A Conversation with Katy Brooks the CEO of the Bend Chamber of Commerce and Michael Dunne, host of Oregon Rainmakers.
This week on KLCC's Oregon Rainmakers, a conversation with Deborah Maher, Executive Director of the WOW Hall. We talk about the services the WOW Hall provides the community, what it means to be an arts-and-entertainment venue in a post-pandemic world, and how non-profits contribute to local economies.
A conversation with Cathy Rosewell Jonas of EPIC Healing Eugene, Oregon's first Psilocybin Service Center.
On this episode of KLCC's Oregon Rainmakers we speak with Irene Alltucker, VP of Real Estate for Obie Companies. While there are many differences between running one of the communities’ premier nonprofit organizations – The Relief Nursery – and running the real estate operation for one of the community’s premier developers - Obie Companies – for Irene Alltucker, the similarities come down to people.
Val Hoyle, the newly elected representative for Oregon’s Congressional District 4, appeared on Oregon Rainmakers to share her plans and goals as a new member of Congress. Hoyle, who defeated Alek Scarlatos in the midterm election by a 50.7 to 43.1 percent margin, discussed the reasons she believes she won the election and also some of her priorities she will bring to Washington.
For Raj Vable, founder of Springfield-based Young Mountain Tea, his early interests were music... not tea. “I knew I would never be a big star, but music brought me into sound engineering which led to electrical engineering at the University of Michigan,” he said. While he thrived in that course of study, he also knew he wanted to do something with more connection to the environment and people.
A conversation with Frank Lawson the General Manager for the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB). EWEB is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility and provides water and electricity to the Eugene community, as well as parts of east Springfield and the McKenzie River valley area. We talk about his career, the role of EWEB in our community and what the future holds for the community's energy and water needs.
A conversation with Julie Collins, the Executive Director for the Cascades Raptor Center. The Center is both an animal hospital as well as a destination for thousands of visitors each year. We talk about the center, and how it not only helps our birds of prey and educates people, but how it is an important part of Lane County’s tourism industry.
A conversation with City of Springfield Police Chief Andrew Shearer. Shearer was appointed to the position in March of this year and brings more than 29 years of law enforcement experience to Springfield PD. We discuss his career, his goals in leading the department and the way policing is changing with the times.
A conversation with Alan Turanski, President and beekeeper at GloryBee. GloryBee’s mission is to provide high quality, ethically sourced ingredients that nourish people and the planet and we talk about this local company and its business but also discuss what they do to help bees recover and thrive.
A conversation with Camilla Mortensen, the editor of Eugene Weekly, our region’s largest alternative weekly newspaper.
On this edition we talk about one of the most anticipated events in Lane County History – the World Athletic Championships Oregon 2022. A panel of experts discusses the championships and all the moving parts and collaboration that has gone on as we are just weeks away from this historic event.
A conversation about the hospitality and tourism industry in Western and Central Oregon.
A conversation about the law with Mario Conte of Hershner Hunter.Oregon Rainmakers talks with Mario Conte, the managing partner for the law firm of Hershner Hunter one of the best known firms in our community. Hershner Hunter is a comprehensive business law firm and we talk about his practice, the industry and some of the latest topics in business law.
Oregon Rainmakers talks with Jaime Floyd, Co-founder and master brewer for Eugene’s own Ninkasi Brewing company. The Craft brew business is a huge industry in Oregon and the nation and Jaime shares how Ninkasi began and where the company and the industry are headed.
A conversation with Dave Bakke, CEO and president and Joy Pendowski, director of marketing and business development for Chambers Construction. One of the largest commercial construction operations in Eugene/Springfield, we discuss the company, its major projects and the construction industry in general.
We talk with Kendra Jones, the Executive Director of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children). Lane County has one of the highest rates of children in foster care in Oregon, where last year, over 1,100 children spent at least one night in foster care. CASA volunteers advocate for these children in order to achieve better outcomes. We discuss the organization and what business can do to help CASA protect and serve children.
This week on KLCC's Oregon Rainmakers: A conversation with Elliot Rohde, the chairman of Earth Lab Holdings which makes the popular Wise Woman Herbals products. The supplements industry is big business, and we discuss that, his company and how Lane County fits into this global industry.