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as the executive vice president of cultural enhancement for the umpqua holdings corporation, barbara baker’s influence reaches far beyond the walls of her portland office. she is responsible for overseeing all culture, training and human resource functions for the financial services company, leading a team of 25 responsible for creating a positive and motivating work environment. her efforts have helped the bank earn regional and national awards: umpqua has been named to oregon business magazine’s “100 best companies to work for” 14 times since 1995 – and scored a no. 1 ranking in 2004 – and fortune magazine named the company to its “100 best companies to work for” for a fifth straight year in 2011. individually, barbara was recognized among the nation’s top six human resources executives in hr executives’ “2008 hr honor roll,” and she has twice been recognized by the portland business journal, receiving the publication's 2010 orchid award, given to honor women in leadership positions, and its 2011 best hr team leadership award. barbara also serves on several boards and executive committees, including the portland rose society, and chairs the human resources committee for portland center stage.
a childhood love for camping in her backyard and in the national forests of the west coast cultivated in linda byrd a call to turn her passion into a life-long ministry. for more than 30 years, she’s served as a volunteer, staff member, administrator and leader in various christian camping ministries throughout the world. her travels have included sojourns in jamaica, panama, trinidad and mexico to serve in various camp organization roles or to lead workshops. and, for 15 years, she was the administrator and girls camp director for oregon camp cherith, a ministry of pioneer clubs. she currently serves as missions resource coordinator for world venture’s northwest region, developing curriculum for and facilitating the development of kids missions camps. she’s also held several camp association leadership roles, including serving as president-elect, president and past-president of the northwest section of the christian camp & conference association (1991-97). linda’s connection to her alma mater remains strong, as she mentors george fox alumni pursuing the camping ministry and volunteers as a guest presenter in the university’s camping courses.
in the 30 years since he earned a master’s degree in biblical studies from the seminary, dr. david wright’s travels have taken him to haiti, england and all over the u.s. as a professor, administrator and leader in higher education. since 2008, he’s served as the provost and chief academic officer at indiana wesleyan university in indiana, an assignment that came after his three years as dean of the school of theology at azusa pacific university. shortly after earning his degree at the seminary, david spent time overseas, serving in leadership roles at the institut theologique wesleyen in haiti and – after earning a doctorate from the university of kentucky in 1990 – at the wesleyan bible institute in england. his return to the u.s. in the mid-1990s gave him the opportunity to work at indiana wesleyan university as associate dean (1995-97), vice president for adult and graduate studies (1997- 2002) and as associate professor of intercultural studies and director of graduate studies in ministry (2003-05). david is an ordained minister in the wesleyan church.
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