Webinars

Date: September 22, 2022 / 22 de septiembre
Time: 12:00pm

Your employees’ physical and mental health are more important than ever. Nearly two years of working from home and limited access to our normal day-to-day activities have led to many people leading more sedentary lives, and increased stress, depression and mental burn-out. Workplaces can play an important role to support workers in living healthy lives.

Whether you are preparing for your employees to return to your worksite or looking for new ways to support your frontline staff, this webinar will help you find ways to engage employees in getting moving again.

La salud física y mental de sus empleados es más importante que nunca. Casi dos años de trabajo desde casa y de acceso limitado a nuestras actividades normales darías han puesto mucha gente a llevar unas vidas sedentarias, y el aumento del estrés, la depresión y el agotamiento mental. Los lugares de trabajo pueden desempeñar un papel importante para ayudar a los trabajadores a llevar una vida sana.

Tanto si se está preparando para que sus empleados regresen a su lugar de trabajo o está buscando nuevas formas de ayudar a su personal de primera línea, este seminario web les ayudará a encontrar formas de traer a los empleados para que vuelvan a moverse.

Webinar Recording

Moderator

La Moderadora

Kelly Bantle
Get There Oregon Programs Specialist
Get There Oregon Especialista en Programas

Featured Presenters

Panelistas Destacados

Stacey Brown
Senior Well-Being Consultant
Consultora Senior de Bienestar
Providence Shared Services

Stacey Brown, a graduate of Purdue University, is Senior Well-Being Consultant for Providence with over 20 years of experience working alongside executive teams and employees to help build a culture of well-being in both corporate and hospital settings. Stacey helps design the well-being strategy and oversees communications across the organization. She is a powerful force in the workplace and uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to empower core leaders and caregiver with the tools and resources that will help them feel like they are cared for and valued. She helps deliver the organization’s promise to our caregivers of “Know me, care for me, and ease my way”. Stacey does this by providing top-notch programs and resources supporting mind, body, spirit, and financial well-being.

Stacey Brown, graduado de la Universidad Purdue, es Consultora Senior de Bienestar para Providence con más de 20 años de experiencia trabajando junto con equipos ejecutivos y empleados para ayudar a construir una cultura de bienestar entre corporativos y escenarios hospitalarios. Stacey ayuda a diseñar la estrategia de bienestar y supervisa las comunicaciones en toda la organización. Ella es una fuerza poderosa en el lugar de trabajo y utiliza su actitud positiva y energía incansable para empoder a los líderes y a los cuidadores con las herramientas y recursos que les ayudarán a sentirse.

Sebastian Garcia
Workplace Experience Assistant
Asistente de experiencia en el lugar de trabajo
Keen Footwear

Sebastian is a native Hoosier, Indiana University alumni and cycling enthusiast. At Keen, Sebastian works as a Workplace Experience Assistant and is responsible for making Keen a wonderful and eco-friendly workplace, as well as organizing fundraising events. Sebastian participated in organizing the Keen Yard Sale for Love, which was responsible for raising more than 60 thousand dollars to benefit Forest Park Conservatory. Sebastian is a passionate advocate of an active lifestyle and uses his platform as a at Keen to push for more environmentally friendly ways to commute.

Sebastian es un nativo de Hoosier, ex alumno de la Universidad de Indiana y entusiasta del ciclismo. En Keen Footwear, Sebastian trabaja como asistente de experiencia en el lugar de trabajo y es responsable de hacer Keen un lugar maravilloso y ecológico, y también organizar eventos de recaudación de fondos. Sebastián participó y organizo el Keen Yard Sale for Love, que se encargó de recaudar más de 60 mil dólares a beneficio del Conservatorio Forest Park. Sebastian es un apasionado defensor para el estilo de vida activo y utiliza su plataforma en Keen para avanzar formas más amistosas para el viaje diario del trabajo.

Nick Gross
Senior Planner
Planificador Senior
Kittelson & Associates, Inc.

Nick has expertise in active transportation planning, bicycle and pedestrian facility design, systemic safety planning, and public involvement. His work focuses on creating livable communities through the implementation of context sensitive active transportation solutions. Nick is a daily bicycle commuter, and local office advocate for promoting sustainable transportation commuting options. Nick led the Kittelson & Associates Portland office initiative in successfully procuring the League of American Bicyclists Gold-level Bicycle Friendly Business award.

Nick tiene experiencia en planificación activa de transporte, diseño de instalaciones para bicicletas y peatones, planificación de seguridad sistémica y participación pública. Su trabajo se enfoca en la creación de comunidades habitables a través de la implementación de soluciones de transporte activo sensibles al contexto. Nick viaja diario en bicicleta y es un defensor de la oficina local para promover opciones de transporte sostenibles. Nick lideró la iniciativa de la oficina de Kittelson & Associates en Portland para obtener con éxito el premio Bicycle Friendly Business de nivel Gold de la League of American Bicyclists.

Date: July 21, 2022
Time: 12:00pm

Trying to find your new workplace’s new state of normal? Get There Oregon and partners are bringing
together local business leaders to discuss how they are transitioning for a future that includes hybrid, remote, and on-site work and making better commutes for their employees.

This webinar will bring together leadership from three major, local employers to discuss how they are transitioning for a future that includes hybrid, remote, and in-office work.

Webinar Recording

Moderator

Jeff Pazdalski

Jeff is Executive Director of Westside Transportation Alliance (WTA), a nonprofit that provides member organizations and their employees information, incentives, and assistance to encourage transportation options use, including transit, carpooling, vanpooling, bicycling, and walking, for commute trips in Washington County. WTA creates customized services to meet the unique needs of businesses and their employees, and manages incentive programs that are open to anyone that lives or works in Washington County. Jeff has more than 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience, and he serves on the Board of Directors of the Transportation Options Group of Oregon. Jeff’s passion for promoting transportation options was sparked when he previously spent nearly eight years relying on bicycling, walking, and transit for commuting to work and getting his kids to school.

Featured Panelists

Cassie Buckroyd

Cassie is currently the Sr. Manager of Total Rewards Experience at Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC). She has worked at CSC for 8 years and started as the company’s first Wellness Program Manager growing the corporate wellness program from inception to what is currently a global initiative and cornerstone of total rewards and talent programs. Cassie’s current team is focused on delivering impactful Total Rewards programs across CSC’s diverse workforce using CSC’s Total Rewards Philosophy and 5 Pillars of Wellbeing to drive program design and delivery.

Cassie currently resides in Portland, OR. She was born and raised in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and received her Master of Public Health degree from Portland State University and Bachelor’s degree at Oregon State University. She serves on the Board of Directors for two local nonprofits — as Board Chair for the Westside Transportation Alliance, and as the Personnel Committee Chair for Adelante Mujeres.

In her free time, she can mostly be found in the outdoors, hiking and backpacking around the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Eric LoPrete

Eric LoPrete is the Sustainability Education Coordinator at Washington County. In this role, Eric helps educate County staff and community partners on sustainability topics such as climate change, energy efficiency, environmental justice, and transportation options. To help support a hybrid work environment, Eric transitioned all the County’s sustainability education opportunities to a virtual format, including live Sustainability Series events and at-your-own-pace online learning modules. Eric has a Master’s in Sustainability from Arizona State University and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay before returning home to Oregon.

Dave Vernier

Dave Vernier founded Vernier Software in 1981, when he was a Hillsboro High School physics teacher. The company, now Vernier Software & Technology, just celebrated their 40th anniversary. They employ about 105 people in Beaverton, Oregon. They produce sensors, interfaces, software, books, and related equipment for science teachers. Vernier products are using in over 130 countries. Dave is still involved on a daily basis promoting the use of Vernier products in STEM education. Vernier Software & Technology has received numerous awards, and has been named “One of the Best 100 Places to Work in Oregon” over 20 times, and Best Green Workplaces every year since that competition started.

Date: June 15, 2022
Time: 11:00am

Employers face unprecedented staffing challenges today between “The Great Resignation” and skyrocketing fuel prices that make employee commutes even more painful. Notwithstanding the COVID crisis, employee commutes have steadily gotten longer not only due to traffic congestion but farther distances traveled for work. Shared commute solutions—carpooling and vanpooling—can give employers a competitive edge to retain and attract talent, especially onsite shift workers that can’t use transit and other options. And there are rideshare resources, tools, and services available for employers and their employees to use at no or little cost.

Join Get There Oregon and partners in the next free Thriving Workplaces Webinar Series installment on June 15: Hop In! How Shared Rides Boost Staff Benefits.

Webinar Recording

What you’ll learn

• Advantages + benefits of shared commute solutions—carpooling and vanpooling—for employers and onsite employees
• Find out how to tap into Oregon’s free online trip planning and rideshare matching tool, Get There Connect, to make your employee commutes better and serve critical business needs
• Get insights and ideas from Oregon-based manufacturer and distributor Bob’s Red Mill on employee shared commute options engagement strategies and programs
• Learn about employee + employer vanpooling benefits, including cost savings, pre-tax incentives, and government subsidies
• Find out how Commute with Enterprise sets up and supports commuter vanpools (vehicles, 24/7 roadside assistance, maintenance and insurance included) at no or little cost to employers

Featured Panelists

Sydney Cape

Get There Oregon Coordinator & Programs Specialist at Alta Planning + Design

Sydney serves on Get There Oregon’s employer support and commuter engagement team through Alta Planning + Design. Among her responsibilities she provides technical support for Oregon’s free online trip planning and rideshare matching tool, Get There Connect. Sydney also acts as a liaison between local transportation providers, employers, and commuters to ensure ready access to resources and services. Plus, she plays a lead role in Get There’s statewide employer and commuter program activities that includes the annual Get There Challenge held in October.

Julia Person

Sustainability Manager at Bob’s Red Mill

Headquartered in Oregon with manufacturing and distribution operations that serve national and global markets, Bob’s Red Mill produces over 400 natural foods products. Demand for Bob’s products has steadily grown, requiring the manufacturer to expand production and, consequently, its workforce. People are central to the core values that guide Bob’s operations as is to the company’s commitment to sustainability. As Sustainability Manager, Julia combines Bob’s people and sustainability priorities to enhance operations, while meeting production needs and upholding company standards. She leads Bob’s newly launched sustainable employee commute options program that leverages Get There Oregon’s free tools and resources. Promoting carpooling among day and night onsite shift workers is the one of the program’s top goals.

David Meigs

Sales & Support Executive at Commute With Enterprise

Commute with Enterprise, a division of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, is the largest vanpool provider in North America with services that include setting up and managing vanpools for commuters and employers alike. Enterprise helps make vanpooling easy by organizing vanpools among commuters, plus providing vehicles, 24/7 roadside assistance, maintenance and insurance. David works across Oregon, Washington, and Alaska to make commutes better for onsite employees through vanpooling, while boosting retention and recruitment for employers.

Date: May 11, 2022
Time: 12:00pm

Are you looking for ways to attract and retain talented employees without breaking the bank? How about ways to improve morale and engagement? This webinar will feature area employers that are offering commute programs on a budget with low-cost and no-cost transportation incentives that meet employee’s needs. Two employers with varying work environments, employee schedules, and transportation situations will be showcased, plus TriMet will review the basics of commute benefits for your workplace.

Webinar Recording

Speakers

Adriana Britton

Transportation Options Coordinator, TriMet

Adriana Britton is the Transportation Options Coordinator with TriMet, leading the agency’s employer and college outreach programs. Adriana works with employers of all sizes with transportation programs to fit their and goals ease their employees’ daily commutes. Prior to joining TriMet, Adriana worked in sales and public relations in the technology industry. As a frequent transit rider, walker and runner, Adriana loves working in the transit industry and helping people find a better commute.

Aurora Sanquilly

Director of Finance, Ace Hotel

Aurora Sanquilly is the director of finance at the Ace Hotel in Portland, where she is responsible for finance and human resources. This includes recruitment and retention strategies for staff commuting into the Pearl District where parking is expensive and difficult to access. Aurora is a strong advocate of offering generous benefits and wages to meet employees’ needs. She loves being a part of the team at the historic Ace Hotel as they work together to recover from the impacts of the pandemic and revitalize Portland’s downtown.

Cat Souder