OSIFT Holiday Meeting Featuring Cara Turano, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network

We are excited to have our December meeting featuring Cara Turano from Oregon Entrepreneurs Network at Stockpot in Beaverton. Learn about OEN, The Angel Food Network, and the Emerge Initiative.

HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

Donate to Oregon Food Bank: You can donate when you buy your ticket, at the meeting, or right here if you cannot make the meeting (click the link). https://give.oregonfoodbank.org/OSIFT22

Holiday Raffle: Bring cash for prize raffle. Raffle proceeds go to Oregon Food Bank.

You won't want to miss it! Cheers!

Speaker: Cara Turano, President and Executive Director of OEN

Topics: Oregon Entrepreneurs Network - Learn about how OEN supports start-up food businesses and BIPOC founders through the Emerge Initiative. OSIFT members will take away resources for food industry entrepreneurship as well as opportunities to lend their expertise to founders new to the food industry (heads up suppliers!).

Event Schedule:

• 5:00-6:00pm- Social Hour/ Cash Bar
• 6:00pm- Dinner
• 6:30-7:30pm- Speaker Hour

Dinner: Dinner will be served with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options.

Costs:

• Members: $40
• Non-Members: $45
• Students: $15
• Donation to Oregon Food Bank is appreciated.

Cara's Bio

Cara Turano leads with a ton of energy and enthusiasm for innovative ideas. She is passionate about entrepreneurship as a wealth-building avenue for individuals and a driver for community-building. Formerly COO at the Technology Association of Oregon (TAO), she has spent over 20 years in technology and technology-adjacent companies, including a couple of startups. Cara chairs the Portland Public Schools Bond Accountability Committee and is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Portland. She was recognized as an Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 Under 40 and is a graduate of the University of Georgia. In her spare time, Cara is an avid runner, skier, camper, reader, and vegetarian chef with a soft spot for her 6 ½ lb chihuahua, Toby, and her amazing family.

Oregon Entrepreneurs Network

OEN helps entrepreneurs of all kinds in Oregon and SW Washington find the capital they need to develop their businesses, both financial and social. We believe entrepreneurship offers freedom, empowerment and autonomy at the same time it builds community, connectivity, and interdependence.