This is a Third Wednesday HBSAO social gathering not to be missed!

Our special guests are two of Oregon's most highly respected community leaders, corporate executives, and non-profit innovators. Both are lifelong fighters in the war to save Portland’s at-risk children from failure, crime, and a multi-generation cycle of poverty. 

Their visit is a landmark event for the Club. Duncan and Ken are, respectively, the founder and the chairman-elect of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN (FOTC.)  In late 2009, FOTC became the first consulting client in the club’s new COMMUNITY PARTNERS program.  The project was concluded last week, and was celebrated as a success beyond expectations.

Members who have asked about future Community Partners projects have a rare opportunity to hear from two client executives how an HBSAO team project worked for them and how the results of the project will be used to accelerate their growth and impact in Portland.

Join us in conversation with Ken and Duncan this Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.   

DUNCAN CAMPBELL is the Founder and Board Member of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN.  His passion for helping society’s most vulnerable children grew from his own experience as youth in inner-city Portland.  Those experiences led him to found four organizations: Youth Resources, The Children’s Course, The Children’s Institute and Friends of the Children, a mentoring which has national recognition. “I believe people have a responsibility to reach back and take care of other people who are less fortunate.”

“I  was  one  of  those  children,”  Duncan  says  of  the  young  people  served by FOTC.  

He has worked on the Governor’s Children Agenda and was a founding board member of Children First.  He was a delegate to the President’s Summit for America’s Future, and has been a speaker at the White House for the Helping America’s Youth Initiative.”

As founder and Chairman of the Campbell Group, he has more than 30 years of timberland investment and forestry industry experience.  He holds a B.S. degree and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Oregon.  He is an attorney at law, and a CPA.

KEN THRASHER is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of COMPLI, a software solution provider for management of compliance in employment, health and safety, and corporate governance practices.  Prior to joining Compli, Ken was with FRED MEYER, Inc, for 19 years, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Thrasher serves on the boards of directors of Compli, The Jensen Fund, Friends of the Children), Oregon Mentors, The Children’s Institute, The Portland State University Foundation, The Leaders’ Roundtable, the OSU  College of Education Advisory Board, and is a senior director of the Oregon Business Council.

He was appointed by the Governor as Chairperson of the Quality Education Commission of Oregon in 2001.

As Board Member and Chairman-Elect of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN, Ken was the force behind HBSAO’s first Community Partner’s pro bono consulting project with not-for-profit organizations in Portland (Nov ’09 – Mar ’10).

In 2006, Ken and his wife Marta received the prestigious Simon Benson Award from Portland State University.  At Portland’s premiere philanthro- pic event, the award celebrates Pacific Northwest residents who are advo- cates for philanthropy.

Ken earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Oregon State University.