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Dress for Success Oregon Launches Empowerment Breakfast: In Her Shoes

Tom Kelly, Neil Kelly; Barb Attridge, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Dress for Success Oregon; Theressa Dulaney, Comcast.

Portland, October 9th, 2013. Over 260 people attended Dress for Success Oregon’s inaugural Empowerment Breakfast which drew supporters like Tom Kelly from Neil Kelly; Barb Attridge, Co-Founder and Executive
Director of Dress for Success Oregon and Theressa Dulaney from Comcast. The event at the Governor Hotel raised over $40,000 featured an educational panel presentation with businesses and individuals coming together to discuss how generational poverty affects our community and how Dress for Success Oregon is making an impact by helping low-income women gain employment, independence and self-worth. (Photo credit, Andie Petkus)

Panelists: Erinn Kelley-Siel, Department of Human Services; Roger
Hinshaw, Bank of America; Dr. Donna Beegle, Communication Across
Barriers; Cylvia Hayes, First Lady of Oregon.

Ken Thrasher, Compli Inc. and Nicki Nickoloff, Wells Fargo Bank and
Dress for Success Oregon Board Member.

Monique Barton, Roger Hinshaw, and Nicole Frisch from Bank of America.

Sandra Etlinger; Karen Fishel, Co-Founder of Dress for Success Oregon
and Vice-President of Board; Lori Hickox.

From Dress for Success:

Dress for Success Oregon is a nonprofit organization that has been helping low-income women successfully transition back into the workforce since 1999.

We promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Elisa Klein

I’ve been a professional journalist and writer since 1987, (and long-time reporter for KOIN-TV.) As a nationally published reporter, with a Master’s Degree in Journalism, I love to report positive news and information. Journalism has also connected me with another non-profit where I served as a leader; the Northwest’s biggest writer’s organization: The Willamette Writers.