Building Healthy, Prosperous Communities

For 25 years SAIF and AOI have teamed up to offer the CompSAFE program, helping create safer, healthier Oregon workplaces. Wellness is a shared concern of SAIF and AOI, and here are five CompSAFE members exemplifying wellness beyond their business to the community at large.

Written by Jeff Davidson

Cannabis Conundrum: Conflicting Laws Mean Ongoing Challenges for Oregon’s Senior Housing and Long Term Care Industry

Apologies to Law and Order: SVU, but in the federal criminal justice system, “Schedule I” based offenses are considered especially heinous. Under federal law, the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain drugs and substances (and certain chemicals used to make drugs) is regulated by the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Drugs and substances covered … Read more

Written by Jeff Brecht and Julie M. Engbloom

Meltzer joins Lane Powell as Director of Strategy and Pricing

Portland – Lane Powell is pleased to welcome Eric S. Meltzer as the Firm’s Director of Strategy and Pricing, where he will work closely with Firm leadership to effectively advance client value and service excellence. Working closely with Sanjiv Kripalani, Director of Business Development and Jennifer Castleberry, Director of Marketing, Meltzer will help the Firm … Read more

Written by OBM Team

Storyteller-in-chief: We’ll Always Have Paris

Growing up in a middle-class working household, I rarely had the chance to go on vacation — and when I did, it was camping or a road trip with my family. So when my best friend, Rose, invited me to backpack around Europe with her during my junior year summer break from college, I jumped … Read more

Written by Sicely Donaldson