Oregon PRIMA 2010 Conference
October 6th-8th, 2010
Hilton Eugene & Conference Center
66 East 6th Ave.
Eugene, OR
Rates | Workshop Descriptions | Speakers | Directions | Register | Fees
The Board of Oregon Chapter PRIMA is pleased to announce the 2010 OR PRIMA Annual Conference to be held October 6-8th, at the Hilton Eugene & Conference Center. Once again, the conference will be one full and two half days with an outstanding list of speakers and topics, both educational and entertaining. It includes a pre-conference session, workshops, a keynote, and the annual banquet at the King Estate Winery in Eugene.
Room reservations can be made at Hilton Eugene by calling 1-800-937-6660 and identifying yourself as participants of the PRIMA event. Attendees are responsible for making reservations and paying for rooms. To ensure availability of a room please make reservations by 5pm on Monday, September 6th. A deposit equal to one night’s stay or a credit card guarantee is required to hold your reservation.
Mark your calendar and complete your registration by September 17th, 2010, for registration discounts. Registration and conference information will be made available at the OR PRIMA web site - www.orprima.org
Rates
Single occupancy |
$119 (plus city room tax, 10.5%) |
Additional guests (up to 4 per room) |
$15 each |
20 Rooms available at government per diem rate with proper government ID (1st come, 1st served)
Check-in is available at 4:00pm. Check-out will be noon.
Parking is available in the hotel parking garage and is complementary to event guests during the conference.
Workshop Descriptions
Wednesday, October 6, 20 10| 12:00 pm |
Registration Opens |
| 1:00 pm – 4:00pm |
Don’t Shoot the Messenger Delivering bad news at a staff meeting, colleague-to-colleague
interactions, telling a client the order will be late, or having
to deliver negative information are things all business people
have in common. Learn to avoid hurt feelings; how voice volume,
body posture and eye contact impact the delivery of bad news;
ways to decrease the likelihood of an interaction becoming
volatile, reduce stress, and increase influence; how to preserve
the relationship while delivering the negative message; ways
to increase the efficiency of meetings, go visual with information,
and increase nonverbal intelligence; and how to become systematic
in the use of nonverbal communication. |
| 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
Welcome Reception & No Host Bar |
| 7:00pm |
Dinner On Your Own |
Thursday, October 7, 2010
| 7:30 am – 5:00 pm |
Registration Table Open |
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am |
President's WELCOME Sara Stevenson |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am |
The Changing Face of a Diverse Workforce Where have we been, where are we now, and where do we
need to go? This
session is designed to help us examine how diversity is
affecting the way we need to conduct our business in the future. We
will study the impact of how diversity influences the way
we approach customer service, develop insights into how
to serve a diverse customer market, and become aware of how to motivate
and work with others in our organizations who are different from ourselves. |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am |
Break |
| 10:45 am – 12:00 pm |
(a) The Virtual Workplace: Social Networking and Employment
Law Attendees at this interactive seminar will learn and hear about potential legal risks to using social networking sites and/or websites as the basis for hiring, discipline or termination decisions; real-life examples of legal issues raised by the use of social media; and common elements of social media policies and tips for updating company policies to address these legal and business issues. (b) Government Ethics in Oregon This Session will explore numerous ethics issues that confront public officials in Oregon and provide participants with the tools they need to avoid running into trouble. We will discuss various issues related to conflict of interest laws, gift limits, reporting requirements, and post-service restrictions. The session will provide interactive opportunities for participants to apply what they have learned in real world scenarios. Once the session is completed, participants will have confidence to not only recognize the ethics issues that confront public officials on a daily basis, but also the ability to avoid getting into trouble by running afoul of these laws. |
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
(a) Managing Facilities Risks:
Panel presentation and discussion. (b) “I
Can’t Work With These People – They Just Don’t Get It!” - Generational
Diversity As the Baby Boomers prepare to retire and the Trophy Generation and Generation Next enter the workforce the differences between generations and the potential problems they can create are becoming more evident. As with other diversity issues, there are financial and productivity risks to organizations that do not learn how to recognize potential conflicts and help their employees understand one another. This session will provide participants with insights into how to get the most out of employees of any generation while avoiding the conflicts that can lead to employment practices liability, low employee morale, reduced productivity and high employee turn-over. |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
Break |
| 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm |
(a) How to Focus Limited Resources on Priorities Scott Moss Risk Management is the process of altering unacceptable
outcomes (uncertainty) to acceptable outcomes (tolerable
uncertainty). This session will
teach fundamental and fun principals to set expectations in work environments
with little resources, pinpoint appropriate information out of the vast
universe, and set a framework for sensible decision making on priority
issues. You will leave the session with the tools to have
RESPONSE – ABILITY. In an effort to increase profitability or preserve operating margin, reducing the expense associated with accident repetition is critical. Learn a systems approach to break the chain of accident repetition. |
| 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm |
Banquet & Entertainment OR PRIMA’s 2010 banquet will be held at one of Oregon’s premier wine destinations, King Estate, a 1,033 acre certified organic estate. Bus transportation will be provided with the first shuttle leaving at 5:15pm to arrive at the winery where cocktails will be served until the banquet begins at 6:00pm. Second shuttle, 5:45pm. |
Friday, October 8, 2010
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 9:00 am – 10:15 am |
(a) SB 311Task Force Update
(b) Unraveling the Web of Healthcare Reform Healthcare Reform becomes effective September 23, 2010 impacting every citizen and, as a result, every employer. The legislative overhaul of the United States healthcare system has left a dizzying flurry of regulations in its wake. Unraveling this web of regulations to understand the requirements that employers, individuals, and insurers face is the goal of this 1.25 hour session. Attendees will understand the background of health care reform, the employer and individual mandates, the technical changes to group health insurance plans, and the future of health care reform. |
| 10:15 am – 10:30 am |
Break |
| 10:30 am – 11:45 pm | A Review of the Recent Decisions of the Oregon and US
Supreme Court, and a Look at What's Next The panel will review the significant recent labor and employment decisions of the US Supreme Court and the Oregon appellate courts and use their crystal ball to predict what is coming next from these courts in the labor and employment area. |
| 11:45 am |
Check-out & Depart (Room check-out time is 12pm. If you plan to check-out after that time, please make late check-out arrangements ahead of time.) |
Conference Speakers
Mark Amberg, attorney with
the firm of Harrang/Long/Gary/Rudnick, specializes
in providing labor and employment advice, counseling, and litigation
services to local governments and other employers including day-to-day
advice on employment-related matters, labor contract negotiations and
other union issues, employee discipline, discharge and grievances, employment
investigations and representation of employers in state and federal
court and before administrative agencies. His practice also emphasizes
general municipal and public entity law and civil rights, tort defense,
and general litigation. Mark has practiced law for more than 20 years
in Oregon and California providing advice to clients regarding a variety
of employment, business, contract, tort and complex litigation matters.
Mark is an active member of the Oregon and California state bars; is admitted
to practice in the United States District Courts for Oregon, the Northern, Eastern
and Central Districts of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the
Tribal Court of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
of Oregon; and is a member of the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel and the
Oregon City Attorneys Association.
Additionally, Mark is a member of the Mt. Bachelor National Ski Patrol. He formerly
served on the Board of Directors for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central
Oregon, the Board of Directors for the Deschutes County Chapter of the American
Red Cross, the R.E. Jewell Elementary School Site Council, and coached the Bend
Surge girls' soccer team.
Mark received JD, with honors, from the University of
the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law,
in 1986. Received a BS in Political Economy of Natural Resources
from the University of California at Berkeley.
Marc Anderson, ARM, CRIS, is Risk Manager for Multnomah County. Marc has been in his current position for four years. Prior to Multnomah County, Marc was Risk Manager for Portland Public Schools, the largest school district in the Northwest. Marc has over 35 years in business including 20 years with PacifiCorp Electric Operations and three years with Royal Insurance Company. Marc holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University, the Associate in Risk Management (ARM), and the Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designations. He is also licensed as a property and casualty insurance agent. Marc has served on the Oregon PRIMA Board since 2005 and is currently president-elect.
Teresa Boes, Risk Control Manager for the
state of Oregon’s Risk Management Program, was originally recruited
by the program as a risk analyst to join the loss control team because
of her background in public procurement. Prior to her role in Risk Management,
Teresa was the procurement division lead and senior contracts officer
at the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) and also previously
served as the contracts officer for the Oregon Employment Department
(OED). Before starting state service in 1998, Teresa managed the
trucking division of a local sand and gravel operation. Teresa’s educational
background includes degrees in business and accounting.
Rob Gabris, CIH, ARM, is the Safety
and Health Supervisor for Multnomah County Risk Management.
Rob has 21 years of experience in the field of industrial
hygiene and safety. His work includes the shipbuilding industry,
consulting, hazardous waste operations, training, and State
and Local government. Rob has a Masters Degree in Public
Health from the University of Massachusetts and is a Certified
Industrial Hygienist and an Associate in Risk Management.
Steve Hanamura, president of Hanamura Consulting, Inc. founded in 1986, brings over 30 years experience to the consulting, training and speaking profession. He is widely sought after in the areas of leadership development, managing and leading diversity initiatives, building effective teams, managing personal and organizational change and working with generational differences.
Steve received his master’s degree from the University of Oregon
and his bachelor’s degree from Linfield College. Steve has
authored two books, In Search of Vision (Global Insights, 2000)
and I Can See Clearly (Renaissance Publishers, 2005) and has written
many journal articles. He was recognized as one of forty diversity pioneers
in the July/August 2007 edition of Profiles in Diversity Journal and
is a member of the Diversity Collegium (a think tank of Diversity professionals). Among
Steve’s honors are the ASTD Multicultural Network Trainer of the Year
award and his selection as one of the Torchbearers for the1996 Olympics.
Though blind, Steve enjoys running and is an avid sports fan. He
and his wife, Becky, live in Beaverton, OR, and have 3 grown sons.
Chad Jacobs, currently serving as the General Counsel for the League of Oregon cities, has over ten years of experience specializing in government ethics laws. Among his many duties, he works with public officials from across the state on ethics matters. Additionally, while with the League, Chad has worked with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission on ethics issues that directly impact local public officials and has presented ethics training courses all over Oregon to public officials and employees at all levels of local government. Prior to his tenure at the League, Chad served as the head of the Ethics and Elections Team in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. In that role, he served as the general counsel for the San Francisco Ethics Commission, drafted numerous ethics ordinances and regulations, and provided ethics compliance advice to public officials at all levels of city government, including the Mayor and members of the Board of Supervisors.
Scott Moss, MPA, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, Trust Manager
for City County Insurance Services, started his career as a ski-bum
in the mountains of Utah where he heard about risk management in a finance
class at University of Utah. He decided to check it out and received
scholarships to study risk & insurance management at Arizona State
University where the skiing was lousy but the golfing pretty good. Scott
missed the skiing so went back to U of U as their risk manager. After
a few years, he accepted a position in the Northwest as the first risk
manager for a county in the Portland area and now has 23 years of risk
management experience for local government, four years as a risk management
consultant, and currently as a trust manager. Scott has taught risk
management classes at the college level for 20 years and recently completed
a master’s degree in public administration. His long-range goal is to
become a ski-bum in the mountains of Utah.
Sari de la Motte, Sari
de la Motte, who has been described as a "guru of the
unspoken," is the
CEO and founder of Nonverbal Solutions, whose motto is Go Beyond
Words. We¹ve all heard the phrase, “it¹s not what you say, it¹s how
you say it”. Sari takes that phrase even farther, to show us how what
we¹re saying without words can make a difference in how we are perceived.
She engages her audience by sharing the power of nonverbal communication
with relevant examples, practical applications and humor. Sari has trained
extensively with an internationally recognized authority in nonverbal
communication and leads workshops based in nonverbal communication strategies
throughout the United States. She also provides one-on-one coaching
to individuals who are seeking to expand influence in the workplace.
In addition to her consulting work she has taught on the faculty of
Pacific University and Portland State University. Sari is passionately
committed to sharing the power of nonverbal communication with others.
She believes effective communication is the key to increased influence
in the educational, corporate, and personal realm. Sari lives in Portland,
Oregon with her husband Kevin, a cook for New Seasons.
Vic Nolan, ARM, CSP, has been the Risk and Benefits Manager
for Clean Water Services since 1998. Clean Water Services is a public
entity serving the urban areas of Washington County, Oregon through a sanitary
and storm water collection and treatment utility, watershed management, restoration
and water resource services. Prior to taking on his current position,
Vic spent 8 years as the District's Loss Prevention Coordinator focusing
on employee safety and health, property loss prevention, emergency management,
and related risk control activities.
Before joining Clean Water Services, Victor worked in the private sector as an industrial safety engineer with experiences in workers’ compensation claims management, early return to work programs, employee safety and health program development, emergency response, property loss prevention, and industrial security. Victor is active in the Risk Management community as a member of PRIMA and RIMS, teaching ARM 55 classes as well as attending and speaking at PRIMA and RIMS national Conferences.
Michael O’Brien, security consultant,is a retired Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal. His experience spanning 25 years of federal Law Enforcement also includes being an area director for a major private security company, a Community Safety Director for a private college in Portland, and a Security Program Manager for Multnomah County Risk Management Department. Michael has a Masters in Administration of Criminal Justice, is a FBI National Academy graduate, and holds a Mediator Certificate.
Jeffrey Robertson, partner at Barran Liebman
LLP, represents employers in the drafting, design and growth of retirement
and health plans, as well as compensation advice for executive compensation
and §409A compliance. He counsels private employers, municipalities
and multi-employer pension and benefit trusts, in all aspects of the
design, tax qualification and ERISA compliance of retirement plans,
executive compensation, and health and welfare benefit plans. In 2009,
he was listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He earned his
law degree from Indiana University, where he graduated magna cum
laude, and is admitted to practice law in Oregon and Washington.
He is also a certified public accountant. In addition, Jeffrey is a
nationally recognized writer and speaker.
Sharon Rudnick, appellate and trial
lawyer, has handled business disputes, class action claims,
product liability claims, and labor and employment matters
for 25 years. She recently has been at the forefront of national
litigation concerning punitive damages and constitutional
law. Sharon is also an accomplished labor and employment
lawyer. She regularly provides day-to-day advice and direction
on employment and labor matters; and defends clients before
administrative agencies and in state and federal court.
Sharon is admitted to the California, Oregon and Washington
State Bars, the United States Supreme Court, and many federal
and district and circuit courts. She has received an AV® rating by the
Martindale-Hubbell National Law Directory and has been selected as an
Oregon Super Lawyer, in Appellate Law and Labor and Employment Law.
Sharon is an active participant with the Oregon State and Multnomah
County Bars where she has served on the Executive Committee, the Civil
Rights Uniform Civil Jury Instructions Committee, and currently serves
on the Multnomah County Judicial Screening Committee. Sharon has been
a leader in a variety of civic activities, including the United Way
Board of Directors, President of the Relief Nursery Board of Directors
and Temple Beth Israel, where she currently serves as President of the
board.
Sharon received her J.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Order of the Coif, and also holds a B.A., magna cum laude, in English Literature, Phi Beta Kappa from Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.
Tamara E. Russell, partner at Barran Liebman LLP, focuses her practice on representing management and employers in a full spectrum of employment law matters in state and federal courts and before state and federal administrative agencies. Tamara has served as editor of the book "Model Policies and Forms for Oregon Employers", published in association with the Associated Oregon Industries, since 2007. She has been listed in the Oregon Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star every year since 2008. In 2007, Tamara was selected by the Portland Business Journal as one of Oregon's "Forty Under 40." Tamara has also worked as a Legislative Correspondent for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. She received her J.D., with honors, from Boston University School of Law.
Dave Stover, director
of training for PBS Engineering and Environmental for the
past 15 years, play a key role in PBS’ lead and asbestos
management programs. Dave has over 20 years of experience
in such varied fields as safety and hazard management, marketing,
training, project management, and energy analysis and conservation.
His project activities include asbestos management program
development and training for public agencies and corporate
clients, as well as project management and training for lead-paint
remediation and renovation projects in public and industrial
facilities. Dave was a member of the legislative rule making
committee that developed Oregon’s lead-based paint legislation
for residential buildings in 1996. He has served as a lecturer
in environmental hazard management at the University of California,
as Conservation Representative for Pacific Gas & Electric,
and as a Research Consultant in the Energy & Environment
Division at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Dave has a Master’s in Sociology from the University of California
and a Bachelor’s from California State University. He received
accreditation as an Oregon Lead Inspector and Risk Assessor;
as an AHERA Asbestos Inspector, Management Planner, and Project
Designer; in Hazardous Materials Handling and Response; and
in Lead Inspection and Assessment.
Daniel Sulzner, MS, CSP, CRM, ARM,
OHST, has been a Loss Prevention Consultant for Midwest
Employers Casualty Company since 2005. He has spent the last seventeen
years working in safety and loss prevention for St. Paul Fire and Marine, Fireman's
Fund, and Midwest Employers Casualty Company. Additionally, Dan has worked
as a Safety Director for General Motors and in the brokerage industry as a
loss control consultant for Aon Risk Services.
Dan has a Bachelors degree in Finance and a Masters degree
in Industrial Safety. He currently spends the majority of his
work time developing and giving presentations both over the Web and at conferences.
Kate Watkinson, associate
with the firm of Harrang/Long/Gary/Rudnick P.C., focuses
her practice on labor and employment law. Kate’s goal is to
protect the interests of public and private employers in the
realm of employment and labor law, dealing with everything
from day-to-day personnel issues, employee discipline, discrimination
and harassment, employment agreements, handbooks and trainings,
terminations, bargaining issues, and related litigation.
She is a member of the Oregon State Bar and very active in
the community, providing service to many local organizations.
Kate is the Vice Chair of the Oregon State Board of Architect Examiners.
She also serves on the Board of Directors of Early Start, an organization
dedicated to serving the interests of underprivileged students
in arts and sciences. In addition, she serves on the local Eugene
Area Stanford Alumni Board and volunteers for various University of
Oregon law school activities such as Moot Court competitions, practicing
law and bar preparation panels, and actively mentoring law students
through the Lane County Bar.
Kate earned her J.D., Order of the Coif, from the University
Of Oregon School Of Law. She received a B.S. in Environmental
Studies/Policy from Stanford University.
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