St. Mary's Academy's 31st Annual
Food for Thought Luncheon Featuring Keynote Speaker
Ciara Pressler on the topic "Own Your Value"
Tuition Assistance Luncheon
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 | 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Hilton Portland Downtown
921 SW 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204
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This year, in addition to our signature luncheon, we are hosting a meet & greet reception with our keynote speaker, Ciara Pressler in the brand-new Mary Shindler Boyle '67 Center for Women's Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
Meet & Greet Reception
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 | 5:00-7:00 p.m.
St. Mary's Academy | The Boyle Center
1615 SW 5th Ave., Portland, OR 97201
SPONSORSHIP
We are thrilled to offer both classic and new ways to support this year’s Food for Thought luncheon.
The sponsorship packet below includes information on all sponsorship levels and benefits. If you have questions, or need more information, please contact Paige Silverston, Director of Special Events, paige.silverston@smapdx.org.
SUPPORT
This year, St. Mary’s Academy will provide nearly $2 million in financial aid to 42% of our families. Now more than ever, these funds are critical to ensuring we can continue to provide an unmatched level of educational excellence to every young woman in the year ahead. Your support, at any level, supports the critical work of educating young women!
Meet our Keynote Speaker Ciara Pressler, Founder of Pregame
Ciara Pressler is the founder of Pregame, a consulting industry disruptor that coaches innovators in business, nonprofit, and government on how to create their game plan and level up their team. The Pregame approach to professional development goes beyond buzzwords and short-term skillsets to teach people how to think strategically and act entrepreneurially.
When it comes to content, Ciara can’t stop/won’t stop: she’s the author of Game Plan: Achieve Your Goals in Life, Career, and Business and Exit Stage Right: The Career Change Handbook for Performers; creator and host of web series Portland Tea Party, The Audience, and Work/Life on Digital Trends; and has published 100+ business articles in The Huffington Post and as editor of Pregame Magazine.
Pregame was born from Ciara’s first business, Pressler Collaborative, an NYC-based marketing and PR firm working with startups and creative professionals in arts and culture, entertainment, media, real estate, tech, finance, fitness, and beyond. Previously, Ciara led marketing and membership for Gen Art, a national organization supporting emerging artists in fashion, film, art, and music, with sponsors including Acura, American Express, Diageo, Equinox, New York magazine, Time Warner Cable, and many more.
Ciara Pressler will be sharing her approach to Own Your Values at our Food for Thought Luncheon on Wednesday, November 20th. Meet Ciara at the VIP Reception at SMA's new Boyle Center on Tuesday, November 19th.
Food for Thought, a St. Mary’s fundraising event, supports our mission of providing a Catholic, college-preparatory education to any young woman who desires it, regardless of financial circumstances.
With the opening of The Boyle Center this fall, St. Mary’s is celebrating entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership across all our programming. Food for Thought 2024 will feature an inspiring keynote with local entrepreneur and business coach Ciara Pressler, a student testimonial, and opportunities to share our commitment to fostering the next generation of female leaders.
Matching Challenge Donors
B.P., Lester and Regina John Foundation
Mary Shindler Boyle ’67 & Timothy Boyle
Mike & Tracey Clark
OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
Mary Mathews Stevens ’80 & Mark Stevens
President’s Table Sponsors
Becker Capital Management / Janeen & Malcolm McAninch
Mary Shindler Boyle ’67 & Timothy Boyle
Guardian / Tom Brenneke
Kathleen Dooney Niedermeyer ’83 & Jon Niedermeyer
Mary Mathews Stevens ’80 & Mark Stevens
Hayden and Shannon Thomas
Platinum Supporters
David & Moira Bell
Kelsey Francis & Kevin McDowell
The Bob and Sue Harold Family
Hotchkiss Family
Wendy & Kelly Rea
Nancy Mayer Stremick ’67 & Lou Stremick
Gold Supporters
Anonymous
Liane Brakke-Pound ’96 and Bonnie Serkin / Emery Serkin Pound Sustains
Marilyn & Tom Fink / Compass Rose Financial Services
Judith Letcher Heath ’67
The King Family in loving memory of The Honorable Garr & Mary Jo King
R&H Construction
Sarah & Frank Reppenhagen
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Umpqua Bank
Silver Supporters
Patricia Murphy Bradach ’80 & Sam Bradach
Brittney Clark ’94 & Chris Brooks
Patricia Holland Haddeland ’78 & Paul Haddeland
Jack Knight
Virginia Mathews and Marilyn Whitaker
Meyer Wealth Management / Jessica Hickox Meyer ’94 & Greg Meyer
MJ Steen and Tara Steen Thomas ’96
Butch & Caroline Swindells
Bronze Supporters
Melissa Strain Angeli ’86
Bora Architecture + Interiors
Carol Beauchamp-Gredvig ’67
Teri Bowles-Atherton ’93
Wendy Campana
In memory of Vicki Dieringer Ford ’69 sponsored by The Class of 1969 and
Anna Kaiser Kurkoski ’59 & Al Kurkoski
Shayla Ebner Logue ’93 & Tony Logue
Mary’s Woods
Barbara McCarthy & Jon Tribbett
Members of the Class of 1998; Cyreena Boston Ashby ’98, Ashley Adams
DeSanno ’98, Erika Moseson ’98, Haley Brattain Percell ’98,
Moda Partners, Inc.
Kim Patterson & John Ostrowski
Pat Thompson ’71
University of Portland
Fred & Ann Van Domelen
Walsh Construction
Leadership Gifts and Table Sponsors
Heidi & Bryan Bell
Renee Jarvis Binns ’77 & Richard Binns
Leah Bolstad ’98 in memory of Kate Jeans-Gail ’97
Jennifer Hibbard Brewer ’94 & Nate Brewer
Stephen & Cheryl Campbell
Laura Donegan
Eli & Mae Rosen Foundation / Laureen Arrigotti Schiller ’79 & Robert Schiller
Environments
Anna C. Friedhoff ’06 and SKH Family Law and Estate Planning
Alisa Todd Gaylord ’92 & Jamie Gaylord
Patty Gorman
Alan & Monica Grinnell / Eat Your Heart Out Catering
Lisa Paul Heydet ’91
In memory of Margaret Misetich Hill ’43
Dan & Lynn Jones
Ted Kulongoski
Ellen and Jakub Langer
Ann Marie Pierson Lei ’77 & Skip Lei
Rachel Leiber ’00
Hilarie Banasky Miller ’69
Miller Nash LLP
Suzann Baricevic Murphy ’83 & Hank Murphy
Pavelcomm
Steve Percy
Kent & Sara Roberts
Deborah Spitznagel Ryan ’89 & Lane Ryan
Think Real Estate / Hope Beraka
Named Sponsors
DIVERSE CONNECTIONS / Pamela Hicks Still ’64 – Dessert Sponsor
Coastal Shoes – Coat Check Sponsor
CYO / Camp Howard - Check-In Sponsor
Berlinberg Properties – Marians Room Sponsor
Erin & Ben LeBlanc – Volunteer Room Sponsor