Meet Our Team

Maggie has a long history of supporting entrepreneurs. She practiced corporate law for nearly five years at Stoel Rives, with a focus on small and emerging companies. She was the VP of Business Development at a Portland startup, and developed and taught the first “Law for Managers” course at PSU. She later joined the faculty of Lewis & Clark Law School to launch the Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC), where she both taught and practiced law and also served as the SBLC’s Executive Director, which provides legal support for low-income entrepreneurs. She has also served as the VP of Investor Stewardship at Greater Portland Inc. and most recently as a Client Relations Manager at Perkins Coie.

Maggie is a recipient of the Portland Business Journal’s “Women of Influence” Orchid Award (April 2011), the SBA’s Women’s Business Champion Award for both the State of Oregon and for the Northwest Region (both in June 2010) and the Portland Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Award (March 2007).

Maggie is constantly on the search for: The next race to train for!

Julie has 15 years of hotel management industry experience, working for entities such as Marriott Hotel Corporation, Hilton Hotel Corporation, Doubletree Hotels and Kimpton Hotel Group, as well as The RiverPlace Hotel in downtown Portland.Currently, Julie is responsible for the planning and executing of OEN’s three major annual special events: OEN’s Angel Oregon, the OEN Entrepreneurial Summit, and the OEN Tom Holce Entrepreneurship Awards. She also manages OEN’s investment groups. Julie is a native Oregonian and holds a Bachelor of Science from The University of Oregon. Go Ducks!

Julie is constantly on the search for: A worthy opponent to crush on the tennis court.

Miles blends experience working with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and startups with a knack for implementing efficiencies and a passion for storytelling. As a manager in the banking industry, he planned and managed projects and events for hundreds of employees, trained and led dozens of service and sales teams, and collaborated with a diverse set of multi-cultural stakeholders across North America and Mexico. In 2016, Miles returned to school and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Portland State University and certificates in digital marketing, project management, and Google Analytics. Since then, he has provided business consulting to a variety of organizations and entrepreneurs, and written and hosted a 10-episode business podcast for KPSU. He writes a management and marketing blog and holds a second Bachelor’s degree, in Spanish, from the University of Oregon.

Miles is constantly on the search for: Collaborators, creative ideas, and karaoke.

Originally from Seattle, Clara has spent her whole life in the PNW.  She has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Portland, where she served as Vice President of the Student Alumni Association and attended a semester at Global Education Oregon in London. She’s had experience working in customer service and consulting, including designing a peer mentorship program based on research and one-on-one interviews. In addition, she’s conducted multiple case studies for Forum Solutions, LLC in Seattle. Currently, Clara uses her organizational skills and mind for creativity to execute event planning tasks and digital marketing initiatives at OEN that include social media marketing, event marketing, and email marketing.

Clara is constantly on the search for: Another high-energy workout to hit the gym with.

Laura is responsible for building the entrepreneurial ecosystem in West Portland as well as meeting with scalable startups in traded sectors to evaluate their needs and help them access people, programs and financial resources to be successful. She works closely with regional and state government, economic development and partner organizations to enhance industry cluster/sector efforts by connecting startups with resources and investors, and raising awareness of grants, loans and other services which help startups access federal and state funds.