Keep up with Chris by following him on twitter @cmstudios and chrismartin.com
Chris Martin is a filmmaker and educator. He runs Chris Martin Studios and provides video production solutions that engage, entertain, and enlighten the audience of his customers. It is his belief that everyone has a unique story to tell that drives his passion and motivation to make movies.
In 2011, Chris started an online documentary video series called INNOVATORS OF VANCOUVER focused on the leaders of vision, passion, and action throughout Vancouver, WA and surrounding areas. The subjects of each video use their creativity, energy, and passions to make the community and their world a better place. You can watch the past nine episodes at and receive information on upcoming productions by subscribing to Chris's newsletter, THE CURIOSITY LAB
In addition to his filmmaking passions, Chris is an adjunct instructor at Clark College in Vancouver, WA. He teaches a wide-range of courses including video production, multimedia, and professional practices. What he loves most about teaching is connecting students' passions and interests to each class subject.
In 2011, Chris started an online documentary video series called INNOVATORS OF VANCOUVER focused on the leaders of vision, passion, and action throughout Vancouver, WA and surrounding areas. The subjects of each video use their creativity, energy, and passions to make the community and their world a better place. You can watch the past nine episodes at and receive information on upcoming productions by subscribing to Chris's newsletter, THE CURIOSITY LAB
In addition to his filmmaking passions, Chris is an adjunct instructor at Clark College in Vancouver, WA. He teaches a wide-range of courses including video production, multimedia, and professional practices. What he loves most about teaching is connecting students' passions and interests to each class subject.
John Reid
Bet on You host John Reid began his career as a military police officer. It was during this time he and his superiors discovered his natural ability to remain calm in high pressure situations. This resulted in the added responsibility of planning disaster response and recovery drills which led to his passion for emergency preparedness and response.
At age 24, John became a Safety & Security Director for a large healthcare organization on the West Coast. Since that time, John has had the opportunity to combine his love of emergency management with his ability as a born leader. John has empowered every team he has led to strive to reach their full potential and embrace their individual strengths to ensure the success of the overall team.
With the inception of IKR Consulting, John has consulted with clients on program assessments, emergency preparedness and response, safety and security and leadership development. John also speaks nationally on topics ranging from violence prevention to humor in the workplace.
Bet on You host John Reid began his career as a military police officer. It was during this time he and his superiors discovered his natural ability to remain calm in high pressure situations. This resulted in the added responsibility of planning disaster response and recovery drills which led to his passion for emergency preparedness and response.
At age 24, John became a Safety & Security Director for a large healthcare organization on the West Coast. Since that time, John has had the opportunity to combine his love of emergency management with his ability as a born leader. John has empowered every team he has led to strive to reach their full potential and embrace their individual strengths to ensure the success of the overall team.
With the inception of IKR Consulting, John has consulted with clients on program assessments, emergency preparedness and response, safety and security and leadership development. John also speaks nationally on topics ranging from violence prevention to humor in the workplace.
Aaron Hockley
Aaron uses photography to tell stories and share imagery of the world. His business, Hockley Photography, is based in Vancouver, Washington and he works with a variety of businesses and individuals to capture their world and tell their tales via photographs.
Aaron's goal is to know his clients and create images which help tell their story. Each client is unique and he brings technical and artistic skills to each situation. In addition to specific work for clients, he also licenses his work for other purposes.
Aaron is a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and adheres to their code of ethics. He believe in professionalism while working with others – but that doesn’t mean not having fun. Aaron currently serves on the board of directors for the Portland Metropolitan Photographers Association, the local PPA affiliate.
When not creating images for clients, Aaron enjoy traveling and creating various images as he wanders around. In November 2011, Aaron published Alcatraz Views, a collection of images and stories from “The Rock.”
Aaron uses photography to tell stories and share imagery of the world. His business, Hockley Photography, is based in Vancouver, Washington and he works with a variety of businesses and individuals to capture their world and tell their tales via photographs.
Aaron's goal is to know his clients and create images which help tell their story. Each client is unique and he brings technical and artistic skills to each situation. In addition to specific work for clients, he also licenses his work for other purposes.
Aaron is a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and adheres to their code of ethics. He believe in professionalism while working with others – but that doesn’t mean not having fun. Aaron currently serves on the board of directors for the Portland Metropolitan Photographers Association, the local PPA affiliate.
When not creating images for clients, Aaron enjoy traveling and creating various images as he wanders around. In November 2011, Aaron published Alcatraz Views, a collection of images and stories from “The Rock.”
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Jordan Wiley Jordan Wiley, an emergency project coordinator with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Jordan worked in Central African Republic (CAR) most recently in January and February of this year. He previously worked in this area in August and September 2013, and from June to December 2010. Jordan has also worked with Doctors Without Borders in countries including Chad, Sudan, Haiti and Nigeria. He is based in Portland, Oregon. He originally joined Doctors Without Borders as a logistician in 2008 and now handles more senior roles, often as a project coordinator responsible for a team of medical and nonmedical personnel. |
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Scott PorterMr. Norman “Scott” Porter is the Director of the Emergency Management Cooperative of Washington County. The cooperative, and its predecessor agency, the Office of Consolidated Emergency Management, were formed by intergovernmental agreement to coordinate the emergency management activities of Washington County, the cities of Beaverton, Hillsboro, and Tigard, and Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.
Mr. Porter retired from the U. S. Coast Guard in 1995 before beginning his work in the emergency management field. During his 24 years in the Coast Guard, he gained extensive experience in maritime search and rescue, law enforcement, and oil and chemical spill response. He participated in responses to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, the American Trader spill near Huntington Beach, and several spills in the Columbia River. Following retirement from the Coast Guard, Mr. Porter joined the Office of Consolidated Emergency Management (OCEM) as the Emergency Program Coordinator for Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. Scott became the OCEM Director in November of 1996 and continued on as director of the organization when OCEM was restructured and renamed the Emergency Management Cooperative in July 2013. As a team, the EMC staff pursues initiatives to improve, integrate, and standardize emergency plans, upgrade emergency operations facilities, train their staffs and exercise their plans and facilities and enhance employee, business, and public disaster preparedness. |
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Ted PappasAfter graduating from The Citadel and serving time in the United States Air Force, Ted moved to San Francisco, California where he pursued a career in managed healthcare. Ted has been in the healthcare industry for the last 16 years, settling in healthcare IT for one of the largest healthcare providers in the country.
After relocating his family up to Portland, Oregon in 2004, Ted was inspired to start his own whiskey business, Big Bottom, in 2010 as a result of his strong passion for whiskey and the influence of the craft distillery movement in Portland. Ted is also currently serving as the Vice President of the Oregon Distillers Guild. On weekends, if Ted’s not at the Big Bottom warehouse, he’s usually found in the kitchen conjuring up a great meal for his family and friends. |
Ring in the New Year with the Not So Hidden Track!
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Justin StanleyJustin is the founder and President of Uprise Books, a non-profit dedicated to ending the cycle of poverty through literacy, providing new banned and challenged books to underprivileged teens free of charge.
By providing teens with new, free banned and challenged literature, they establish the love of reading that will lead to increased literacy, higher rates of college attendance and more lucrative earning potential later in life. The Uprise Book project is a labor of love and can benefit from continued support to help spread the word and get books in the hands of as many as possible. If you are a lover of books and want to help out, click here to do some shopping or make a donation! |
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James HullAfter spending nearly a decade in finance, James decided to take his life in a different direction. During a trip to Nicaragua, he had visited a coffee plantation built on the side of an active volcano and marveled at the entire process of turning the seed of a cherry-like fruit into one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world.
Instead of spending all his time making wealthy people wealthier, James decided to invest in his passion and started roasting the best coffee he could get his hands on in small batches. In a few months he was able to find a space in a historic old building in Northwest Portland and open Local Roasting Co., to continue perfecting his coffee and open a small coffee shop. Since 2012, he's traded in the corporate "grind" for a "shot" at pursuing his passion and never looked back. |
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Travis MotterTravis began his career in Maryland over 15 years ago after discovering his love for wine on a trip to California’s Napa Valley. After several years working in various Baltimore restaurants, he worked for The Wine Merchant in Lutherville, Maryland, one of Baltimore’s most successful wine shops. While working at the shop he studied to become a Certified Specialist of Wine through the Society of Wine Educators.
In 2003, Travis headed to Portland to be closer to the mountains, vineyards and amazing food. He managed Woodstock Wine and Deli in SE Portland for four years before accepting a position as the sommelier for one of Portland’s premier restaurants, Simpatica Dining Hall and Catering. In 2009, Travis established the wine program for Simpatica owners’ nationally recognized restaurant, Laurelhurst Market. Today you'll find Travis and his wife Emily at The Portland Bottle Shop in Sellwood searching out the best wines and beers available in the Portland market. To learn more about Travis’ extensive experience in wine and beer industry, and his knowledge of food and beverage pairing stop by the shop! |
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Lisa HerlingerIn 2004, Lisa stumbled upon an artisan ice cream void in Portland, Oregon. Her solution? Fill it with extraordinarily delicious and distinctly original ice cream sandwiches. After countless late nights churning out batch after batch of cookies and ice cream, Ruby Jewel was born. Lisa sold the first Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches out of a cooler at Portland farmers markets and the treats quickly garnered a loyal following – you can now find Ruby Jewel ice cream sandwiches in grocery stores from Alaska to Los Angeles. Though Ruby Jewel has received national attention, appearing on the Food Network and in Oprah Magazine, all Ruby Jewel ice cream continues to be carefully hand-crafted daily in our North Portland kitchen.
Committed to supporting the local community and economy, Ruby Jewel uses only the best ingredients thoughtfully sourced from farmers and food producers in Oregon and around the Northwest. Lisa and her sister Becky opened Ruby Jewel Scoops in North Portland in 2010 and in Southwest Portland in 2012, serving ice cream sandwiches, sundaes, and scoops of every flavor for all to enjoy. Here’s to all natural, all good ice cream! |
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Bradley DelayBradley Delay is an artist who works in oil and canvas and ink and flesh. Both his oil paintings and his tattoo artwork are done with the same skill, vibrancy and attention to detail.
He definitely looks out for his clients to make sure they get the artwork they want and that they will be proud to wear forever and acts as a conduit to help people express themselves. We really loved his work so we've included a few images below and you can find him at Historic Tattoo in Portland. Need some new ink, Bet on Him!
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Johnny Nasello
Johnny Nasello is an ACE certified personal trainer, TRX certified, group fitness instructor, Yoga Alliance registerd yoga teacher, and owner of JohnnyFit Bootcamp & Yoga.
Johnny walked away from his corporate desk job in early 2012 in order to pursue his passions, and has never looked back! Johnny’s philosophy behind his group exercise sessions are that they should be exciting, positive, and dynamic, and most importantly, they should move clients toward their objectives. On the mat, Johnny’s athletic vinyasa yoga style connects breath and awareness to his student’s inner and outer strengths. He strives to guide his students to the acceptance of being present and the joy of experiencing vitality and health. His motivation revolves around sharing all aspects of health and fitness with others, and helping people be fit and live healthier lives. |
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Erik FernandezA winner of the Skidmore Award for his important work to protect Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge as federally designated Wilderness, Wilderness Coordinator Erik Fernandez started out with Oregon Wild doing volunteer and contract work in the late 1990s. In 2000, Erik joined the staff doing GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping that is crucial to Oregon Wild’s work. Erik now works with congressional offices, local elected officials, press, conservation partners to protect Oregon's natural treasures as Wilderness. Erik has lead or been involved in successful campaigns to protect natural areas throughout Oregon. When he’s not developing maps or talking to politicians, Erik is out in the field, leading Oregon Wild members and the public on nature hikes through the special places he seeks to protect.
Always active, Erik enjoys football, aikido, skiing, and exploring the world; his past adventures include hiking in Patagonia and the Amazon. |
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Robert WagnerA native of the Pacific Northwest, Robert Wagner is founder and former owner of Cascadia.fm (formerly pdx.fm), the most popular Internet talk radio station and podcast studio in the region as of late 2011. Jack of all trades, and master of at least 1/2 of 1 of them, Robert has had much success in technology and new media - and then he got into podcasting and Internet radio.
You can keep up with all of the great work Robert's doing by following him on twitter and checking out his site Fantastic Disaster |
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Sabrina MillerSabrina Miller is a local theater lover and wardrobe stagehand in Portland. Currently working for the Portland Opera and having worked in the theater industry in some capacity for over 10 years, Sabrina has a great appreciation and much respect for what happens on stage, and what goes into it behind the stage as well.
Sabrina lives downtown with the love of her life, her son Jack. She provides insightful and exciting reviews of performances going on around town. We always check her site to get her thoughts before we hit the box office, you should too! Check out the goodness at Portland Stage Reviews! |
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Emily & Clyde BaileyJohn has a great conversation with Emily & Clyde Bailey about how they remain creative while dealing with the perils of parenting in the modern day.
Parents and non-parents alike will be able to relate to what Emily and Clyde share about their lives. It is evident from their interview that they are a strong couple who support each other and their family, while keeping their sense of humor! We appreciate Clyde & Emily being so open and honest and thank them for taking the time to share their story! |
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Lisa GorenLisa Goren is a healthcare leadership speaker and consultant who works to improve the healthcare system through people - not policies and procedures. She draws from 15+ years of experience in professional communication to help organization leaders and teams increase engagement, manage change, plan strategically, and communicate more effectively. The US healthcare system is really broken and Lisa is passionate about helping to fix it.
Before building a career in healthcare, Lisa put actors in movies and on TV. Now she's just content to hog the remote and indulge in a Netflix marathon. |
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Gunnar SimonsenGunnar Simonsen, talks with John about a variety of topics including: his book Strategistics, social media and the fight against human trafficking.
Gunnar is a Digital Media Architect, Vision Extractor, Business Consultant, Author/Artist Mentor, Speaker, Encourager, Connector and Networker. Gunnar has spoken at trade industry conferences, led workshops, webinars, and maintained a regular column within a global bookstore trade industry publication. He has also partnered with various record labels and publishing companies on numerous product campaigns. With these many appearances, Gunnar has quickly become known for his use of social media to help mobilize, educate and inspire everything from artists, authors, movies, businesses and non- profits. |
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Jason EdwardsJason Edwards has been creating, recording, and mixing noises and sounds from the time he could hold a microphone. His sound design and mix work have screened nationally and internationally including the prestigious festivals Berlinale, X Dance, OXDOX, Blue-Sky, and Silverdocs.
In addition to working as the sound designer for NBC's popular series Grimm, Jason is working on multiple projects, including a kickstarter campaign which will allow him to share some creative work with the people. Check out Smash the Hive to find out more about Jason's work and become a fan (like we are) on Facebook. |
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Cheryl BledsoeCheryl has 20 years of experience in state and county government and is currently serving as the Emergency Management Division Manager at the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA). She supervises & manages Emergency Operations Center, Regional Homeland Security Office, planning and preparedness initiatives for geographic area serving population center of 435,000.
You can follow Cheryl on Twitter @CherylBle or check out some of the great work she has done Engaging Others with social media. |