As Chief Executive Officer of Mercy Corps, Tjada leads a global team of more than 5,600 humanitarians, who provide immediate relief to save lives and livelihoods and work to create transformational ...

Kate Brown is Oregon’s 38th Governor. From 2008 to 2015, Brown served as Oregon’s Secretary of State, where she was a leader in increasing government transparency and accountability. In that office, ...

In a career spanning more than 35 years, Leonard Pitts Jr. has been a columnist, a college professor, a radio producer and a lecturer. He is a writer of one of the most popular newspaper columns in ...

Thomas Lauderdale is a musician known largely for his work with the Portland-based band he founded, Pink Martini. He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the ...

Peabody-award-winning Scott Simon is host of one of National Public Radio’s most popular programs: Weekend Edition Saturday. He is also currently reporting for BBC News. He has reported from all 50 ...

Juan Williams, one of America’s leading journalists serving as National Public Radio’s senior correspondent and as a political analyst for the Fox News Channel, including regular appearances on Fox ...

Students pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics can consider roles in law, medicine, international relations, and academia. Students can choose to work at financial companies, banks, consulting ...

Tanya Cerda is an interdisciplinary artist, creative leader, and advocate for inclusive artistic communities. She is the Co-founder and Trustee of the N M Boedecker Creative Foundation and the Founder ...

Dr. Kathryn Sullivan is the Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Acting Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She previously served ...

John B. Cobb, Jr. is an American philosopher, theologian, and environmentalist and is often cited as one of the most important North American theologians of the twentieth century. The author of more ...

Dr. Jane Lubchenco is a marine ecologist and environmental scientist with expertise in oceans, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. In 2008 she was nominated ...

Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, co-discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, which is noted as "one of the most significant ...