Posted: Sunday, January 4, 2009 12:00 am
Training and development
Heather O'Connor, a major gift officer for the affiliated foundations of Samaritan Health Services, has earned certification from Certified Fund Raising Executive International. Individuals granted the certification have met a series of standards set by the organization and must pass testing of the knowledge, skills and abilities required of a fund-raising executive.
People on the move
The Corvallis Clinic rheumatology specialist John Ladd, M.D., retired in December after nearly 40 years at the clinic. He was its third-longest serving physician.
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Dr. Gregory Mann, D.D.S. recently joined the Corvallis Dental Group as an associate with Dr. Sam Hinds. Dr. Mann begins seeing patients this month.
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Catherine Mater, president of Mater Engineering in Corvallis, and a senior fellow of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, recently joined the Oregon Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Center Technical Leadership Team. With more than 30 years of research and design experience in the forest products industry, including the study of woody biomass and residual fiber, Mater will help Oregon BEST further develop the state's national reputation as a green building materials and design innovator.
Take a bow
Chris Fox, formerly of Corvallis, a licensed realtor, has been awarded the Real Estate Transaction of the Year award by the Portland chapter of the Certified Commercial Investment Members.
News and notes
Mid-Valley Housing Plus has joined Community Outreach Inc. In recent years the board of MVH Plus has struggled to raise the money needed to provide services to some 45 mentally ill persons, including some who are just low-income elderly, housed at the Benton Plaza and a few apartments in other parts of town. COI provides emergency and transitional housing, medical services, child care and other supportive services to local residents in need.
COI will absorb MVH Plus into its services offerings. It will be run much as it has been - out of the basement office in Benton Plaza with Samantha Ortiz as case manager to its clients. Starting Jan. 1 the program became COI's "Permanent Supportive Housing" program.
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