The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) has hired Jean Ann Van Krevelen as Director of Development. This is the first Director of Development position at OEN, and the part-time position is funded by a $100,000 grant over three years from the Meyer Memorial Trust.
Van Krevelen is the President of Escalation Business Consulting, a consulting firm with a focus on business coaching, strategic direction and fund development. She is also the owner of Garden to Farmer, a gardening company that offers coaching, edible garden design and naturally grown produce. Jean Ann also has 16 years of non-profit experience, and previously served as the Executive Director of the Cascade AIDS Project.
At OEN, Van Krevelen will focus on a major gifts campaign and will help the organization explore the possibility of creating an endowment to help fund OEN’s programs for entrepreneurs.
“As an entrepreneur at heart, I am incredibly honored and excited to be joining
OEN as they break ground on this venture,” said Van Krevelen. “OEN has always done an excellent job of helping brilliant startups find funding to support their efforts, and now, it will be doing the same for itself. We want to make sure that OEN is around for the innovators of the future.”
Van Krevelen was voted one of “50 Making a Difference” by the Oklahoma business newspaper the Journal Record, and was honored with the University of Oklahoma’s School of Social Work Social Welfare Leader award. In 2007, Van Krevelen was named one of “40 Under 40” by the Portland Business Journal and one of “100 Women We Love” by Go NYC Magazine. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Language Arts education from Phillips University and a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Denver.
About OEN
Founded in 1991, the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to providing opportunities for Oregon entrepreneurs and improving the business climate for emerging, growth-oriented companies statewide. The organization has members throughout Oregon and southwest Washington. For more information about the OEN, visit its website at [www.oen.org|http://www.oef.org/].
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