Alumni Spotlight: Tom Rinehart (MBA ’14)

Q&A with Tom ~ What are you doing now? I own a management consulting company, Rinehart Strategies, focused on helping leaders address their most pressing challenges in both private and public organizations. When I launched the company last year, I advertised strategy, finance, business planning, operations, and public affairs as specific service offerings. During the…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Tom Rinehart (MBA ’14)

Vancouver Business Journal ~ Local Banking Environment

“Capital adequacy and reserve regulations were not the cause of the current issue. However, we could benefit from a discussion of how to more quickly identify bank balance sheets’ susceptibility to liquidity runs. We should think about how to implement stress test requirements on smaller banks.” University of Portland Pamplin School of Business finance professor,…Continue Reading Vancouver Business Journal ~ Local Banking Environment

Helping Hands Tradition at UP Continues

The UP Operations Management Association (UPOMA) held the annual “Helping Hands” event this past week on April 11 at University of Portland. Helping Hands is a program offered by corporate team building organization called Odyssey Teams, Inc. The goal is to build prosthetic hands for amputees in developing countries. UPOMA first began participating in this initiative in…Continue Reading Helping Hands Tradition at UP Continues

Women in Finance ~ Gina Jacobson

The Women in Finance series continues! Hear from experts and connect with our financial partners – build your network! What led you to Finance? When I was little, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up. My answer always was, “I want to help people.” Years later, after graduating college, I moved to…Continue Reading Women in Finance ~ Gina Jacobson