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Given for out standing achievement for long-term work in the field of community development, the award is selected by fonner winners, including Kafoury herself. In December 2005, DeMaster received the Advocacy Award from the National Alliance for Children and Families, honoring “her extraordinary I Entrepreneur Wins 30-year support of low-income families,” and she is Business Owner of the Year the namesake for a local homeless shelter called Jean’s Place. A Portland woman’s entrepreneurial spirit has “Jean is an incredibly inspiring leader who earned her a national award from the National Gay brings tireless energy and passion to her advocacy &. Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and Wells for our most impoverished," said Gresham Police Fargo. Noma Hanlon, president of Hanlon Brown Chief Carla Piluso, chairwoman of the Human Design in Portland, has been named LGBT Solutions board. “Her efforts to draw attention to Business Owner of the Year for 2007. the lack of resources available have been one of the Hanlon Brown Design will he recognized and receive a $5,000 cash grant at the chamber’s 2007 single greatest influences on the awareness of the rising issue of poverty in Multnomah County.” dinner, “An Evening of Courage," Nov. 2 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Prior to Human Solutions, DeMaster spent four years as executive director of the YWCA of Greater “The contribution Hanlon Brown Design has Portland and 11 years as executive director of made to the LGBT business community is truly Transition Projects. Since becoming executive remarkable,” said Justin G. Nelson, the chamber’s director of Human Solutions, she has overseen the co-founder and president. development and acquisition of 175 units of afford Chance Mitchell, the chamber’s co-founder and able housing as well as an 11 -unit rehabilitation CEO, added, “Noma has created a company that project and the creation of 32 units of permanent not only provides top-notch service to its clients supportive housing. She is also leading Human hut also is a key community leader.” Solutions in the pre-development of an additional Hanlon Brown Design has consistently ranked 220 units in two complexes slated to he completed as one of the leading graphic design firms in the in 2010. Pacific Northwest. As a certified queer business In addition to housing development, DeMaster enterprise, it has excelled as a primary supplier to has worked to improve access to and effectiveness of some of the top corporations in the United States. services for homeless families. She is working with Hanlon is being recognized for her entrepreneurial Human Solutions staff to develop a multiservice cen spirit as demonstrated by her company’s business ter that will allow low-income and homeless families performance, innovation, growth and personal access to more than seven agencies under one roof. service to the community. “One of the greatest challenges that people in “We are pleased to join the [chamher| in recog need face is having access to services. If we can nizing Hanlon Brown Design with this award,” said create a centralized and convenient hub for access Vincent Tromhetta of San Francisco, senior vice to a multitude of services, we can more efficiently president for Wells Fargo’s small-business segment. stabilize lives and help people become self- “Noma and her team demonstrate the commitment sufficient,” said DeMaster. to excellence, innovation and strong community focus that are the keys to entrepreneurship in Trans People Remembered America.” Oregon State University’s Queer Affairs Task Force is observing Trans Awareness Week through Nov. 19 to provide educational opportunities, create fun events that will start a dia logue around gender and raise awareness about the experiences faced by trans and genderqueer people. A variety of discussions, information sessions, films and presentations exploring trans gender topics will culminate in a candlelight vigil from 8 to 9 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Memorial Union Quad on the OSU campus in Corvallis. On Trans Day of Remem brance, allies from around the country will be gathering to honor people who have been violently targeted for their perceived gender identity. A Wall of Remembering Lives will honor those who were mur Noma Hanlon (left, with partner Gail Snow) was named LGBT dered because of their perceived Business Owner of the Year.
