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alumni, student
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T hree high-achieving graduates
are putting the spotlight on G eorge
Fox U niversity.
T he school, ranked by U.S. News
& W o rld R ep o rt as a to p -tie r
m a s te r’s-level u n iv ersity in the
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study are available on the college
cam pus in N ew berg and also in
Portland.
G e o rg e F ox g ra d u a te P erry
G rubera w as recently nam ed one o f
P o rtlan d ’s 40 m ost influential e x
ecutives under 40-years-old by The
B u sin e s s Jo u rn a l o f P o rtla n d .
G ru b er is com m unity affairs m an
ag er for Intel O regon.
B renda Dizer, a G eorge Fox U ni
versity M B.A. student, received
an “ach iev er” aw ard from A stra
S ociety International, a nonprofit
agency that prom otes w om en in
business. She previously has been
honored by the N orthw est M inor
ity B usiness C ouncil w ith their
M inority B usiness A dvocate Lead
ership A w ard.
Brenda Dizer
Yolanda Karp
Perry Gruber
She also has received the C orpo-
rate A w ard from the O regon A sso
ciation o f M inority E ntrepreneurs
for outstanding service and co m
m itm ent to O reg o n ’sm inority busi
ness com m unity. D izer is m anager
o f the supplier di versity program at
Nike.
Y olanda K arp, a G eorge Fox
U niversity M BA student and 2001
m anagem ent and organizational
leadership graduate, w as nam ed a
2003 finalist for W om an E ntrepre
neur o f the Y ear by the B usiness
Journal.
A M exico C ity-native, K arp is
C E O and president o f H acienda
C om m unity C redit U nion, w hich
she founded last year to provide
financial serv ices fo r low - and
m iddle-incom e H ispanics in the
Portland area. H acienda is one o f a
handful o f H ispanic credit unions
in the U.S. and the first credit union
created in O regon since 1980.
Inform ation about the college is
available at w w w .georgefox.edu or
call 503-538-8383.
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