Portland Sporting Goods & Apparel

Today’s edition of Portland Business Journal featured an announcement that snowboarding apparel company, Holden Outerwear, has just established its headquarters in Portland, OR. Recently a number of sports apparel companies have relocated to the city, thanks in part to the proximity of Nike, adidas North America, and Columbia Sportswear. Besides these three giants, the greater Portland area is home to the following:

End Outdoor Inc., sustainable footwear
Icebreaker, outdoor sports apparel
Keen Inc., footwear
Le Coq Sportif, sporting goods and apparel
Li Ning Sports USA Inc., footwear and apparel
Lucy Activewear, women’s sports apparel and accessories
Montrail, footwear
Nau, inc., outdoor apparel
Nautilus, Inc., exercise equipment
Rapha Racing Ltd., cycling apparel
Solstice Outdoor Inc., outdoor gear

Warsaw Guest Speakers

The sports marketing program at the University of Oregon had a strong group of guest speakers this winter. Below is a list of the industry professionals who recently shared their insights with students. Source: Lundquist College of Business biannual magazine, Business. (Volume 5, Number 11, Winter 2008)

Rick Alessandri, ESPN

Grant Armbruster, Columbia Sportswear Company

Marc Badain, Oakland Raiders

David Baker, Arena Football League

Scott Bedbury, Brandstream

Jeff Benjamin, Printroom.com

Malcolm Bordelon, San Jose Sharks

Renee Brown, WNBA

Carter Carnegie, National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Arjun Chowdri, Genesco, Inc

Michelle Collins, IMG

Ron Coverson, Stanford Athletics

Bob Cramer, Genesco, Inc

Jarrod Dillon, Oakland Raiders

Andy Dolich, Memphis Grizzlies

Kelly Dredge, IMG

Jarrett Dube, ESPN Andrew Fink, NFL

Evan Frankel, NASCAR, Inc.

Tom Fritz, Marmot Mountain, LLC

Mary Pat Gillin, NBA

David Haney, Arena Football League

Chris Heck, NBA

Stephanie Heidrich, Columbia Sportswear Company

Mike Herst, Electronic Arts, Inc.

Calen Higgins, Columbia Sportswear Company

Heather Higgins, National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Gregory C. Houser, Marmot Mountain, LLC

Stu Jackson, NBA

Akash Jain, NBA

Brian Jennings, NHL

Ilana Kloss, World Team Tennis

Katie Lacey, ESPN

Amy Lasky, National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Michael Leming, Nike, Inc.

Dana Lent, NASCAR, Inc.

Hunter Lochmann, New York Knicks

Mike Lopono, Arena Football League

Marc, Lowitz, Arena Football League

Julie Malmberg, Nike, Inc.

Mark Martin, Marmot Mountain, LLC

Donovan Mattole, Nautilus, Inc.

Chris McCloskey, Arena Football League

Tom McDonald, San Francisco Giants

David Murrell, Columbia Sportswear Company

Darrin Nelson, Stanford Athletics

Kim Nelson, Nike, Inc.

Jim Noel, ESPN

Jolynn Ovington, nau inc.

Steve Patterson, Portland Trailblazers

Andi Poch, WNBA

Jeff Price, Sports Illustrated

Craig Purcell, Oakland Raiders

Dan Reed, NBA

Andrew Rentmeester, Oakland Raiders

Michael Rooney, ESPN

Peter Rotondo, Jr., National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Peter Rotondo, Sr., National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Robert Rowell, Golden State Warriors

Jennifer Rowland, Visa International

Norris Scott, NASCAR, Inc.

Adam Silver, NBA

David Stern, NBA

Jimmy Su, NBA

Aaron Taylor, ESPN Bob Thompson, Fox Sports

Gary Treagen, Electronic Arts Inc.

Donna Tripiano, IMG

Jeff Tucker, San Francisco Giants

Jim Tucker, NASCAR, Inc.

Steve Tseng, IMG

Heidi Ueberroth, NBA

Matthieu Van Veen, NBA

Ted Van Zelst, NASCAR, Inc.

Tyler Vaught, Electronic Arts Inc.

Pamela White, National Thoroughbred Racing Association