Women of Distinction LuncheonToday’s Speakers Elizabeth Dinh Emcee News Anchor, KOIN 6 Makena Krause Gold Award Girl Scout Barbara Alberty 2014 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree Chair, Senior Advisory Committee, YWCA of Greater Portland Barbara Roberts 2013 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree Author, Speaker, Former Governor of Oregon Sally Bany 2016 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Co-Founder/Trustee Shannon Evers Chief Executive Officer Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest WashingtonToday’s Speakers Victoria Lara 2018 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree Founder and CEO, Lara Media Services Kim Malek 2021 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree CEO and Co-Founder, Salt & Straw Melody Rose, Ph.D 2018 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree Higher Education Consultant Dr. Judith Ramaley 2016 Marie Lamfrom Women of Distinction Honoree President Emerita, Distinguished Professor of Public Service, Portland State University E m c e e : E l i z a b e t h D i n hYou’ll see Elizabeth Dinh anchoring weeknights at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts on KOIN 6, and the 10 p.m. news on Portland’s CW. Each Thursday she also reports about the area’s food, farms, restaurants, chefs and much more in her weekly Northwest Grown stories. She joined KOIN in the Fall of 2020. She also goes by Liz, and if she’s a familiar face in the Pacific Northwest, it’s because she’s been in Portland since 2016, when she started anchoring at KPTV FOX 12. Before moving to Portland, Liz spent three years back in her hometown area of Dallas-Fort Worth as an anchor and morning reporter for KTVT CBS 11. Liz first experienced the region’s rainy weather and beautiful scenery as a reporter at Seattle’s KOMO-TV. She also anchored and reported in Tampa, Florida at WFTS. Her career began in the Texas Panhandle in Amarillo, at the duopoly station KAMR NBC 4/KCIT FOX 14 as weekend anchor and evening reporter. Liz says she owes her life to an amazing love story, and with good reason. While in Seattle, in June 2012, her husband Kevin donated one of his kidneys to her when a condition called IgA Nephropathy caused both of hers to fail. The selfless gift of life from him has renewed her health and her spirit after living with failing kidneys for nearly two years. The youngest of seven children, Liz is the only daughter. Her brothers are all married, and among them, have 18 children — and counting! She loves her big family and her Vietnamese heritage. Liz is proud to be a former Miss Asian American Texas and a Gold Award Girl Scout. She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. Liz and Kevin love exploring the area by checking out different restaurants and coffee shops. They also love spending time with their pug, Coco Chanel. Elizabeth DinhMakena Krause graduated from Glencoe High School in June of 2021. Since then she has been on the State Department’s National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) scholarship to study Arabic. She currently lives in Amman, Jordan. In the fall, Makena plans to major in business with a focus in global politics at Arizona State University. She hopes to work for the State Department as a foreign service officer and eventually start a B Corporation. Makena has been involved in Girl Scouts for 13 years at both the troop and council level. She is a Bronze, Silver, and Gold Award Girl Scout. In 2018, she co-founded the GSOSW Astronomy Club, following training at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. This STEM education program she co-founded and co-led has now reached membership of over 450 girls to date. The “Reach for the Stars” partner program was put on by GSUSA, NASA, and SETI Institute. In her free time, Makena likes to hike, read and explore local cafes. She is always open to conversations over coffee. Makena KrauseWomen of Distinction Marie Lamfrom honoree 2013 B a r b a r a R o b e r t sBarbara Roberts was elected Oregon’s first female governor in 1990, also becoming one of the first 10 female governors in the United States. Previously, she held public office for 24 years, including Oregon House Majority Leader, Oregon Secretary of State and 10 years as a school board member. She is a strong advocate for the environment, human and civil rights, affordable housing, and government reinvention. Her fourth book, “A Voice for Equity,” was just released in April 2021. Governor Roberts has served on dozens of non-profit boards and committees over the past 30 years, including Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington, Oregon Hospice, and the Columbia River Gorge Commission. A native Oregonian, Roberts is an active public speaker, mother of two grown sons and the grandmother of 16. She was married to the late Senator Frank Roberts for 20 years. Barbara RobertsNext >