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Founder of Bob's Red Mill Visits Campus
Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill recently spent a day on campus to interact with students and present a public lecture as part of the School of Business Executive in Residence Day. Moore's visit also included a Q&A session with business students and a classroom visit in which he critiqued students' business plans - certainly a unique opportunity for the university's aspiring entrepreneurs.
Moore is well known not only for the natural food products his company makes, but also for his dedication to his employees. On his 81st birthday, Moore surprised all his employees by giving them total ownership of Bob's Red Mill through an Employee Share Ownership Program (ESOP), a move that made national headlines.
Executive in Residence Day
The School of Business' Executive in Residence Day is designed to bring business executives to campus where they engage students and faculty in the critical business issues of the day. The purpose is to better prepare our business students for the professional world as well as help our business faculty be more effective in the classroom.
Executives attend and participate in actual business classes, informally network with students and give a public lecture at the end of the day.
Learning Objectives
- Students become inspired and learn from hearing the stories of successful business people.
- Students learn to network with business executives in informal gatherings.
- Students become better acquainted with the realities of the professional business world.
Past Executives in Residence
- Marshall Stevens, developed Oil Can Henry’s, a chain of 30 quick lube stores in the Northwest
- Greg Goodwin, president and CEO of Kuni Enterprises
- Richard Reiten, retired president and CEO of Northwest Gas
- John Dannemiller, retired president and CEO of Applied Industrial Technologies
- Mohan Nair, chief innovation officer, Regence
- Bob Moore, founder, president and CEO of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods Inc.