​The Mixer Portland

​Saturday, April 18th / The Evergreen PDX

​The Mixer: Intentional Resilience
An intimate conversation on economic mobility, clean energy, and community safety.

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You’re invited to The Mixer: Intentional Resilience—a curated, intimate conversation on economic mobility, clean energy, and community safety paired with a premier networking experience. Join us to exchange real ideas and leave with practical next steps toward a stronger future.

​Come as you are. Leave more connected.

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What to Expect:
Connect
A welcoming social hour with intentional networking, a red-carpet moment, photography, and curated food and beverages.

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Learn
Co-knowledge creation through storytelling and dialogue across wellness, entrepreneurship, marketing, technology, creativity, and community building.

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Thrive
Build authentic relationships, access resources, and grow within a safe, joyful, and community-centered space.

​Emcee

​Jordyn Jenkins

​Jordyn Jenkins is the Founder and Lead Production Designer of JM Joints, a Portland-based full-service event production studio rooted in immersive storytelling through environment and space. Specializing in event planning, custom fabrication, and execution, she produces thoughtfully designed experiences for galas, fundraisers, conferences, and private events.

​​Speakers + Storytellers

​Zanele Mutepfa

​Zanele Mutepfa-Rhone is a Zimbabwean-born culture strategist, speaker, and philanthropic leader based in Portland, Oregon. Her work is deeply shaped by her African heritage and global perspective. She is the founder of Brand Zanele Collective, a creative inclusion agency specializing in storytelling, leadership development, and experiential design centered on belonging and community impact. A champion for women and underserved communities, Zanele has been recognized as one of Oregon’s Most Influential Women by the Portland Business Journal. Her career spans media and global brands, including Sesame Street, CNN, and adidas, where she helped lead diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across North America.

​Jones Dixon

​Jones Dixon is the Multnomah County Commissioner for District 4, elected in May 2024 to champion the safety and prosperity of East Multnomah County residents. He and his wife, Mesha, reside in Gresham, Oregon, where they are raising their two children. With close to two decades of experience serving families in the funeral care business and as a co-founder of the Eight Seconds Rodeo, his deep community ties and commitment to public service are rooted in personal experience. Having grown up in Northeast Portland and raised his family in Gresham, he has a first-hand view of continuing inequities in access to health care, public safety, and economic opportunities.

​Marvin L. Young Jr.

​Marvin L. Young Jr. is the Founder and Executive Director of Nurture Outreach Services, a Portland-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing gun violence and uplifting individuals at the highest risk of harm. His leadership is rooted in lived experience, personal transformation, and an unwavering commitment to community healing. Marvin’s journey from early adversity to becoming a respected leader in Community Violence Intervention (CVI) embodies resilience, accountability, and a deep belief in the possibility of change.

​Jocelyn Rice

​Jocelyn Rice is a regenerative clothing designer and artist whose work exists at the intersection of garment-making and Black speculative futures. Through her practice, Black Earth United, Jocelyn transforms reclaimed coveralls and designs garments that function as vessels of memory, protection, and cultural storytelling for us to wear.

​James Metoyer

​As the Founder and Executive Director of EnerCity Collaborative, James Metoyer is a driving force in making the clean energy industry more inclusive and accessible. He is committed to breaking down barriers for BIPOC communities by creating career pathways in weatherization, residential energy auditing, deep-energy retrofitting, and net-zero building.

​Mikey Vegaz

​Eddie Bynum Jr., known professionally as Mikey Vegaz, is a Portland-raised entrepreneur, recording artist, and cultural architect whose influence spans music, business, and community transformation. As co-founder of Trap Kitchen PDX and the visionary behind Rise of a King, a transformative youth development movement, Eddie has dedicated his life to breaking cycles and creating real pathways for the next generation. Forged in the same environments he now works to uplift, Eddie has turned lived experience into leadership, building platforms that don’t just speak to the culture, but actively shape it.

​Anyeley Hallova

​Anyeley Hallova is a real estate developer with over 20 years of experience in the built environment. She is the founder and CEO of Adre, an equity-centered development company formed with the purpose of developing projects that create social and economic benefits for groups that traditionally lack access to real estate ownership and investment.

​Alando Simpson

​Alando Simpson is the CEO of COR which is a materials management organization that specializes in waste collection and material processing. Alando has worked diligently to solidify the company as a leader in the sustainable waste/recycling field with a strong emphasis on the circular economy.