Articles from Relay Resources

Relay Resources, the region’s leading social enterprise nonprofit advancing disability inclusion in the workplace, is excited to welcome Heather Chao, human resources director for Port of Portland, to its Board of Directors.

Relay Resources, the leading social enterprise nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest advancing disability inclusion in the workplace, has added three professionals to its Board of Directors. The new members are Nick Braaten, Senior Vice President of Finance at e-commerce shipping and logistics company Auctane; Nicole Hess, Director and Financial Business Partner at Standard Insurance Company; and Lucas Diaz, CEO of Ludia Consulting.

Relay Resources, the Pacific Northwest’s leading social enterprise nonprofit committed to advancing disability inclusion in the workplace, has added two senior leaders to its executive team: Oscar Rico-Cazares was named Vice President, Employee Experience and Talent Management, while Paulien van Uden was promoted to Vice President of Business Transformation.

Relay Resources, the leading social enterprise nonprofit in the Pacific Northwest advancing disability inclusion in the workplace, has announced the dates and details of its two signature 2026 events. The Relay 75th Anniversary Celebration, bringing together the community for a night of celebrating our past, dreaming about our future, and supporting our present strategic goals, will take place April 15. The DisabilityNext™ Summit—Relay’s second-annual conference creating and implementing the future of disability inclusion in the workplace—will be October 6-7. Both events will happen at the Hyatt Regency in Portland, OR.

Dr. Jennifer Camota Luebke, president and CEO of Relay Resources — the Pacific Northwest’s leading social enterprise nonprofit advancing disability inclusion in the workplace — has been named a 2026 Executive of the Year by the Portland Business Journal.