Writing Great Grants - A Murdock Trust Podcast

Mental Health with Jeff Carr

For season three of our podcast, we are taking a moment to reflect on our benefactor, Jack Murdock. We are looking at current industry leaders who focus on and exemplify key areas and traits that were of particular importance and interest to Jack. In today’s episode, Steve Moore, executive director of the Murdock Trust, speaks with Jeff Carr, the CEO of Albertina Kerr about the current state of mental health services in our community. For more than 110 years, Albertina Kerr has provided services for children and the families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health challenges and other social barriers through a variety of projects and programs. As a fun side note, Albertina Kerr received the first official grant approved by the Murdock Trust in 1975. Jeff joined Albertina Kerr in 2016 where he oversees management of the nonprofit. A graduate of Northwest Nazarene University, he has an extensive professional background leading organizations serving vulnerable communities, including the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Los Angeles and the Special Olympics World Games held in Los Angeles in 2015 as well as a wealth of service to community-focused roles, including Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Los Angeles , COO of Sojourners and the Executive Director of the Bresee Foundation.

Faith-Based Organizations in Our Community with Jan Elfers

Steve Moore, executive director of the Murdock Trust, discusses the role faith-based organizations play in serving our community with Jan Elfers, the President of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon. EMO is a statewide association of Christian denominations, congregations, ecumenical organizations and interfaith partners. Committed to mutual respect and understanding, EMO brings together diverse communities of faith to learn, serve and advocate for justice, peace and the integrity of creation where they serve more than 18,000 individuals throughout the year. A graduate of Lewis and Clark College, Jan went on to earn her Master’s at Marylhurst University. Prior to her current position overseeing the statewide nonprofit, she held multiple roles with EMO, starting her career with the organization in 2003. She has received numerous awards for her leadership and service and regularly serves on the board of directors of community-focused organizations.

Mentorship with Greg Sherwood

In today’s episode, Steve Moore, executive director of the Murdock Trust, talks about the value of Mentorship with Greg Sherwood. Greg is the President/Chief Investment Officer of Quest Investment Management, a Portland based institutional investment advisory founded in 1985. The firm manages pension and non-profit funds around the U.S. Greg is currently an active parishioner at St. Michael’s in Portland and has been involved with several evangelical ministries serving youth and young adults for over 35 years. He is attending St. Vincent Benedictine Seminary pursuing a Master’s degree in spiritual direction. He serves as the rector at St. Michael’s Alpha program, teaches RCIA and helps as a retreat speaker and mentor for the Catholic Newman Center at Oregon State and Portland State University. In 2001, he founded Mentors360, a college and young professional ministry serving on 7 college campuses which seeks to connect through mentoring one generation to the next in the areas of professional development, personal growth and spiritual formation.

Entrepreneurship with Navin Chaddha

For season three of our podcast, we are taking a moment to reflect on our benefactor, Jack Murdock. We are looking at current industry leaders who focus on and exemplify key areas and traits that were of particular importance and interest to Jack. In today’s episode, Steve Moore, executive director of the Murdock Trust, talks about the value of entrepreneurship with Navin Chaddha, Managing Director at Mayfield Fund, a top-tier venture capital firm with $2.5 billion under management. He has been involved in some notable IPOs of companies including Poshmark, Lyft, SolarCity, and Akamai, as well as acquisitions of CloudGenix by Palo Alto Networks, CloudSimple by Google, Nuvia by Qualcomm, Portworx by Pure Storage, and Volterra by F5 Networks. He is a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who co-founded three successful companies, including VXtreme, a streaming media platform, acquired by Microsoft to become Windows Media. He is an active philanthropist who supports education, diversity, equity, inclusion, and food scarcity groups.  He holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a B. Tech. degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, where he was honored with the distinguished IIT Alumni Award.

Innovation with Dave Blanchard

For season three of our podcast, we are taking a moment to reflect on our benefactor, Jack Murdock. We are looking at current industry leaders who focus on and exemplify key areas and traits that were of particular importance and interest to Jack. In today’s episode, Steve Moore, executive director of the Murdock trust, chats with Dave Blanchard the co-founder and CEO of Praxis about Innovation. Dave is passionate about encouraging Christian-led entrepreneurship that has a positive impact on society. To this end, he co-founded and leads Praxis, which works to motivate, educate, and resource Christians to pursue redemptive entrepreneurship, to renew the spirit of the age. Each year, Praxis runs its flagship accelerator programs, equipping leaders from 24 early-stage businesses and nonprofits, as well as Praxis Academy, an undergraduate initiative that works with over 50 schools.