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Asia and elsewhere on Portland’s greenvalues (and his own: ’Where i grew up,we didn’t call it recycling, we celled it surviving’).And at least one major projectthat’s hush-hush for now, (ZD)/1 Oil tiamar factory cheers li/rio-(:0//ri! s/mi era mid ceo ’iirhanjsts.SIGNATURE MOVE: In 2005,11 years af -ter she started as a temp at Clackamas’sburly Oregon Iron Works, this now-43-year-old Chicago native piloted thelaunch of that company’s United Streetcarsubsidiary. As the only manufacturerof modern streetcars in the country(and with the Obama administrationbullish on the technology), United andOregon Iron Works have created 133jobs and an all-American supply chain.As Oregon Iron Works’WHAT’S NEXT:VP for business development, she’llhelp conquer other new frontierslikebuilding wave_Power generators fordeployment offthe coast. (RR)BobSpeltZmice makes; I/ic;id; 1 1 iIiH ;;t;ilir//ir(LSIGNATURE MOVE: Speltz steers theinsurance and finance giant’s charitablemight. ’Whenever I want to get a companyinvolved in a good idea, one of myfirst calls is to Bob, says one prominentlocal. Besides $2.7 million in annual giving(as of 2011.), Speltz pushes 2,500workers to take volunteer roles, andtrains qualified employees to serve onnonprofit boards-65 so far. "It’s aboutinvesting money wisely," he says, ’but"People thinkof Portlandas small andprovincial, but itcan be global."ARCHITECT GENE SAND OVALOf coursePortland has aregular klatch ofcycling-orientedpower women.Once a month, thePortland Societya two-year-oldalliance of ladies inthe bike businessdraws between 15and 40 to Northwest’sCorsa CafØ(located inside abike shop!). Theylisten to talks frominvited experts ontopics like negotiationand socialmedia.Cycle-poweredentrepreneurs witha deal-making sonsibility."I’ve seenhouses bought andsold, jobs soughtand found, andnew businesseslaunched," sayscofounder EllyBlue.Gluten-freecoffee cakealso about putting scale and talent towork indifferent ways’WHAT’S NEXT: Off the clock, Speltzbecomes chair of the Oregon CulturalTrust’s board this year, overseeing anonprofit that aids 1,300 cultural organizationsacross the state. And as one ofthe more prominent gay corporate playersin town, he plans to continue activeroles with Basic Rights Oregon and otherequality-focused organizations. (ZD)HelenL. YingAn Asian lois tar hope.’; to es-iplI,i’ea tV/otto I:ol!nci/ seal.SIGNATURE MOVE: From chairing theAsian American Youth Leadership Conferenceto helping the city create the Officeof Equity, Ying has long been one ofthe guiding hands behind fast-growingAsian communities.WHAT’S NEXT: Ex-congressman DavidWu’s ignominious departure leaves ourPacific Rim city with an anemic representationof elected Asians. Ying hopesto start changing that with a spring campaignfor an open Metro seat focused onequity for marginalized groups. (DP)JoeRobertson(BiB/I’s preside/it looks to thrive inhoriltit toiro ’s clot toy hilt/rn.SIGNATURE MOVE: Back in 2007, OregonHealth & Science Universitythecity’s largest employer and a researchinstitution of national importanceputtogether a new strategic plan, "We somehowcalled it right," says Robertson, theopthalmologist who became OHSU’spresident the year before. "When theeconomy fell apart, we didn’t." The hospital/schoolnow employs nearly 13,000and, through an alliance with PortlandState University another key force inreshaping the cityplays a vital educationaland urban-development role.WHAT’S NEXT: Big philanthropic scoresmean major new initiatives in dentristyand nutritiot (ED)