Kimberly Fuson to Lead Cedar Sinai Park Beginning Aug. 6, long-time Portland resident Kimberly Fuson will return to Oregon to serve as interim executive director for Cedar Sinai Park. Martin Baicker, who has led the organization since October 2017, is stepping down as CEO to pursue other opportunities in the senior health care industry. Kimberly…
Cedar Sinai Park will host Art Without Passports, a free series of art presentations for artists and non-artists alike. The Oregon Society of Artists is presenting this free series in Zidell Hall at Rose Schnitzer Manor. The programs are open to all. The series will meet three Thursday mornings from 10:30-11:45. Arts activist and studio…
Above: Jeanine Semon in her studio at Rose Schnitzer Manor. All of her paintings begin with intuitive, spontaneous drawing. At left, Jeanine Semon’s favorite painting is the King’s Coat, which she says goes back into the period when she made large unstretched canvases, loosely dropping paint on canvas, spraying water on the colors, adding layers…
PHOTOS: Above, Julie Anne Feinstein, left, and Annette Gerard knit and chat during a recent gathering of Purls of Wisdom. Below, Marion Ross knits outfits for infants at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Photos by Deborah Moon Twice a week, three to eight women gather in the art room of Rose Schnitzer Manor and knit, chat, laugh…
Michael Jeser Leaves Portland to head San Diego Federation Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Michael Jeser has been named president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of San Diego. Michael has served JFGP as director of financial resource development for the past 2½ years. Michael concluded his work at JFGP on July 27. “Michael has…
Cedar Sinai Park, one of Oregon’s oldest and most inclusive senior care organizations, installed a new chair and elects three new members to its Board of Trustees at CSP’s annual meeting on June 31, with the leadership change taking place July 1 with the start of the new fiscal year. Portland attorney and arts…
Cedar Sinai Park’s May 4-6 “Homecoming, a Three-Day-Long Celebration,” drew hundreds of people to the campus for two events to see all the new and renovated spaces for seniors. The Saturday evening gala drew another 200 guests to the Hilton for a record-breaking fundraiser. The entire weekend was chaired by Bev Eastern and Michelle Eastern…
Maggie Portrait, 86, has known her husband Daniel, 90, since she was 4 years old. She attributes their successful 65 years of marriage to being in love, accepting the bad times along with the good and not entering into marriage lightly. “We were both serious about marriage,” says Maggie. “We weren’t going to ‘try it’…
PHOTO: Cedar Sinai Park CEO Martin Baicker and Howard Klink, the director of CSP’s Housing with Services program, at the LeadingAge conference. Thousands of people standing and cheering and clapping, music blaring, strobe lights flashing … Lady Gaga concert? Timbers game? Ticker tape parade? Nope. It was the annual conference of LeadingAge, the national umbrella…
Photos: TOP: Interim CEO David Fuks welcomes attendees to the Cedar Sinai Park Annual Meeting on June 6. BOTTOM: Before the meeting, visitors (including Jordan Schnitzer, far right, and family) toured one of four new households of the Harold Schnitzer Center for Living. For additional photos from the annual meeting and tours of the Green…
