Celebrate Trade

Save the date for the next Celebrate Trade Gala on 15 May 2025!

We came very close to reaching our fundraising goal at the gala. If you would like to contribute an additional scholarship, IT IS STILL POSSIBLE TO DO SO using the link below.

About Celebrate Trade

Each year the Oregon Consular Corps, the Port of Portland, Nike, the City of Portland and the State of Oregon, along with esteemed associates in international trade and business, host Celebrate Trade as part of Oregon’s emphasis on international trade.

Celebrate Trade is an elegant evening gala, usually held in the Kridel Grand Ballroom of the Portland Art Museum. Celebrate Trade raises funds for the Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The fund underwrites scholarships for 10 international studies majors at five Oregon universities, supporting Oregon’s next generation of leaders in studying abroad, gaining international experience and expanding their cultural competence as they prepare to enter an increasingly global workplace.

The gala also recognizes the significant contributions that Oregon’s trade-sector companies make to the Northwest’s economic vitality and quality of life. International business awards are presented in several categories, and the Oregon Consular Corps selects an additional organization or individual for special distinction.

your participation makes a difference

Sponsorship funds and ticket sales for Celebrate Trade finance $3,000 scholarships for two students, juniors or seniors, at each of five schools: Lewis & Clark College, Oregon State University, Portland State University, the University of Oregon, and the University of Portland.

With 94 percent of the world’s consumers living outside of the United States, the next generation of the region’s business and community leaders will increasingly need international relations and language skills, cultural awareness and an ability to grasp the opportunities and challenges of a global economy. If you would like to see a Sponsor Packet, please click here.

The Winner’s Circle

Oregon’s businesses are leveraging the strengths of the region’s trade-based economy and expanding their markets around the globe. Celebrate Trade shines the spotlight on their accomplishments, with special recognition for several of them, and inspires others to step into the lucrative global marketplace.

• International trade supports more than 505,700 Oregon jobs.
• $28 billion of goods were exported from Oregon in 2019.
• Oregon exports represent 12% of the state’s GDP over the past decade.
• 1 in 5 manufacturing jobs in Oregon are export related.
• Oregon trades with nearly 150 countries around the world.

Patron Table Sponsors 2024

Chiles Foundation • Columbia Sportswear • Consulate General of the Republic for Korea in Seattle • Delta Air Lines • Germany Honorary Consul • Greenbrier • Hampton Lumber • Honorary Consulate for Lithuania • K&L Gates • Lewis & Clark College • Vadim Mozyrsky • No Limit Ltd. – Mexico  • Office of Commissioner Rene Gonzales • Oregon Department of Agriculture

sponsors and donors / prior years

AAA Oregon/Idaho‎ ‎• ‎American Pacific International Capital Inc.‎ ‎• ‎Ater Wynne/Buchalter LLP‎ ‎• ‎Autodesk Inc.‎ ‎• ‎Avangrid Renewables‎ ‎• ‎Avanti Destinations‎ ‎• ‎Bank of America‎ ‎• ‎Blount International/Oregon Tool‎ ‎• ‎Business Oregon‎ ‎• ‎Chiles Foundation‎ ‎• ‎City & Port of Vancouver‎ ‎• ‎Columbia Credit Union‎ ‎• ‎Columbia Sportswear‎ ‎• ‎Daimler Trucks North America‎ ‎• ‎Dan Yates‎ ‎• ‎Delta Air Lines‎ ‎• ‎Dragonberry Produce‎ ‎• ‎Eastbank Development‎ ‎• ‎Enrico Tadeo‎ ‎• ‎EVRAZ‎ ‎• ‎Gale Blessing‎ ‎• ‎Germany Honorary Consul‎ ‎• ‎Grace & Paul Andrews‎ ‎• ‎Greater Portland, Inc.‎ ‎• ‎Greenbrier‎ ‎• ‎Hampton Lumber‎ ‎• ‎Harry A Merlo Foundation‎ ‎• ‎HARSCH/Schnitzer Investment Properities‎ ‎• ‎Hoffman Construction‎ ‎• ‎Iberdrola Renewables‎ ‎• ‎Icelandair‎ ‎• ‎ICTSI Oregon, Inc.‎ ‎• ‎Janice Mason‎ ‎• ‎John Blackwell‎ ‎• ‎John Herman‎ ‎• ‎K&L Gates, LLP‎ ‎• ‎Key Bank‎ ‎• ‎King Estate Wine‎ ‎• ‎Lewis & Clark College‎ ‎• ‎Miller Nash LLP‎ ‎• ‎NIKE‎ ‎• ‎No Limit Ltd. – Mexico‎ ‎• ‎Northwest Community Credit Union‎ ‎• ‎NW Natural‎ ‎• ‎Office of Commissioner Rene Gonzales‎ ‎• ‎OHSU/PSU School of Public Health‎ ‎• ‎OIA Global‎ ‎• ‎Oregon Department of Agriculture‎ ‎• ‎Oregon District Export Council‎ ‎• ‎Oregon Electric Group‎ ‎• ‎Oregon Lottery‎ ‎• ‎Oregon State Bar/International Section‎ ‎• ‎Oregon State University‎ ‎• ‎Oregon State University Foundation‎ ‎• ‎OTAK‎ ‎• ‎Permanente Dental Associates‎ ‎• ‎Port of Portland‎ ‎• ‎Portland Business Alliance/Pacific Northwest International Trade Association‎ ‎• ‎Portland General Electric PGE‎ ‎• ‎Portland State University‎ ‎• ‎Portland Timbers‎ ‎• ‎Prosper Portland‎ ‎• ‎Regence Blue Cross and BlueShield‎ ‎• ‎Revant Optics‎ ‎• ‎S.S. Johnson Foundation‎ ‎• ‎Sache International‎ ‎• ‎Siemens/Mentor Graphics‎ ‎• ‎Skanska‎ ‎• ‎SM Line‎ ‎• ‎Stoel Rives LLP‎ ‎• ‎Susan Cox‎ ‎• ‎Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Seattle‎ ‎• ‎The Greenbrier Companies‎ ‎• ‎TigerStop‎ ‎• ‎Tonkon Torp LLP‎ ‎• ‎Travel Oregon/Travel Portland‎ ‎• ‎United Grain Corporation‎ ‎• ‎Washington Trust Bank‎ ‎• ‎UNITUS Community Credit Union‎ ‎• ‎Webtrends‎ ‎• ‎University of Portland‎ ‎• ‎Vadim Mozyrsky‎ ‎• ‎ZGF ‎• ‎Consulates and Honorary Consulates of: Belgium,‎ ‎Canada,‎ ‎Finland,‎ ‎Germany,‎ ‎Iceland,‎ ‎Italy,‎ ‎Japan,‎ ‎Korea,‎ ‎Latvia,‎ ‎Lithuania,‎ ‎Luxembourg,‎ ‎Malaysia,‎ ‎Mexico,‎ ‎Philippines,‎ ‎Romania,‎ ‎Thailand, and ‎United Kingdom.

2024 award recipients

Congratulations to the Celebrate Trade Recipients for 2024!

2023
OIA Global
Revant Optics
Wong Potatoes
Secret Aardvark
Stephen D. Bloom

2022
Optimize Technologies Inc.
Portland Pet Food Company
SM Line
United Grain Corporation
Dr. Marguerita Lightfoot