Celebrate Trade

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

About Celebrate Trade

Each year the Oregon Consular Corps hosts Celebrate Trade, along with the support of our sponsors the Port of Portland and Nike, the State of Oregon and esteemed associates in in international trade and business.

Celebrate Trade is an elegant evening gala, held in the Kridel Grand Ballroom of the Portland Art Museum, that raises funds for the Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The fund underwrites scholarships for 12 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

With 94 percent of the world’s consumers living outside 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 of a global economy.

Sponsorship funds and ticket sales for Celebrate Trade finance $3,000 scholarships for two students, juniors or seniors, at each of six schools: Lewis & Clark College, Oregon State University, Pacific University, Portland State University, the University of Oregon, and the University of Portland. If you would like to see a Sponsor Packet, please click here.

The Winner’s Circle

Congratulations to the Celebrate Trade Recipients for 2024!

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.

SPONSORS

2024 Presenting sponsors

•Port of Portland •NIKE

2024 Global sponsors

•Dragonberry Produce • Business Oregon

2024 supporting sponsors

•Consulate of Canada in Seattle • Hoffman Construction • Intel • Northwest Community Credit Union • Samuel S Johnson Foundation•Unitus Community Credit Union •ZGF Architects/KPFF Engineers • AAA Oregon/Idaho 

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.