TAOW Productions Names Emily Crumpacker to its Team

May 1, 2005 -- Emily Crumpacker, a third-generation Oregonian with extensive ties to Portland’s culinary and charitable communities, has joined the firm as Manager, Business Development. She will work with Northwest Region corporations, charitable institutions, foundations and other community groups to develop and launch world-class events.

Says Taylor “Emily has a fantastic background as a published author, on-camera media specialist, chef and proven fundraiser. Her considerable marketing and organizational skills will be put to immediate use by TAOW and its clients and prospects to develop and launch world-class events and meetings.”

Prior to joining TAOW, Emily successfully worked with Norm Thompson, Nature’s Fresh and Bowler & Associates Public Relations. She is a graduate of Oregon State University, with Bachelor of Sciences – Home Economics and Communications and La Varenne: ecole de cuisine, Paris, France with a Grande Diplome d’etudies Culinaires.

An active Board member and leader, she has been associated with Pacific Crest Outward Bound, The Boys and Girls Aid Society, Women of Good Samaritan, Trillium Family Services, Portland Parks Foundation Board, Portland State University, and Jesuit High School Funding Activities Board.

Says Taylor “It takes a first tier team to manage and produce first tier events for our clients and we could not be more pleased than to have Emily join the TAOW mission to change the way events are conceived, managed and produced.”