About Us
Training and education delivered with Respect, Integrity, Service, and Equity.
We stand for workers.
We deliver outstanding training, education, and benefit navigation to care providers and public sector workers, with a focus on equity and worker-employer collaboration.
Our History
RISE Partnership formed in 2019, when leaders of three labor-management trusts decided to create an entity that would improve delivery of training and benefits, leveraging coordination and resources for the best worker experience.
Working together has proven to be a huge success! Today, RISE’s educational mission overlaps with those of six labor-management trusts and goes much further: Our mission is to be the leading nonprofit, adult-education organization in Oregon by delivering outstanding training and education to care providers and public sector workers, with a focus on equity and worker-employer collaboration.
Board Members
- Melissa Unger, President
- Brian Rüdiger, Executive Director
- Joy’e Willman, Personal Support Worker, Portland
- Rebecca Sandoval, Homecare Worker, Medford
Our Team
Our team members are passionate about supporting workers.