Salem Area Young Professionals

December 19, 2006

A crowd of 80 Salem Area Young Professionals took advantage of the unique opportunity to enjoy a catered meal by gourmet chef j.james at Mission Mill Museum. The evening was full of socializing, networking, and holiday sounds.

"This was a great event," said Dale Penn, Associate Director of Public Policy for Sunwest Management, Inc. Penn and Katie Scales, Co-owner of BCS Professional Payroll and Bookkeeping Service are pictured at bottom.

Beyond networking, YoungPros had the opportunity to learn from the experiences of dining industry expert Phil DeVito on dinner etiquette. DeVito touched on demystifying table settings, appropriate behavior as a host and a guest and common general misnomers of proper "dining etiquette." Pictured above are Alex Sheppard of The H Group, Lucas Hoppe of T-Mobile, Amy Crawford of Boldt, Carlisle, and Smith, and Heather Wilde of Wells Fargo.

"The real goal is to make the other guests at your table feel comfortable," said DeVito.

DeVito came to the event with over 50 years of dining experience. His most famous employment came as maitre d’ of the notorious Salishan Lodge, an Oregon resort at Gleneden Beach. There DeVito won the prestigious Gold Vine Award – the “Oscar” of the wine industry.

The YoungPros will meet next in February at the Battlecreek Courthouse Athletic Club. Sign up today and enjoy more networking with your peers, a short talk from fitness and nutrition staff, and gym access for the night including an opportunity to join some of the club's most popular workout activities.

Presenting Sponsors

Sponsors / Ticor Title / Oregon Community Credit Union / Willamette University MBA