Rhonda Evans has been invited to be a member of the Board of Directors for Health Advocacy Solutions (HAS). HAS helps patients, families, and caregivers make informed medical choices to receive the best care possible.

Jason McNichol will be teaching a class in the new Executive MBA program in Non-profit Management at the University of Portland.

Rhonda Evans has been asked to be a member of the B Lab Health and Safety Working Group. B Lab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.

Jason McNichol has been named Co-chair of the Standards and Practices Committee for the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants. The Association works to promote the field of healthcare advocacy and ensure consumer protection through the development of professional standards and best practices.

Jason McNichol will be speaking at the National Journal Policy Summit in Seattle on July 6. The Summit is entitled "Living Well at the End of Life" and will be hosted by Ronald Brownstein.

Jason McNichol's insurance advice is included in an Angie's List Magazine article on knee replacement in the May issue.

For a third year, Peter Rachor will be leading and instructing an innovative program for emerging small business entrepreneurs in Oregon, sponsored by the Small Business Administration.

Founded over 25 years ago, the non-profit Oregon Health Action Campaign (OHAC) works to ensure that all Oregonians have access to the care they need, when they need, from providers of their choice, at an affordable cost. Recently, OHAC's longstanding executive director, Ellen Pinney, stepped down to assume a new statewide position as a consumer health advocate. Jason McNichol has agreed to serve as OHAC's interim executive director part-time to support the Board of Directors during the transition to OHAC's next phase of work. OHAC has long been a champion of all consumers in health reform efforts-- in the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.

In collaboration with Ken Schueler and other professional patient advocates, Jason McNichol participated in the launch of the first code of ethics for the emerging profession of patient advocacy, at the annual meetings of the National Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants in Washington, D.C.

The Portland Development Commission has awarded Peter Rachor and colleagues at the University of Portland a contract to evaluate the state of entrepreneurship in the city.

Rhonda Evans is joining the Developed Markets Standards Advisory Committee for the Global Impact Investing Rating System (GIIRS). GIIRS, a project of the independent non-profit B Lab, will assess the social and environmental impact of companies and funds.

Jason McNichol will be teaching a seminar on the policy implications of current trends in social stratification this spring.

Jason McNichol, currently on hiatus launching a new social venture, has been appointed to the Health Insurance Reform Advisory Committee for the Department of Consumer and Business Services in Oregon.

Rhonda Evans is taking a sabbatical from ELM to work full-time with GoodGuide, a company that provides authoritative information about the health, environmental and social performance of products and companies. GoodGuide has been a client of ELM's since March 2008.

ELM is celebrating its 10th anniversary. We would like to thank all of our current and past clients, research partners, and collaborators for accompanying us on the journey so far. The privilege has been all ours. Thank you!

ELM has completed a data analysis collaboration with an international human rights organization to gauge the effectiveness of international certification programs in the apparel industry.

Jason McNichol will be teaching two seminars this summer, on the sociology of markets and the social determinants of health care disparities.

Managing Director Rhonda Evans co-chaired the 2009 Made in American Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit in Puerto Rico from January 25 to 27. At the conference, Dr. Evans presented on international labor and environmental investing and provided an overview of the recent tumultuous market events.

Managing Director Rhonda Evans has co-published an article titled "How Environmentalists 'Greened' Trade Policy" with Harvard Assistant Professor Tamara Kay in the American Sociological Review.

Managing Director Rhonda Evans will be co-chairing the 2009 Made in American Taft-Hartley Benefits Summit in Puerto Rico from January 25 to 27. At the conference, she will be presenting on fair trade investing.

Managing Director Jason McNichol was a featured speaker at the GoGreen Conference in Portland, Oregon on October 1.

Managing director Rhonda Evans spoke on socially responsible investing at the Made in America Taft-Hartley Pension Investing Summit on October 2 in Las Vegas.

Managing director Rhonda Evans spoke at the annual American Sociological Association conference on August 3 in Boston. She gave a presentation on trade policy and labor and environmental issues.

ELM managing director Rhonda Evans spoke today on socially responsible investing at the Stars & Stripes National Public Employee's Retirement Funds Summit in Key West, Florida.

ELM is proud to announce that it is working with GoodGuide, the world's largest and most reliable online source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products. ELM will be helping GoodGuide with its environmental and social company ratings.

ELM managing director Jason McNichol has completed a series of public workshops on healthcare research and advocacy issues facing seniors living in the Pacific Northwest.

ELM managing director
Rhonda Evans spoke today on labor-friendly international investing at the Made in America conference on Taft-Hartley benefits in Orlando, Florida.

ELM managing director Jabril Bensedrine has opened a new office in New York City to serve clients in the United States and Europe.

ELM provides continuing consulting services to Health Advocacy Solutions, a national consumer healthcare support organization founded by managing director Jason McNichol.

SCI2 (Second Century Innovations and Ideas), a commercialization accelerator sponsored by Pace University for early stage companies, has invited ELM to support its Knowledge Capital program.

With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ELM has completed a needs and feasibility assessment for a new interdisciplinary doctoral program at the University of California at San Francisco.