Join Business for a Better Portland for the first in our new Boost Your Business with BBPDX series. Meet Kristen Cooper of Blackbird Benefits Collective and Bryan Baker of Sasquatch HR, who will walk you through what businesses should keep in mind for HR and benefits in 2023. 

Free for members. $20 for nonmembers.

This series is sponsored by Panic, Inc., New Seasons Market, Catalyst Law LLC, Think Real Estate, Foundation, and New Villages Group.

Meet Blackbird Benefits Collective: Blackbird is an independent, creative Employee Benefits Agency. Blackbird is proud to be a woman-owned, mission-driven, B Corp agency. We celebrate the people who believe in better. With over two decades of experience, Kristen Cooper has a mapmaker’s understanding of every twist and turn employee benefits present. But after watching her industry grow more corporatized and less compassionate, she resolved to make a difference by serving clients with an oft-forgotten feature called ‘humanity.’

Meet Sasquatch HR: Sasquatch HR supports nonprofits and small businesses with human resources consulting and payroll. Bryan Baker, SHRM-SCP PHR, lives and breathes HR, as you can tell by the many letters behind his name. He grew up in South Carolina and made his way to Portland while serving in the US Coast Guard. Bryan has worked in the HR and staffing industries for many years. While not nerding out on employment-related articles, you might find Bryan lifting weights in his garage or hanging out with his Irish terrier, Fergus.