OREGON ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS

731 N Hayden Meadows Drive
Portland, OR 97217

Monday – Friday: 8 AM – 5 PM

Phone: 503-249-7744
Email: oame@oame.org 

Thank You to Our 2023 Gold Sponsors

City of Portland, Building Portland Business
Oregon Health Authority and Oregon Department of Human Services
OHSU, Oregon Health Sciences University
Umpqua Bank, Together for better

Mission & Impact

OAME is a non-profit, tax-exempt membership organization founded in 1987 with the mission to promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in the State of Oregon & SW Washington. OAME focuses on providing support services to small businesses.

We are an all-inclusive organization and encourage everyone to live by our motto: Everybody’s In, Nobody’s Out!

Learn More or Join!
OAME Coffee & Issues meeting March 25, 2022

Welcome Back!

We began meeting in-person again on March 25th. If you are vaccinated, masks are optional. If you are not, please wear a mask for your safety and the safety of others. Thank you.

EVERYBODY’S IN, NOBODY’S OUT!

Our Core Services

OAME has over 700 members and over 200 Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned, Emerging Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran Business enterprises (MWESBDV).

Learn more about MWESB and SDVB Certification.

Thank You to Our 2023 Silver Sponsors

Levy logo
Metro
Multnomah County
Nike
OLCC
Oregon Secretary of State, Business SOS
Otak
Port of Portland
Portland General Electric
Front entrance of OAME, 731 N Hayden Meadows Drive, Portland, OR 97203
OAME, 731 N Hayden Meadows Drive, Portland, OR 97217

Monthly Networking Meetings

OAME members meet twice each month with over 100 business owners and others attending each meeting:

  • Contractors, Architects, Engineers, & Professional Technical (CAEPT) Networking — 2nd Friday of the month, 7:30 am
  • Coffee & Issues Forum — Last Friday of the month, 7:30 am

Learn about new businesses, upcoming events, projects and bids, resources, employment, and business opportunities.

Event Calendar

Join OAME Today

Membership with OAME supports the core services that we provide to members and small businesses (MWESBDV).

OAME has partnerships with the Private, Public, and Educational Sectors that lead to connections and business opportunities for you and your business.

Benefits and Registration

Thank You to
Our 2023 Bronze Sponsors

Anderson Construction
Business Tribune, Pamplin Media Group
Business Oregon
HDR
Hoffman Construction Company
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company
JE Dunn Construction
Kiewit, Since 1884
Mortenson
Northwest River Partners, Hydropower for a better Northwest
Oregon Department of Transportation
Pacific Power
Portland Community College
Portland State University
Prosper Portland
RS&H Architecture
SKANSKA
TriMet
Turner Construction Company
University of Oregon
US Bank, Five Star Service Guaranteed
Walsh Construction Co.
Washington County Oregon
Wells Fargo
Summer Fowler, Senator Frederick, Sam Brooks, and Skanska representative at the March 25, 2022 OAME meeting
Summer Fowler, Senator Frederick, Sam Brooks, Joe Schneider from Skanska, and Jorge Guerra at the presenter’s table at the March 25, 2022 Coffee & Issues Meeting. This meeting was a hybrid meeting and also held on Zoom.

Thank You to Our 2023 Supporters

BEST hq: Relationship. Empowerment. Inclusion.
BIM Connection, LLC: Innovators of BIM and 3D Technologies
City of Roses Disposal and Recycling
DBIA logo
DJC, The Daily Journal of Commerce
Energy Trust of Oregon
Faison Construction
Jacobs Construction logo
LMC Construction
NW Natural
OEG, Oregon Electric Group, Power On
OnPoint Community Credit Union
Oregon Buys
Oregon Business & Industry, OBI
Oregon State University
Parametrix: Engineering. Planning. Environmental Sciences
Pence Construction
Portland Business Alliance: Commerce, Community, Prosperity
PPS, Portland Public Schools
Portland Trailblazers
SAIF Corporation
Swinerton
Trubeck Construction logo
WSP
Zana Construction Company

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