Northwest Association for Educational

Northwest Association for Educational NAEOP Conference 2025 – Save the Date 2026 NAEOP Conference Portland, Oregon October 18th – 21st, 2026 New Podcast from NAEOP – What’s Your Why? Greetings TRIO Community, With great excitement, I invite you to check out the new podcast feed from the NAEOP region: What’s Your Why? A podcast for TRIO professionals. This monthly podcast is a series of interviews with people from the TRIO community. Learn about people’s origin stories and where they came from. Get a glimpse into the current work that they are doing and why it’s near and dear to their hearts. The first two episodes are up and feature the podcast hosts Matt Bisek & Steven Moldenhauer. Future episodes will profile a variety of leaders from the NAEOP region. Subscribe on your podcast player of choice. A web version of the podcast can be viewed/played here. Remembering our friend, Gabe Gallardo Video by Phillip Dirks Our NAEOP family is saddened by the loss of one of it’s distinguished members, Gabe Gallardo. From 2012-2013, Gabe served as NAEOP President. He will always be remembered for his humor, kindness and leadership. Select the following link to read more about his service and time at University of Washington, Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity. If you would like to donate to the Dr. Gabriel Gallardo Scholarship Fund, the University of Washington has created this site to do so: Dr. Gabriel Gallardo EOP Fund