Rich Bruer

Board Chair

Rich joined the NWEI board of directors in February 2007. He is principal of R.Bruer Company, a strategic communications firm advising businesses and organizations committed to environmental, economic and social change. Rich was previously principal of McClenahan Bruer Communications, a high-tech advertising and PR agency he co-founded in Portland in 1993. Rich began his career as a newspaper journalist before entering high tech as a corporate communications manager at Mentor Graphics. He holds an MS in journalism from the University of Oregon.