LBCC Names 2018 Distinguished Alumni
Michael Quiner Rachel Bristol Linn-Benton Community College has named Rachel Bristol and Michael Quiner as this year’s Distinguished Alumni. They will be recognized at a Scholarship Honors Reception on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 p.m. in the LBCC Commons, 2nd floor Calapooia Center. Bristol, a Portland resident, attended LBCC from 1977 to 1979 before transferring to the University of Oregon where she earned a bachelor’s degree in community service and public affairs. Bristol joined the Oregon Food Share as a VISTA volunteer in 1983 and rose to acting executive director. In 1988, she helped merge that statewide organization with Portland Interagency Food Bank to form the Oregon Food Bank. She was named executive director in 1990 and CEO in 1995. An outstanding leader in efforts to alleviate hunger throughout Oregon, Bristol led two fund-raising campaigns that expanded the food bank from a 10,000-square-foot site serving 200,000 people per year to four facilities tota...