About Us

Purpose-driven, community-centric, enterprise development

History

BESThq team members smiling

Ron and Jill White founded BESThq in 2011 after years of coaching and consulting small businesses. Realizing one of the greatest challenges for small business owners is that of feeling alone on their journey, Ron and Jill created a space where entrepreneurs cross paths, collaborate, learn and grow through community. 

Built on principles of relationship, empowerment, and inclusion, and guided by Jesuit tradition and Ignatian Spirituality, Beaverton’s Business Executive Sustainable Training Headquarters, BESThq, exists to support the sustainable growth of the businesses that make up our community and to empower individuals to realize their business goals, all this while mindfully considering the quadruple bottom line of People, Profit, Planet and Purpose.

Our Mission

BESThq is a humanistic organization that brings together large and small local businesses to build strong relationships, empower entrepreneurs, and create an inclusive community resulting in a thriving local economic ecosystem.

BESThq Wheel Graphic: Members, Partners, Meeting Space, Business Academy, and Business Expo West

Our Vision

BESThq works to elevate community and bring the quadruple bottom line of People, Profit, Planet, and Purpose to the forefront of the mission of the businesses, non-profits, and public agencies that are represented within BESThq.

Quadruple Bottom Line Graphic

Our Creed

As people for others, BESThq community (members, partners, sponsors and supporters) aspire to embody the Quadruple Bottom-Line (People, Planet, Profit, Purpose) though action as servant leaders.

In doing well in whatever we do, BESThq community seeks purposeful work for greater good and civic benefit while demonstrating love of humanity.

Not alone on our journey, BESThq community communicates positive and encouraging work without tolerance of discrimination while dissolving divisive barriers, bettering underserved communities and sup- porting social justice.

Grounded in a high moral and ethical foundation, BESThq community intersects mind, body, and spirit for the whole person and firm development.

Be it that BESThq community all follow this path for greater achievement and as they reap the benefits of community, they put forth a message of hope and love rooted in BESThq principles of relationship, empowerment, and inclusion.

Oregon Benefit Company 

As an Oregon Benefit Company committed to social and environmental responsibility, BESThq purposefully leads our community in change for a better future. Through our services, statements and actions, we work toward modeling the “Quadruple Bottom Line” (QBL) while empowering the four Ps: People, Planet, Profit, and Purpose.

Our most current Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report (PDF) documents some of the action in our services and programs. You are invited to join us and make a difference together.

Green America Certified Business Seal Energy Star Seal

STEAM Pathways Coalition

A pillar and beacon of BESThq includes commitment to “next gen” professionals with focus on workforce development beginning at an early age and lasting a lifetime. Our STEAM Pathways Program demonstrates while we’re also supporting and being led by those like-minded firms with similar commitment. Accordingly, we’re proud to elevate community though promotion of the STEAM Pathways Coalition. Started in 2023, we’re helping aggregate community committed to building current and future STEAM pros. Click below to build a community of collaborators toward expanding opportunity of STEAM activities. No commitment or fee is required as we lift up community while building our collective future.

Learn more here – http://steampathways.org/

Testimonials

Check out stories of BESThq members experiencing growth through community.

A COBID Certified MBE & SDV (#11050) with Procurement Services In the Following:

NAICS 541611: ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
NAICS541611: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
NAICS 541611: BUSINESS START-UP CONSULTING SERVICES
NAICS 541611: GENERAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
NAICS 541611: STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTING SERVICES
NAICS 611710: EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
NAICS 813910: BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
NIGP 91800: CONSULTING SERVICES
NIGP 91806: ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING
NIGP 91821: BUSINESS CONSULTING
NIGP 91875: MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
NIGP 91890: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND CONSULTING

Get in touch

We’d love to hear from you! Contact us today for an introduction to the community.

Phone

(503) 626-1700

Email

info@besthq.net

Physical Mail

10940 SW Barnes Road, #133
Portland, Oregon 97225

STEAM Pathways Center

4650 SW Betts Ave.
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

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