LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Link Oregon welcomes our next executive director, Dr. Jackie Wirz. A seasoned educator, researcher and non-profit leader, Jackie has already joined the team in a transitional capacity and will assume the leadership role on July 1, upon the retirement of founding executive director Steve Corbató. Jackie is an energetic leader who brings deep Oregon roots and a commitment to expanding the reach and impact of Link Oregon’s state-of-the-art middle mile network for the benefit of all Oregonians. We invite you to meet Jackie in person at our upcoming annual member meeting on June 26th.
Annual Member Meeting
Link Oregon is hosting its first in-person annual member meeting on June 26th, 2025. All are invited to attend. The all-day event will take place at the Portland Metro campus of Oregon Institute of Technology, in Wilsonville, OR. Check out our agenda and the roster of guest speakers and panelists from education, higher ed, IT, government and the tech ecosystem who are joining us to share their perspectives on the state of broadband in Oregon, best practices on cybersecurity, network automation, disaster resilience, emerging trends such as quantum networking and more! Registration is required and open now.
Who We Are
Link Oregon is a federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) Oregon non-profit organization and the Research and Education Network (REN) for the state of Oregon, serving the public and non-profit sectors. We operate a statewide middle mile fiber optic infrastructure spanning over 2500 miles that delivers state-of-the-art broadband services to our member organizations. We collaborate with a vast network of ecosystem partners, spanning commercial telecom providers, legislators, broadband policy leaders, digital equity advocates and non-profit affiliates who are vital to our mission to expand high-speed broadband connectivity across the state for a future-ready Oregon.
Link Oregon Founding Members
“Link Oregon’s broadband services for Internet transit have provided rock-solid connectivity to our employees and over 21,000 students at Portland State University. Their high-speed networking is critical for research at our institution that relies on computationally dense data workloads, such as cybersecurity, geohazard simulation and atmospheric modeling. Link Oregon’s network will also support our newest high performance computing (HPC) cluster funded by the National Science Foundation’s Campus Cybersecurity Program. We look forward to ongoing collaborations with their amazing team of network engineers on strategic initiatives that go beyond basic Internet connectivity.”
– Ryan Bass, Chief Information Officer, Portland State University
Who We Serve
Our services are available to all public and non-profit entities in Oregon, including K-12 schools and Educational Service Districts (ESDs), community colleges and universities, public and non-profit hospitals and clinics, city and county government, Tribes, libraries and community anchor institutions.
What We Offer
Members benefit from our seasoned leadership, deep domain experience in networking, telecommunications partnerships and understanding of Oregon’s broadband ecosystem. Learn more about the services we provide to our member institutions.
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The Digital Navigators Program at Portland Community College
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