Pat Gerhart Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Pat Gerhart
Interviewer: Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak
Interview Date: September 13, 2017
Location: Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon
Duration: 1:45:19
 

Pat Gerhart is the director of Human Resources at Deschutes Brewery, a position she has held since 2004. In her interview, Gerhart talks about growing up in Oregon, living with her family as caretakers for a golf course in eastern Oregon, moving to Alaska and Utah as an adult, and her experiences as woman working in the construction industry in Oregon in the early 1980s. She also talks about moving to Bend in the early 1980s, where she took a position at Mt. Bachelor, ultimately finding her niche in Human Resources and working on the Executive Leadership Team until she took the position as the Human Resources Director at Deschutes Brewery in 2004. Gerhart, who will retire at the end of 2017, also reflects on how the company has evolved as it has grown. Finally, Gerhart talks about her involvement with professional associations, including her work as a mentor and role in setting up the Craft Brewery Human Resources Group.

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Pat Gerhart Oral History Interview

Description

Pat Gerhart is the director of Human Resources at Deschutes Brewery, a position she has held since 2004. In her interview, Gerhart talks about growing up in Oregon, living with her family as caretakers for a golf course in eastern Oregon, moving to Alaska and Utah as an adult, and her experiences as woman working in the construction industry in Oregon in the early 1980s. She also talks about moving to Bend in the early 1980s, where she took a position at Mt. Bachelor, ultimately finding her niche in Human Resources and working on the Executive Leadership Team until she took the position as the Human Resources Director at Deschutes Brewery in 2004. Gerhart, who will retire at the end of 2017, also reflects on how the company has evolved as it has grown. Finally, Gerhart talks about her involvement with professional associations, including her work as a mentor and role in setting up the Craft Brewery Human Resources Group.

Creator

Pat Gerhart

Source

Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35)

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

September 13, 2017

Contributor

Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak

Format

Born Digital Video

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh35-gerhardt-pat-20170913

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Tiah Edmunson-Morton and Anna Dvorak

Interviewee

Pat Gerhart

Location

Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital Video

Duration

1:45:19

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Interview Format

video