Built Oregon names former board chair Katharine Reinhold to executive director role

March 5, 2025 — PORTLAND, Ore. — Built Oregon, a federal 501(c)3 nonprofit organization designed to support and celebrate the consumer products industries in Oregon, today announced the hiring of Katharine Reinhold as its new Executive Director, succeeding Mitch Daugherty the cofounder and inaugural director of the decade-old organization.

A former director of innovation at adidas, Reinhold has had a varied and impactful history with Built Oregon. She has served as a mentor supporting founders in the Built Oregon community since 2019. As a board member, she helped to conceptualize and oversee the Built Marketplace, a stopgap effort to support Oregon consumer brands during the pandemic. After assuming the role of board chair, Reinhold helped steer the strategic direction of the organization and establish organizational structure that enabled Built Oregon to deliver more impact, more efficiently, with limited resources.