Meet the Team
Dr. Robert Bare
Founder & Vice President
Dr. Taylor Krueger
President
We stand out…
Robert Bare MPA, PhD is the Vice President & Founder of Northwest Coastal Tradewinds (NWCT). He attended West Valley College, San Jose State University, the University of California Santa Cruz and the University of San Francisco graduating with degrees in Public Administration, a PhD in Business, as well as multiple teaching credentials.
His former employment involved working for the Santa Cruz Police Department before joining the California Highway Patrol from 1970 to 1992. Prior to retiring, his assignments included South Los Angeles (Watts), East Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland (twice) and Santa Cruz (twice). Post law enforcement he held a variety of positions: Adjunct Professor, General Manager/City Administrator for three communities, Executive Director of a Community Resource Center, Tribal Administrator of a Native American Nation and Staff Executive/Consultant for an International Consulting Company. He still consults & continues his career as a technical grant writer at NWCT.
He’s been active in communities serving on City Planning Commissions, a County Drug Free Coalition, and the Commission on Children and Families. He also served on the California Special Districts Board of Directors and the California Special Districts Workers Compensation Board. He received recognition when selected as “Peace Officer of the Year 1976,” and nominated as “Special Districts General Manager of the Year 1997.”
Robert currently lives on a beach in Oregon where he has been a past Commissioner on the Community Planning Commission for 9 years and past President of a local Humane Society. He served as Vice President of the International Association for Near-Death Studies 2019 to 2020 & was nominated as “Citizen of the Year” twice in different communities.
Successful Funded Grants: Native American 936 Self Determination, NAHASDA (HUD) Native American, Three Rivers Foundation, STBC Siletz Tribal, Bank of America, Bank of the West, Wells Fargo Bank, US Bank, First Interstate Bank, Umpqua Bank, Washington Federal, Lincoln County Non Profit Allocation, Lincoln County Economical Development, CHDO (Housing) State of Oregon, Lincoln City Non Profit, City of Newport Non Profit, Collins Foundation, Meyers Memorial Trust, Ford Family Foundation, Samaritan Health, Gordon Elwood Foundation, Western Lane Foundation, Studley Foundation, Oregon Commission on Children & Family, Albertsons Safeway, Oregon Housing, Walmart, Starker Forrest, Plumb Creek, Betty L. Roberts Foundation, Hank Russo Foundation
Taylor Krueger MBA, DBA is President of NWCT. She earned degrees in Communication and Business at Pacific Lutheran University before obtaining her Doctor of Business Administration from George Fox University. Her qualitative dissertation using a narrative method & methodology explored female leadership in the building & construction industry via thematic analysis of lived-experiences with an appreciative inquiry lens.
Before a decade in the real estate, housing, property management, land development and home-building industries, she worked at multiple startups (insurance, education, virtual subscription-based) & for the (then) largest market research firm in the country.
Taylor lives on Devils Lake with her family, runs & operates a small business (separate from NWCT), writes daily (looking to traditionally publish her political memoir), devours books often, volunteers at two nonprofits, engages in community events & actively works to benefit, grow & improve the culture, infrastructure & lives of coastal Oregonians.