Riley Ellis

As Sam Skillern III prepares to step down as Executive Director of the Salem Leadership Foundation (SLF) at the end of December, his nearly three decades of service reveal a profound legacy of community-building and collaborative leadership. Skillern's career, shaped by experiences in Salem and Seattle, underscores the importance of fostering connections

With the rise of AI systems in recent years, workers worldwide have expressed growing concern. Some describe tools like ChatGPT as harbingers of job loss due to their impressive efficiency. For many, AI feels like a threat to job security.

Stevie Fox, of Rain Marketers, speculates that fear of change underlies AI anxiety. “If someone has been working fo…