Rentec Direct fosters community engagement and growth both as a company and individually as employees. Find out how Rentec Direct is giving back to its local community and beyond in this overview of many of the important ventures that employees and the company choose to support.
Each year, Rentec Direct chooses to foster community engagement and leadership. Over the years, this effort has garnered local and national recognition. Most notably, in 2024, Rentec Direct was honored as a Community Champion by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, gaining a spot as a Top 100 Small Business in America, a distinction that celebrates the company’s impressive growth and its positive impact on the local area.
As we wrap up 2025, it’s clear this year was no exception, and Rentec Direct has continued to prioritize community engagement and giving back as core values. This commitment is a core company-wide value, and employees continue to embody it off the clock. The team at Rentec Direct, both professionally and personally volunteer, sponsor, and support numerous efforts in southern Oregon, where the company is based. From community volunteer projects, to leadership positions through various
Join us as we reflect on our collective achievements and celebrate the spirit of giving that defines our company culture.
Youth and Student Investment
Rentec Direct has sponsored programs that champion youth needs and foster youth excellence. In 2025, we have sponsored local children and students through community initiatives and programs such as the Boys and Girls Club, the Rogue Valley Young Marines, 4H, Future Farmers of America, Grants Pass Booster Club, Grants Pass YMCA, and various team sports.
For the holiday season, Rentec Direct continued its tradition of participating in holiday programs like the Toys for Tots and Salvation Army Angel Tree. This is the company’s 7th consecutive year supporting local children by participating in the Angel Tree Program. Over the past seven years, company and employee participation has helped brighten the holidays for more than 100 children and their families in Josephine County.
This year, Rentec Direct furthered its outreach with a community holiday party and toy collection event to benefit Toys for Tots. In collaboration with Weekend Beer Company, a local family-friendly brewery, the event offered free face painting, a photobooth, caroling, and visits from Santa. Anyone who brought a toy was offered a free treat sponsored by Rentec Direct as a thank-you for giving back during the holiday season.
Outside of the holiday season, the company supported the Grants Pass Children’s Museum as a sponsor of the First-Annual Living Room Invitational.
“Each event and sponsorship opportunity within our community for youth development is an investment we make into our future,” says Kaycee Miller, Rentec Direct’s co-owner. “These kids are able to play sports, enjoy safe after-school programs, participate in clubs and organizations, develop hobbies, and celebrate the holidays, all thanks to our incredibly generous community that supports these opportunities. I am proud that Rentec Direct and so many of our staff are passionate about contributing their time and resources to help.”
Rentec Direct Tech Mastery Scholarship
In addition to these local sponsorships, Rentec Direct makes a difference for students by offering scholarships in the technology industry. The Rentec Direct Tech Mastery Scholarship was given to three promising future leaders in tech for 2025.
This scholarship, offered annually since 2016, has assisted graduate and undergraduate students in pursuing a technology education by helping them achieve their academic dreams and future goals in the technology industry.
Nathan Miller, Rentec Direct’s president and founder, started Rentec Direct in 2007 on his own using his coding skills to meet a need. He knows first-hand the power tech skills can offer. As a result, Rentec Direct readily supports students who seek to improve their everyday lives by developing their technology skills and using those skills to solve everyday problems.
“The scholarship committee is continually inspired by the caliber of applicants each year,” says Nathan Miller, president of Rentec Direct. “This year’s recipients truly distinguished themselves with their creativity, drive, and dedication to the future of technology. Their stories and aspirations remind us why supporting the next generation of innovators is so important.”
This scholarship is offered annually, so if you know an Oregon student pursuing a degree in computer science or a related field, have them apply in 2025!
Learn more: Congratulations to the 2025 Tech Mastery Scholarship Winners | Rentec Direct News
Community Initiatives:
Rentec maintains a commitment to the Southern Oregon community by providing support at both the interpersonal and business-to-business levels. Rentec Direct owners hold key leadership roles in nonprofit organizations dedicated to enhancing regional economic development.
The company invests in education and economic development, sponsoring and collaborating with initiatives like SOREDI, the SOREDI Foundation, Rogue Community College, the Josephine Community Library, the Rogue Leadership Training Program, and the Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce to strengthen local businesses and enhance regional development.
Along with the goals of strengthening commerce and local businesses development and opportunities, Rentec Direct sponsors initiatives through the Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce that create family-friendly and engaging events. Rentec Direct is a platinum partner for the annual Wine Stroll and Concerts in the Park events for 2025. The annual summer event is held weekly and is free for community members to enjoy. Both are events hosted by the local chamber of commerce to support local businesses and the community at large.
Rentec Direct also shows up annually in support of veterans as a sponsor for the Grants Pass Devastational Golf Tournament by the Relentless Heroes organization.
Rentec Direct was also a sponsor of the 23nd Annual Rogue Winterfest, Josephine County’s largest holiday festival held in support of the Rogue Valley’s mental health organizations.
Employee Involvement and Leadership:
Just as we know at Rentec Direct that we would not be where we are without our amazing clients, we know that our fabulous team of talented and kind employees are what makes us the company we are today. While Rentec Direct itself supports and fosters programs within the community and beyond, this commitment extends beyond company initiatives—our employees are passionate about supporting their neighbors, schools, and local organizations, reflecting Rentec Direct’s dedication to making a difference.
Rentec Direct staff members are truly amazing in their dedication to our wonderful community and they show their support through a diverse range of community services and volunteer opportunities.
Leadership volunteers include:
- Nathan Miller: Rentec Direct Founder & President
- Grants Pass & Josephine County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- Since 1924, the Chamber has been dedicated to helping local companies grow their businesses by creating resources and opportunities to encourage business development, success, engagement and meaningful impact.
- Historical Buildings and Sites Commission
- Historical Buildings and Sites Commission (HBSC) meets and has the authority to issue land use decisions regarding the alteration of structures, new construction, and demolition within all locally designated historic districts, sites, and landmarks within the Urban Growth Boundary.
- Neighborhood Watch President
- As the neighborhood watch president Nathan oversees the safety, security, communication, and engagement among neighbors and collaborates with public safety officials for education and community safety.
- Kaycee Miller: Rentec Direct Director of Operations and Marketing
- SOREDI Board Vice President
- Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc. (SOREDI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the long-term prosperity of Jackson and Josephine Counties.
- Rogue Community College Business Technology Advisory Committee
- RCC recognizes the important connection between educators and business practitioners in achieving program quality, relevance, and excellence of Rogue Community College’s career technical education (CTE) programs. Acting in a consultative capacity, our Advisory Committee consists of Business Technology faculty, current and former business students, and community business leaders who provide expert advice and assistance to the Business Technology program at RCC.
- Sha Lehmberg: Rentec Direct Client Experience Team Lead
- Josephine County’s Toys for Tots Coordinator
- Sha Lehmberg serves as the regional coordinator for Josephine County Toys for Tots, which distributed over 3,300 toys and supported more than 800 children in the county in 2024.
- Common Connections Vice President
- Sha is the VP of Common Connections, which seeks to facilitate unique projects within the community. It is centered on program flexibility to respond to community needs, trade-skill development & collaboration.
- Jill Glover: Rentec Direct Client Success
- Board of Directors for Barnstormers Theater
- A volunteer for 5 years and a member of the board for the last 3 years, Jill Glover assists with obtaining and writing grants to help with community theater expenses and is in charge of volunteers for Barnstormers Theatre. In March of 2025, Jill made her directorial debut with the performance of Lost (and found) in IKEA.
- Brentnie Daggett: Rentec Direct Marketing Department
- Riverside Elementary Parent Group Co-President (2024-205 School Year)
PTSA Board Member, North Middle School (2025-2026 School Year) - Brentnie is the secretary for the North Middle School PTSA board and previously was on the leadership team for the Riverside Elementary parent group for 4 years. In her role as a leadership volunteer for both schools, Brentnie assisted in coordinating school events, fundraisers, and establishing a school food pantry for students in need.
- Riverside Elementary Parent Group Co-President (2024-205 School Year)
Additional Employee Volunteer Contributions
Employees at Rentec Direct gave back to their community in a variety of ways outside of company initiatives and community leadership opportunities. Employees at Rentec Direct are just as dedicated to their community outside of the office. These volunteer opportunities include additional volunteering for some of the organizations that other office employees and their families serve on the leadership team for.
For instance, Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, and in Josephine County, the Rogue Valley Young Marines help to host the event by accepting donations and assisting with the distribution. Besides Sha Lehmberg serving as the county’s coordinator, another employee volunteers alongside their child in the Young Marines, with the family collectively volunteering over 70 hours for the program’s success.
Additional employee volunteer work includes time spent supporting local senior citizens through meeting lawn care needs, employees who use their free time to support local Firewise programs and protocols, and volunteer work at local children’s programs through churches and local dance performances like the 34th annual Nutcracker performance.
With a year of giving behind us, Rentec Direct now looks for new and continued opportunities in 2025. With community engagement and giving back as a core value, there is no doubt that Rentec Direct and Rentec Direct’s employees will continue to give back and engage in a spirit of service locally and beyond.