Our Staff

Natalie Wood
Incoming Executive Director

Rose Bak
Chief Program Officer

Marci Pierce
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Molly O'Donnell
Director, Save First Financial

Sarah Granger
Interim Chief Development Officer

John Herrera
Director, Immigration Legal Services

Jennifer Masotja
Director, Disaster Services

Susan Petitt
Director, Human Resources

Catherine Rawls
Director, IT

Jon Wirtis
Executive Chef Instructor

Travis Phillips
Director, Community Development & Housing

Matthew Westerbeck
Director, Refugee Services

Jill Whiteford
Director, Quality & Program Evaluation

Lucrecia Súarez
Manager, Clinical Training and Development

Edith Ruiz
Financial Controller

Virginia Archer
Director of Contracts and Grants

Ann Smith-Palenchar
Director, Donor Relations

Tracey Mason
Director of Communications

Breen Goodwin
Director, Operations (Development)

Sally Erickson
Manager, Supportive Services

Sarah Purce
Assistant Director, Immigration Legal Services

Jennifer Manning
Manager, Partnership & Volunteer Engagement

Nicole Sherriffs
Manager, Human Resources

Neil Young
Operations, Assistant Director

Neal McKeever
Assistant Director, Save First Financial

Amanuel Habtemariam
Decision Support Manager

Brooke Alsaker
Business Manager

Courtney Hamilton
Homeless Services Manager

Claudia Munoz
Refugee Services Program Manager

Chevelle Mayes
Resident Services Coordinator Supervisor

Victoria Waldrep
Lead Housing Case Manager III & Employment Specialist III

Lauren Welch
Health Programs and Operations Supervisor
Our Board of Directors

Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
Chair
Providence
Vice President, Spiritual Health

Kathleen Swift
Immediate Past Chair
Heritage Bank
Senior VP, Nonprofit Development Officer

Rebecca Arredondo Yazzie, Ph.D., LCSW
Chair-elect
George Fox University
Assistant Professor of Social Work

Jeffrey K. Yandle
Treasurer
First Republic Private Wealth Management
Senior Managing Director

Ngoc-Chau Ngo
Secretary
Intel
Business Operations Manager

Kerrie Bartel-Christensen
Providence St. Joseph Health
Vice President Real Estate Strategy & Operations, Oregon Region

Tatiana Centurion
Oregon State Department of Human Services
Social Services Specialist

Donna Charko
Catholic Community Services of Lane County
Board of Directors

Matthew Colley
Black Helterline, LLP
Associate Attorney

Steve Fein
Moss Adams LLP
Regional Managing Partner - Oregon

Pedro Garcia
Business Manager

Colleen Gardner
Nike
Senior Product Developer (retired)

Mary-Elizabeth Harper
Catholic Youth Organization/Camp Howard
Board of Directors

Paul Henkels, Jr.
Henkels & McCoy
Vice President

Scott Jonsson, Esq.
Jonsson Dispute Resolution
Owner, Mediator & Arbitrator

Francis Kham
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization-IRCO
Community Education Worker

ChiEn Montero
US Bank
Mortgage Loan Originator

Herbert A. Medina, Ph.D.
University of Portland
Provost and Acting President

Nathan Morales, J.D.
Perkins Coie LLP
Associate

Rev. Cary Reniva
St. Cecilia Church
Pastor

Raul Reyes Cano
El Progama Hispano Católico
Board of Directors

Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample
Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon

Most Rev. Peter Smith
Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
Auxiliary Bishop & Moderator of the Curia

David Willis, M.D., FAAP
Center of the Study of Social Policy
Senior Fellow