Our Staff
Fowzia Abdulle
Case Manager Supervisor, Refugee Services
Rose Bak
Chief Program Officer
Vanessa Briseño
Chief Development Officer
Sally Erickson
Manager, Supportive Services
Breen Goodwin
Director, Operations (Development)
Sarah Granger
Senior Development Advisor
Amanuel Habtemariam
Manager, Finance
John Herrera
Director, Immigration Legal Services
Kat Kelley
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Lucena
Manager, Homeless Services
Brittney Manchester
Director, Communications
Jennifer Manning
Manager, Partnership & Volunteer Engagement
Jennifer Masotja
Director, Disaster Services
Neal McKeever
Assistant Director, Save First Financial
Molly O'Donnell
Director, Save First Financial
Sandra Perez
Director, Assets & Facilities
Susan Petitt
Director, Human Resources
Travis Phillips
Director, Community Development & Housing
Marci Pierce
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
Sarah Purce
Assistant Director, Immigration Legal Services
Catherine Rawls
Director, IT
Edith Ruiz
Financial Controller
Nicole Sherriffs
Manager, Human Resources
Ann Smith-Palenchar
Director, Donor Relations
Lucrecia Súarez
Manager, Clinical Training and Development
Matthew Westerbeck
Director, Refugee Services
Jill Whiteford
Director, Quality & Program Evaluation
Our Board of Directors
Kathleen Swift
Board Chair
Heritage Bank
Senior VP, Nonprofit Development Officer
Dr. Alma Trinidad
Immediate Past Chair
Portland State University
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
Chair-elect
PeaceHealth
System Director, Spiritual Care & Mission Integration
Jeffrey K. Yandle
Treasurer
First Republic Private Wealth Management
Senior Managing Director
Rebecca Yazzie, Ph.D., LCSW
Secretary
George Fox University
Assistant Professor of Social Work
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
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
Nathan Morales, J.D.
Perkins Coie LLP
Associate
Ngoc-Chau Ngo
Intel
Business Operations Manager
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
Dr. David Willis, M.D., FAAP
Center of the Study of Social Policy
Senior Fellow