Our Staff
Fowzia Abdulle
Refugee Services Case Manager Supervisor
Rose Bak
Director of Homeless & Housing Services
Vanessa Briseño
Director of Grants & Partnership Development Director of the Pope Francis Center
Sarah Granger
Director of Donor Engagement
Laurie Gray
Chief Development Officer
John Herrera
Immigration Legal Services Director
Kat Kelley
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Lucena
Manager of Housing Transitions Program
Neal McKeever
Assistant Director of Save First
Molly O'Donnell
Director, Save First Financial
Sandra Perez
Director of Assets & Facilities
Susan Petitt
Director of Human Resources
Marci Pierce
Chief Financial Officer
Travis Phillips
Director of Community Development & Housing
Sarah Purce
Lead Attorney, Rural Program Coordinator
Catherine Rawls
Director of IT
Edith Ruiz
Finance Account Manager
Lucrecia Súarez
Manager of Clinical Services
Catherine Wehage
Program Manager
Matthew Westerbeck
Refugee Services Manager
Jill Whiteford
Director of Quality & Program Evaluation
Heather Zarrilli
Director of Family Support & Counseling
Our Board of Directors
Carol Wachter
Chair
Deloitte Tax LLP
Managing Director
Kathleen Swift
Treasurer
Heritage Bank
Senior Vice President
Alma Flores
Secretary
City of Milwaukie
Community & Economic Development Director
Gregory Baker
Blanchet House of Hospitality
Executive Director
Donna Charko
Catholic Community Services of Lane County
Board of Directors
Chris Corrado
Immediate Past Chair
Environments
President & Owner
Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
PeaceHealth
System Director, Spiritual Care & Mission Integration
Rev. Jesus Espinoza
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
Deacon
Pedro Garcia
Colleen Gardner
Paul Henkels, Jr.
Henkels & McCoy
Division Manager
Francis Kham
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization-IRCO / Zomi Catholic Community Portland- ZCCP
Community Education Worker- CEW / Administrator (Pawlpi Kem)
Ed Kluss
Catholic Youth Organization/Camp Howard
Board of Directors
ChiEn Montero
US Bank
Mortgage Loan Originator
Nathan Morales, J.D.
Perkins Coie
Associate
Ngoc-Chau Ngo
Intel
Business Operations Manager
Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample
Archbishop of Portland
Most Rev. Peter Smith
Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Auxiliary Bishop & Moderator of the Curia
Judy Tatman, RN
Providence Health & Services
Regional Chief Nursing Officer
Brian Thomas
Caritas Community Housing Corporation
Board of Directors
Dr. Alma Trinidad
Portland State University
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Rev. Charles Wood
St. Wenceslaus Parish
Pastor
Dr. Rebecca Yazzie
George Fox University
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work