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