Our Staff
Fowzia Abdulle
Refugee Services Case Manager Supervisor
Rose Bak
Chief Program Officer
Vanessa Briseño
Senior Development Officer, Grants & Partnerships; Director, Pope Francis Center
Sarah Granger
Senior Development Officer, Donor Engagement
John Herrera
Immigration Legal Services Director
Kat Kelley
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Lucena
Homeless Services Manager
Neal McKeever
Assistant Director, Save First Financial
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
Assistant Director, Immigration Legal Services
Catherine Rawls
Director of IT
Edith Ruiz
Financial Controller
Lucrecia Súarez
Clinical Training and Development Manager
Matthew Westerbeck
Director of Refugee Services
Jill Whiteford
Director of Quality & Program Evaluation
Our Board of Directors
Dr. Alma Trinidad
Chairperson
Portland State University
Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Carol Wachter
Immediate Past Chair
Deloitte Tax LLP
Managing Director, Private Wealth
Kathleen Swift
Chair-Elect
Heritage Bank
Senior VP, Nonprofit Development Officer
Jeffrey K. Yandle
Treasurer
First Republic Private Wealth Management
Senior Managing Director
Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
Secretary
PeaceHealth
System Director, Spiritual Care & Mission Integration
Raul Reyes Cano
El Progama Hispano Católico
Board of Directors
Kerrie Bartel-Christensen
Providence St. Joseph Health
Executive Director, Real Estate Strategy & Operations, Oregon Region
Donna Charko
Catholic Community Services of Lane County
Board of Directors
Matthew Colley
Black Helterline, LLP
Associate Attorney
Rev. Jesus Espinoza
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
Deacon
Pedro Garcia
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
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
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
Timshel Tarbet, CCP, BSP, MBA
Cambia Health Solutions
Director, Integrated Strategy Management
Rev. Charles "Chuck" Wood
St. Wenceslaus Parish
Pastor
Rebecca Yazzie, Ph.D., LCSW
George Fox University
Assistant Professor of Social Work