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
John Herrera
Immigration Legal Services Director
Kat Kelley
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Jennifer Lucena
Manager of Housing Transitions Program
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
Manager of Clinical Services
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
Director, Private Client Services
Kathleen Swift
Chair-Elect
Heritage Bank
Senior VP, Nonprofit Development Officer
Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
Secretary
PeaceHealth
System Director, Spiritual Care & Mission Integration
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
Dr. Mayra Goméz
El Progama Hispano Católico
Board of Directors
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 LLP
Associate
Ngoc-Chau Ngo
Intel
Business Operations Manager
Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample
Archdiocese of Portland
Archbishop of Portland
Most Rev. Peter Smith
Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
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
Jeffrey K. Yandle
First Republic Private Wealth Management
Senior Managing Director
Dr. Rebecca Yazzie
George Fox University
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work