Our Staff
Rose Bak
Chief Program Officer
Sarah Granger
Interim Chief Development Officer
Marci Pierce
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer
John Herrera
Director, Immigration Legal Services
Breen Goodwin
Director, Operations (Development)
Virginia Archer
Director of Contracts and Grants
Jennifer Masotja
Director, Disaster Services
Molly O'Donnell
Director, Save First Financial
Travis Phillips
Director, Community Development & Housing
Susan Petitt
Director, Human Resources
Matthew Westerbeck
Director, Refugee Services
Catherine Rawls
Director, IT
Ann Smith-Palenchar
Director, Donor Relations
Tracey Mason
Director of Communications
Jill Whiteford
Director, Quality & Program Evaluation
Sarah Purce
Assistant Director, Immigration Legal Services
Neil Young
Operations, Assistant Director
Neal McKeever
Assistant Director, Save First Financial
Sally Erickson
Manager, Supportive Services
Amanuel Habtemariam
Manager, Finance
Brooke Alsaker
Business Manager
Jennifer Manning
Manager, Partnership & Volunteer Engagement
Edith Ruiz
Financial Controller
Claudia Munoz
Refugee Services Program Manager
Lucrecia Súarez
Manager, Clinical Training and Development
Nicole Sherriffs
Manager, Human Resources
Victoria Waldrep
Lead Housing Case Manager III & Employment Specialist III
Our Board of Directors
Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
Chair
Providence
Vice President, Spiritual Health
Kathleen Swift
Immediate Past Chair
Heritage Bank
Senior VP, Nonprofit Development Officer
Rebecca Arredondo Yazzie, Ph.D., LCSW
Chair-elect
George Fox University
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Jeffrey K. Yandle
Treasurer
First Republic Private Wealth Management
Senior Managing Director
Ngoc-Chau Ngo
Secretary
Intel
Business Operations Manager
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
Steve Fein
Moss Adams LLP
Regional Managing Partner - Oregon
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
Herbert A. Medina, Ph.D.
University of Portland
Provost and Acting President
Nathan Morales, J.D.
Perkins Coie LLP
Associate
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
David Willis, M.D., FAAP
Center of the Study of Social Policy
Senior Fellow