Our Staff

Natalie Wood
Executive Director

Rose Bak
Chief Program Officer

Marci Pierce
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Wendy Marsh
Chief Development Officer

Molly O'Donnell
Director, Save First Financial

Virginia Archer
Senior Development Officer, Grants and Partnerships

Sarah Granger
Senior Development Advisor

John Herrera
Director, Immigration Legal Services

Susan Petitt
Director, Human Resources

Catherine Rawls
Director, IT

Jill Whiteford
Director, Quality & Program Evaluation

Breen Goodwin
Director, Operations (Development)

Kelsey Allan
Program Director, Germaine's Food Response Network

Neil Young
Assistant Director, Operations, Save First Financial

Neal McKeever
Assistant Director, Save First Financial

Lucrecia Súarez
Manager, Clinical Training and Development

Nicole Greene
Emergency Services Program Manager, Save First Financial

Randy Lucas
Asset Building Program Manager, Save First Financial

Edith Ruiz
Financial Controller

Sally Erickson
Manager, Supportive Services

Nicole Sherriffs
Manager, Human Resources

Amanuel Habtemariam
Manager, Decision Support

Brooke Alsaker
Business Manager, Social Services

Courtney Hamilton
Manager, Homeless Services

Claudia Munoz
Program Manager, Refugee Services

Chevelle Mayes
Resident Services Coordinator Supervisor

Victoria Waldrep
Lead Housing Case Manager III & Employment Specialist III
Our Board of Directors

Rebecca Arredondo Yazzie, Ph.D., LCSW
Chair
George Fox University
Assistant Professor of Social Work

Theresa Vithayathil Edmonson
Immediate Past Chair
Providence
Vice President, Spiritual Health

Jeffrey K. Yandle
Chair-Elect
First Republic Private Wealth Management
Senior Managing Director

Ngoc-Chau Ngo
Treasurer
Intel
Business Operations Manager

Tatiana Centurion
Secretary
Oregon State Department of Human Services
Social Services Specialist

Antoinette Awuakye
Cambia Health Solutions
Sr. Regulatory Affairs 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

Camerina Galván
African Youth and Community Org.
Development Manager

Pedro Garcia
Chiles Foundation

Colleen Gardner
Nike
Senior Product Developer (retired)

Debby K. Gentzen
Oregon Region at Providence
Chief Strategy Officer

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

Herbert A. Medina, Ph.D.
University of Portland
Provost and Acting President

Rev. Hans Mueller
St. Juan Diego Church
Pastor

Gretel M. Ness
Parker Butte & Lane PC
Immigration Attorney/Partner

Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample
Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
Archbishop of Portland in Oregon

Sister Veronica Schueler, FSE
Archdiocese of Portland
Chancellor

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