Meet Our Team

Cultivate Initiatives exists FOR and WITH the people.

Individually and collectively we value rawness. Do much with little. Scrappy and nimble. Relationships, not rules. And anything worth doing is worth failing at. In it for the long haul.

  • Joseph Ahearn

    WORKFORCE SUPPORT LEAD

  • Beard

    WORKFORCE FLEET AND SAFETY SPECIALIST

  • Dan Booth

    BEAUTIFICATION LEAD

  • Tyson Brown

    ASSISTANT INTERN COORDINATOR

  • Doll Crain

    EMPLOYMENT RETENTION SPECIALIST

  • Reynaldo Crespo Torres

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP DISPATCHER

  • Don Gooding

    MECHANIC

  • Joe Gowing

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Penny Hardisty

    HUB HOST

  • Jennifer Helean

    BEAUTIFICATION LEAD

  • Neptali Hernandez Lorenzo

    BEAUTIFICATION LEAD

  • Todd Jaenicke

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Chris Keen

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Doug Knight

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Josh Kroeker

    WORKFORCE PROGRAM MANAGER

  • Jessie Loschy

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP
    & DEVELOPMENT LEAD

  • Colby Onnen

    WORKFORCE LOGISTICS COORDINATOR

  • Iziah Tyler

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Danny Bristol

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Jerry Dodele

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Sandra Fairbank

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE LEAD

  • Amanda Garren

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Osa Hale

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE RESPONSE MANAGER / SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

  • Rachael Jones

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Cat Loree

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Jacob Pond

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Jose Solis

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Gary Williams

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Matthews Brock

    HOUSING & HOMEMAKING MANAGER

  • Charleshia Dobson

    SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COORDINATOR

  • Leesly Hernandez

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Summer Hausman

    HOUSING SPECIALIST LEAD

  • Chenell Jones

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Jasmine Murphy

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Dana Nichols

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Jean Claude Nsengiyunva

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Nadine Smith

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Marina Almanza

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Varla Barney

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Roxanne Beveridge

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Brevin Bonton

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Lonzo Caldwell

    SHELTER LEAD

  • Danielle Chambers

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Joe Eichenlaub

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Dylan Franklin

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Shawnta Harden

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Hans Huffman

    IT ADVOCATE

  • George Johnson

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Izabelle Kipilman

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Sharon Mathnay

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Rogers Mitchell

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Jessica Perry

    PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

  • Elijah Putnam

    SHELTER LEAD

  • Rick Rollins

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Sheridan

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Barbara Sideroff

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • G. Andre Wade

    ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

  • Leif Washington

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Kassidy Wilson

    PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

  • Kyle Zager

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Linus Dickinson

    IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST

  • Aj Fouts

    CONTRACT COMPLIANCE & DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

  • Brianna Kroeker

    DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

  • Eddie Offerman

    STAFF ACCOUNTANT

  • Kassandra Mendoza

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

  • Vanessa Velazquez

    HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

  • Caleb Coder

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Stefanie Hines

    WORKFORCE DIRECTOR

  • Emily Hutsell

    HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

  • Kyle Lockwood

    IT & FACILITIES DIRECTOR

  • Amanda Matlin

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

  • Hannah McCarl

    INITIATIVES & PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

  • Matthew McCarl

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & RELATIONSHIPS

  • Binny Nguyen

    HOUSING & HOMEMAKING DIRECTOR

  • Ryan Saari

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & RELATIONSHIPS

  • Serina Woods

    SUPPORTIVE SHELTERING DIRECTOR

Board

President . Jennifer Knapp
Executive Director of Community Vision

Secretary . Alex Palm
Policy Advisor for Oregon Depart of Child Welfare

Treasurer . Ron Hockley
Executive Director of The NEO Fund

Board Member at Large . Seraphie Allen
Deputy Director of Planning and Community Development at the City of Redmond

Board Member at Large . Vince Jones-Dixon
Gresham City Councilor; Director of Operations, Funeral Director

Board Member at Large . Greg Dufault
Retired Financial Advisor at Dufault, Smith and Meeuwsen, Lake Oswego, OR

Board Member at Large . Haika Mushi
External Affairs Manager at Intel Corporation

Board Member at Large . Janice Jacobs
Former CFO at Albertina, Kerr and Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, Former Proctor & Gamble Finance Director

Partners

  • Active Culture Studios

  • African Family Holistic Health Organization

  • All Saints Episcopal Church

  • Americas Foundation

  • Beacon Village

  • City of Portland

  • City of Wood Village

  • Concordia University ABSN Program

  • Cross Roads Food Bank

  • DeRose Community Bridge

  • East Portland Action Plan

  • East Portland CIT Plaza 122

  • Eisenhorns

  • Freedom Foursquare

  • Gather Make Shelter

  • Goodwill Job Coaching

  • GreenBridge Coffee

  • Greenbrier and Gunderson

  • GroundScore

  • Hacienda CDC

  • HomeBuilding Foundation

  • Multnomah County HOPE Team

  • HereTogether

  • Imago Dei Eastside

  • InkBuilt Design

  • Joint Office of Homeless Services

  • LaOsita Food Cart

  • Mill Park Neighborhood Association

  • Montavilla Brew Works

  • Multnomah County

  • The NEO Fund

  • Oasis International House of Praise

  • Oregon Community Foundation

  • Oregon Department of Human Services

  • Our Streets PDX

  • PDX Saints Love

  • Portland Street Medicine

  • Portland Street Response

  • Saints Peter & Paul Episcopal Church

  • SOLVE Oregon

  • St. Timothy Lutheran Church

  • Sumner College Nursing Program

  • Anatomy Tattoo

  • Terrazign

  • The Oregon Community

  • Tudson Design

  • Bobby Mitchell

    HUB FACILITIES COORDINATOR

  • Renee Dorie

    VILLAGE HOST

Are you able to partner with Cultivate Initiatives?

We would love to hear from you. Together we can make a difference.

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