Meet Us - Board
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Charlene Kollie-McGee
Chair
Charlene brings over 17 years of leadership working at the intersection of public health and healthcare systems to confront and change social determinants of health.
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Jawan Mullen Jr.
Secretary
A Rose City native, Jawan Mullen has deep roots in the Portland area. He graduated from David Douglas High School in 2010, where he lettered in Football and was a prominent writer for the school’s award-winning newspaper: The Highlander.
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Javarr Requena
Treasurer
Javarr has had an interesting and varied life so far. I spent 8 years in the US Army as part of the 82nd Airborne Battalion. During that time, he was deployed to a lot of different countries and developed a love of travel and seeing new places.
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Dr. Keylah Boyer
Director
Keylah Boyer is a second-generation Oregonian whose commitment to education and the community was instilled in her at a young age. Her maternal grandparents relocated from the South to Oregon in the 1940s during The Great Migration. Affectionately, known as Nana and Papa, they devoted their lives to building….
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Dr. Ernest Hartzog
Co-Founder & Emeritus Director
After more than forty years in public and private education, Dr. Ernest Hartzog is semi-retired. He remains active as a consultant in education and in community and organizational development with his wife Marilyn. He is also involved in a number of volunteer activities…
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Kaeti Namba
Emeritus Director
Kaeti was passionate and successful in developing resources for communities and groups she could identify with. Communication was at the root of her success…