Meet Us - Board

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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….

  • 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…

  • 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…