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.

Job Opportunities

  • Joseph Ahearn

    WORKFORCE SUPPORT LEAD

  • Tyson Brown

    ASSISTANT INTERN COORDINATOR

  • Doll Crain

    EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST

  • Reynaldo Crespo Torres

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP DISPATCHER

  • Nicole Garceau

    HUB HOST

  • Joe Gowing

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Jennifer Helean

    BEAUTIFICATION LEAD

  • Neptali Hernandez Lorenzo

    BEAUTIFICATION LEAD

  • Sean Hogan

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Todd Jaenicke

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Tuan Kim

    WORKFORCE TECHNICIAN

  • Jessie Loschy

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP
    & DEVELOPMENT LEAD

  • Aaron McGee

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Colby Onnen

    WORKFORCE LOGISTICS COORDINATOR

  • Paulette Slossar

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Chris Vachon

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP LEAD

  • Dawid Vorster

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM MANAGER

  • Mike Walker

    BEAUTIFICATION

  • Gary Williams

    HEALTH AND WELLNESS SPECIALIST

  • Deshawn Blacknall

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Jerry Dodele

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE LEAD

  • Sandra Fairbank

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE LEAD

  • Amanda Garren

    INVENTORY SUPPORT SPECIALIST

  • Shannon Gillen

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Osa Hale

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE MANAGER / SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

  • Cat Loree

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Justin McFeely

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Jacob Pond

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE LEAD

  • Tenorio Watts

    SHOWERS & HYGIENE

  • Anthony Arnold

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Matthews Brock

    HOUSING & HOMEMAKING MANAGER

  • Danielle Chambers

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Charleshia Dobson

    SUPPORTIVE HOUSING COORDINATOR

  • Leesly Hernandez

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Chenell Jones

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Jasmyne Porreco

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Jasmine Murphy

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Dana Nichols

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Jean Claude Nsengiyunva

    HOMEMAKING SPECIALIST

  • Kassidy Wilson

    HOUSING SPECIALIST

  • Sylvester Alderman

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Jordon Anyang

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Varla Barney

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Stacey Bell

    SHELTER LEAD

  • Roxanne Beveridge

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Bradley Chilson

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Emily Fisher

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Hans Huffman

    IT ADVOCATE

  • George Johnson

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Izabelle Kipilman

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Anthony Lane

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Amber Martin

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Sharon Mathnay

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Rogers Mitchell

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Elijah Putnam

    SHELTER LEAD

  • Rick Rollins

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Hux Seidel

    PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST

  • Sheridan

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Jose Solis

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Justin Steward

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Reschard Steward

    SHELTER LEAD

  • G. Andre Wade

    ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR

  • Leif Washington

    MENLO PARK SAFE REST VILLAGE PROGRAM MANAGER

  • Daniel Worth

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Kyle Zager

    SHELTER ADVOCATE

  • Linus Dickinson

    IT SUPPORT SPECIALIST

  • Josh Kroeker

    CONTRACT COMPLIANCE & DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR

  • Eddie Offerman

    STAFF ACCOUNTANT

  • Amy Shillander

    DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

  • Caleb Coder

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Kara Faughn

    WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

  • Emily Hutsell

    HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

  • Kyle Lockwood

    IT & FACILITIES DIRECTOR

  • Amanda Matlin

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

  • Binny Nguyen

    HOUSING & HOMEMAKING DIRECTOR

  • Ariel Owens

    DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES

  • 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 . Charlie Harrell
Of Counsel at Tonkon Torp

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 Procter & 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 Connection

  • 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

  • Luke Coder

    PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP

  • 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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