Meet the Team
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Jade Garza
Outreach Coordinator (she/her)
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Annie Lindekugel
Executive Director (she/her)
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Berryl Omollo
Community Health Engagement Specialist (she/her)
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Marin Ricketson
Program Lead (she/they)
“CSN fills an important gap in connecting nonprofit organizations in the Portland metro (and surrounding areas) for alignment, resource sharing, collaboration, and leadership engagement. Let's continue to build!”
-Kelly Rupp, The DPI Group Board Member and CSN Volunteer
Our Board
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Carlos Banks
Bio coming soon!
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Michael Garcia
Michael started his career long before the focus on trauma-informed or client-centered care. He credits his three decades of human engagements as his primary source of education, lessons and teachings; often crediting clients as PhDs in life experiences, resilience and empowerment.
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Laila Hajoo
Laila has served as President of the Islamic Social Services of Oregon State (ISOS) for the last 20 years. She has lived in Portland for the past 35 years and is deeply involved in the community. She worked in the tech/software field with Mentor Graphics and Intel before retiring in 2016.
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Alisa Kajikawa
Alisa is APANO’s Community Development Manager for the Jade District Program. She received her master’s degree from Portland State University in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) after spending 4 years in Japan teaching English to elementary and junior high school students.
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Robert McConville
Bio coming soon!
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Travis Pearson
Travis is President & CEO of The DPI Group, the CSN’s parent nonprofit. He serves on the Board of the Oregon Resource Association, the statewide network supporting individuals with disabilities in leading full and inclusive lives, and is Board Treasurer for Oregon APSE, which advances employment equity for people with disabilities.
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Caroline Pope
Caroline manages Community Outreach and Engagement with Portland Street Response. She has worked in the Portland social service sector for the past 15 years, with an emphasis on resource and referrals, strengthening access to safety net services and breaking down barriers to accessing healthcare.
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Teo Ramirez
Bio coming soon!
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Tatyana Chukrii, Advisor to the CSN Board
Tatyana is the Community Partnership Coordinator with the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). Her job is to create partnerships within the community with partner agencies to provide services to families that are in need of support, and she truly believes in the wraparound approach.