Meet the Western States Center team
Based in Portland, Oregon since 1987, Western States Center staff, board and fellows work from across the region and the country.
Meet the Team
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Todd Addams
Deputy Director
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Cynthia Aguilar-Arizmendi
Rapid Response Manager
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Kate Bitz
Momentum Program Senior Organizer
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Megan Black Johnson
Common Good Program Co-Director
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Elianna Boswell
Common Good Program Manager
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Jay Breslow
Education Program Manager
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Jedidiah Chavez
Director of Development
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Freddy Cruz
Program Manager - Monitoring & Training
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Kayla Gleason
Development Manager
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Amy Herzfeld-Copple
Executive Director
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Adela Luk
Operations Manager
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Mary Emily O'Hara
Communications Director
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Sha Ongelungel
Digital & Communications Manager
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Chris Orrick
Culture Lab Manager
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Lindsay Schubiner
Director of Programs
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Haley Sorg
Support & Logistics Manager
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Liz Yates
Momentum Program Director
Meet the Board
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Mariotta Gary-Smith
Board Chair
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Leslie Warren
Board Recorder
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Lindy Fisker
Board Member
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Kenya Johnson
Board Member
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Emma Jordan-Simpson
Board Member
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Tasheaya Warren Ellison
Board Member
Personal story:
How we defend democracy
“At a moment when the crisis of extremism is clear, here are few organizations that have as
direct an impact. Western States Center not only provides a vital moral voice – it does the hard
work of movement building that is central to the fight for justice.”
Amy Spitalnick,
CEO, Jewish Council for Public Affairs
Senior Fellows
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Jessica Acee
EDUCATOR, TRAINER, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPER
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Wajahat Ali
AUTHOR, SPEAKER, CONSULTANT, AND COLUMNIST AT THE DAILY BEAST
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Yee Won Chong
Northwest Racial Equity Leadership project facilitator, organizational development, and strategist
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Nora Flanagan
ENGLISH TEACHER, SPEAKER, RESEARCHER, AND ORGANIZER
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Diana Lachiondo
CIVIC LEADER STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY IN IDAHO
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Dahnesh Medora
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE CAREOREGON FOUNDATION
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Evan Milligan
ARTIST, ORGANIZER, AND WRITER