{"id":1270,"date":"2021-06-17T15:58:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T22:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seeding-justice.mysites.io\/?page_id=1270"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:40:02","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seedingjustice.org\/es\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Meet the
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Meet our staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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We are only as strong as the diverse voices we represent. Our staff embodies a wide range of identities: We’re trans and cis, queer, straight, and bisexual. We’re Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, Asian American, and White. We’re U.S. born and immigrants. We’re in our 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. We are parents of humans, plants, and animals. We’ve got master’s degrees (and massive student debt) and are proud college dropouts. We’re neurodivergent, neurotypical, and live with mental health disabilities. <\/p>\n

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We are only as strong as the diverse voices we represent. Our team embodies a wide range of identities: We’re queer, straight, and bisexual. We’re Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian, Asian American, and White. We’re U.S. born and immigrants. We’re in our 30s, 40s and 50s. We are parents of humans, plants, and animals. We’ve got master’s degrees (and student debt) and are proud college dropouts. We’re neurodivergent and neurotypical. <\/p>\n

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Se-ah-dom Edmo | Executive Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Se-ah-dom Edmo | Executive Director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Se-ah-dom Edmo (Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce and Yakama) brings deep experience in community organizing for racial and social justice work across the nation. Prior to joining Seeding Justice, Se-ah-dom<\/span> served as the Sovereignty Program Director at Western States Center<\/a> where she was the coalition convener of Tribal History: Shared History (Senate Bill 13, 2017) in Oregon, which established and funded the teaching of Indian History and Sovereignty in K \u2013 12 schools across the state. Se-ah-dom<\/span> is also the co-editor of the Tribal Equity Toolkit 3.0: Tribal Resolutions and Codes for Two Spirit and LGBT Justice in Indian Country<\/a> and American Indian Identity: Citizenship, Membership & Blood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A hallmark of her career has been fostering relationships and collaborations between tribes and organizations doing social, racial, environmental, and economic justice work across the region. She is an\u00a0ALF<\/a>\u00a0Senior Fellow and a member of the\u00a0Philanthropy Northwest Board<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Oregon Worker Relief Board<\/a>, and was the chair of the board of Oregon Consumer Justice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Se-ah-dom joined Seeding Justice in December 2018.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Joe Becker | Interim Director of Communications & Public Affairs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Joe Becker | Interim Director of Communications & Public Affairs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A longtime communications professional, Joe was most recently a consultant supporting <\/span>the launch of Seeding Justice\u2019s Oregon Community Climate Investment Fund<\/span>, strategic planning and mascot change at Lewis & Clark College, and development at Yale Divinity School.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe grew up in the Lehigh Valley\u2014not too far from Philadelphia (or NYC) but a world apart\u2014on land that had previously been farmed by his grandfather and kin. The first in his family to go to college, Joe attended school in North Carolina and worked for Duke University Press in editorial and marketing roles following graduation. In 2000, he moved to Oregon to be near his spouse’s family.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2001, after the briefest of stints in law school, Joe joined the communications team at Lewis & Clark, where he later headed up the shop and was a member of the executive council for seven years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, if Joe is not working at the Center for Social Justice or in his home office, you might find him on a local trail, deep in a book, or visiting family in Alaska, Arizona, New Jersey, or Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Shona\u00a0was born in Southern Indiana, attended high school in Portland, and at 19, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lived for nearly 25 years. Wherever she is rooted, Shona draws upon her lived experience and education to support the community\u2019s most pressing issues.<\/p>\n

With more than 23 years in philanthropy, Shona most recently served as the Director of Partner Engagement & Investment at the Black Future Co-op Fund\u2014Washington state\u2019s first fund by and for Black people. Her previous roles include VP of Community Engagement and Strategy at the Community Foundation for SW Washington, Senior Philanthropic Advisor at The San Francisco Foundation, and Associate Program Officer at the Clorox Company Foundation.<\/p>\n

Shona is a co-founder of the\u00a0Southwest Washington Equity Coalition,<\/a>\u00a0a cross-sector coalition of community leaders and organizations working to advance racial equity, and drive institutional and political change. She serves on the board of Philanthropy Northwest, the I5 Bridge Replacement Equity Committee, and several arts organizations.<\/p>\n

She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility from Mills College. Shona lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her partner, Kelvin. Together, they enjoy traveling, crafting epic Halloween costumes, and exploring the outdoors in\u00a0Paulette<\/em>, their 1968 \u201ctin can\u201d travel trailer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Sandee is a financial professional passionate about dedicating her skills and knowledge to the nonprofit world. Sandee grew up in mainland China and joined KPMG, a \u201cBig Four\u201d accounting firm, as a financial auditor after finishing her master\u2019s degree. Though she loved auditing, she found she wanted to do more to help those in need. Sandee came to the U.S. in 2012 and received her master\u2019s degree in public policy at the University of Kentucky while working on the finance team at Save the Children Foundation. She later took over as Director of Finance and Operations for the International Center at the University of Kentucky from 2015-2021. As a queer, Chinese, and first-generation immigrant, Sandee finds Seeding Justice as her happy start in Portland where she can put her love of Excel and data analytics together while working for a just and joyful world.<\/p>\n

Kentucky life has heavily influenced Sandee\u2019s life \u2014she likes woodworking, carpentry, BBQ, eating fried chicken, and drinking bourbon with bourbon chocolate, to name a few. She also enjoys taking walks with her partner, learning guitar, drawing silly cartoon characters, reading art and architecture history, learning foreign languages, and talking to her cat.<\/p>\n

Sandee joined Seeding Justice in July 2021.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Angelie | Programs Coordinator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Angelie grew up in Portland, Oregon and has been active in the local nonprofit scene for 10 years. Originally interested in children\u2019s therapy, she ended up finding a good fit in disability supports back in 2013. She has provided consultations related to accessibility and racial equity in the workplace, and has dabbled in general social services \u2014 finding early on that she much preferred work that wasn\u2019t systems-focused, and sought out positions where she could connect with people on a human level without having to uphold systemic inequities for those seeking support. Much of her work has been community and relationship centered.<\/p>\n

Approaching her work from a relationship-based, person-centered point of view, Angelie has always found it important to take people\u2019s identities & experiences into account \u2014 why might people think or communicate in certain ways? Which life experiences have led us to the beliefs that we hold now? How can we adjust our language so that certain concepts or ideas are more accessible to a wider variety of people?<\/p>\n

Throughout her working journey, she has found the best fit in places that recognize some of these universal needs: to see and be seen, and to know and be known. In her free time you can find her listening to music, working on an art project, playing Switch games, or finding a nice patch of grass to relax in.<\/p>\n

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Gregery Lee grew up in North and Northeast Portland and after joining the workforce spent several years in theatre, working at Portland Center Stage in a number of capacities before joining SeedingJustice. Outside of work he enjoys live music, spending time with his dog and going on runs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mike Moran is a strategic and mission-driven fundraising executive with over 20 years of experience leading high-performing development teams and advancing transformational philanthropic initiatives. Most recently serving as Senior Director of Development at the Oregon State University Foundation (OSUF), Mike built and led the organization\u2019s largest development team and increased annual fundraising from $3 million to over $15 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

A trusted fundraiser and campaign architect, Mike created and led OSUF\u2019s $500 million Student Success Initiative\u2014raising more than $350 million to date in support of financial aid, scholarships, and student-centered programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout his career, Mike consistently exceeded fundraising goals, launched new programs, and provided strategic counsel to leadership in multiple sectors. He is known for his ability to cultivate trust across stakeholders, design equity-centered initiatives, and build sustainable systems for long-term fundraising growth.<\/span><\/p>\n

He holds a B.A. in English and Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and is an experienced presenter, advisor, and mentor within the fundraising field.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Amanda is an accountant with more than 12 years of experience in for-profits, nonprofits, and different modes of philanthropy, from intermediaries to a private foundation. Centering social justice has helped her make meaningful contributions, like creating financial processes to support capacity and relationship building and co-designing a contracting process to compensate community members for their expertise. She joined Seeding Justice in the spirit of choosing reciprocity over accumulation and she is hopeful for futures shaped by and for communities.<\/p>\n

She holds a B.A. in linguistics and literature from University of California, Santa Cruz and is currently studying for her post-baccalaureate certificate in accounting at Portland State University\u2019s School of Business. She enjoys a good book, gardening, and walking around her neighborhood looking for friendly cats and flowers that smell good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Amanda started at Seeding Justice in March 2024.<\/div>\n
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Amber grew up in Northern California before making Portland her home over two decades ago. Her nonprofit career started as a volunteer at In Other Words, a historic community center, where she eventually served as Co-Director. In this leadership role, she helped establish a successful monthly giving program and launched a free community library focused on feminist social justice literature.<\/span><\/p>\n

Building on this experience, Amber transitioned fully into development operations at Mercy Corps, eventually assisting with essential data preparation for an eventual CRM migration at Stanford Children’s Hospital. Amber brings a versatile combination of operational support skills and a deep commitment to mission-driven work, focusing on efficiency and effective organizational support for positive social impact.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her free time, Amber enjoys volunteering with wildlife, birding, crafting, and hanging out with her pack of rescue animals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amber joined Seeding Justice in December 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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A passionate advocate for social justice and a proud immigrant from Paraguay, Violeta has more than 15 years of experience improving access to opportunities, services and programs for excluded communities. Before joining Seeding Justice, Violeta worked in various fields including private philanthropy, labor and immigrant rights, community economic development, financial education, and state government.<\/span><\/p>\n

Outside of work, Violeta serves on the boards of the Northwest Workers’ Justice Project<\/a>, and Uplift Local News<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Violeta lives in SE Portland with her partner and their cat, Lola. She loves growing food in her community garden plot, feeding birds and squirrels in her backyard, and traveling around the world to spend time with loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

She joined the crew in February 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Kathleen (Kathy for short) is a queer, Sino Cambodian, child of refugees, born and raised in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Seeding Justice, she spent the majority of her adult and professional life in the Bay Area working in higher education as a media + resource coordinator and as a community organizer challenging displacement and gentrification through coalition building, tenant rights education and community advocacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathleen moved to Portland with her partner and their dog in 2021. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, spending quality time with her little family, solving jigsaw puzzles, and searching for desserts to satisfy her sweet tooth.<\/span><\/p>\n

She joined Seeding Justice in June 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ray Seed | Executive Assistant + Board Liaison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ray Seed | Executive Assistant + Board Liaison<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ray is the son of a Rwandese mother and an American father from Long Beach, California. He spent most of his formative years in eastern and southern Africa, came to Portland, Oregon in 2013 for college and has remained ever since. Having grown up in diverse communities as a result of the international schools he attended, Ray found a passion for student activism in college which informed his later career choices.<\/p>\n

The majority of his adult and professional life have been spent as administrative support for city and federal government. Ray interned at both the City of Portland\u2019s Office of Equity and Human rights and the City of Portland\u2019s Office of the Mayor, supporting efforts to bring awareness to issues like juvenile incarceration and its disproportionate impact on the black community. This inspired a transition into government where Ray worked as a Staff Assistant\/Constituent Services Representative for Mayor Charlie Hales and then Congresswoman Bonamici (OR-01), where he developed an intricate perspective into what matters most to Oregonians.<\/p>\n

With a passion for community, Ray enjoys Portland for its vibrant music and food scene. Always open to try new things, on the weekends you can find him at a live show or cooking\/BBQing with friends and family. As someone who grew up in a warmer climate and close to the coast, you can find him floating on the Clackamas river in the summer and by a fire in the winter.<\/p>\n

Ray joined Seeding Justice in June 2023.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Amanda Whalen | Chief of Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Amanda Whalen | Chief of Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hailing from the South Side of Chicago, Amanda moved to Portland two decades ago. After finishing law school, she served briefly as a juvenile defender before abandoning the formal practice of law to focus on education. She spent 15 years working in school districts, including as the Chief of Staff at the Portland Public Schools where she provided leadership and strategic support for key district policy initiatives.<\/p>\n

Amanda entered the world of philanthropy as the Chief Impact Officer at the United Way of the Columbia Willamette, where she led programming and strategic community investment in culturally specific and culturally responsive organizations through grant making, convening, policy work and volunteerism.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining Seeding Justice, Amanda was a consultant and supported a number of Seeding Justice\u2019s community funds.<\/p>\n

Amanda is an avid reader, runner and makes homemade ice cream. She and her husband Jim live with their three children, Jed, Willa and Levi and two dogs in Southeast Portland where they enjoy all things soccer. She started at Seeding Justice in 2023.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rochelle Zirdum | HR & Operations Manager<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Rochelle (Tlingit, Haida, and European descendent) was born and raised on her Mother\u2019s ancestral lands in rural Alaska. It’s been nearly two decades since she was drawn to Portland to complete her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. With a rich professional history spanning two decades, Rochelle has made meaningful contributions to non-profit sectors in the fields of mental health and higher education. Prior to her role at Seeding Justice, Rochelle was involved in delivering outpatient drug and alcohol treatment, offering essential mental health support to unhoused youth, coordinating care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and cultivating connections and developing pathways for facilitating field learning experiences for aspiring educators and therapists. Rochelle’s approach to her work is characterized by her genuine passion for both systems and people.<\/p>\n

Joys outside of work include time spent outdoors, taking art classes, and the goodness of time together with friends & family.<\/p>\n

Rochelle joined Seeding Justice in July 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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