Our Volunteers
OCF relies on more than 1,900 local volunteers who provide us with personal, in-depth knowledge of community needs across the state.
OCF volunteers serve on the board, advisory and leadership councils, and evaluate grant proposals and scholarship applications. OCF fills volunteer roles on an ongoing basis. If you'd like to learn about becoming a volunteer, email us to share your interest.
Are you an OCF volunteer? Would you like to apply to be an OCF volunteer? Go to our volunteer resources page.
Leadership Councils
OCF Leadership Councils are vital to fulfilling our mission. Council members commit to public service and charitable activities and have a general knowledge of the region, its nonprofits and its community needs. Eight volunteer regional councils represent all of Oregon.
Regional Leadership Councils
Vanessa Wilkins, chair and OCF board member
Kenny Adams
Chuck Arnold
Kathy DeBone
Su Embree
Michele Gemelas
Sue Hollern
Kenny LaPoint
Dan Ling
Romy Mortensen
Carlos Salcedo
Evelia Sandoval
Trish Smith
Jaylyn Suppah
Josele "Jody" Ward
Heidi Wright
Roberta (Bobbie) Conner, chair and OCF board member
Aletha Bonebrake
Kathryn Brown
Nils Christoffersen
Steven Corey
Sharon Defrees
Grace Donovan
Fred Flippence
Efren Garza
Joan Gilbert
Nick Green
James Hurst
Tracy Kennedy
Tim Mabry
Feather Sams Huestes
Maurizio Valerio
Cathy Yasuda
KARIS STOUDAMIRE-PHILLIPS, chair
Tony Abrams
Robin Beavers
Michelle Boss Barba
Kimberly Cooper
Melissa Erlbaum
Libra Forde
Ubaldo Hernandez
Judy Lee
Vicki Nakashima
Jerralynn Ness
Daniel Nguyen
Sandi Scheinberg
Dave Squire
Nicole Stein
Carolyn Walker
ANDREW MATTINGLY, chair
Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney
Patrick Criteser
Dan Gaffney
Kaety Jacobson
Mark Kujala
Jasmine Lillich
Katie McCloud
Crystal Meneses
Jason Moon
David Oser
Marcus Runkle
Lauren Karl Sorg
Janet Webster
Lane Shetterly, chair and OCF board CHAIR
Erik Andersson
Sean Andries
Angie Blackwell
Steven Broncheau
Shannon Buckmaster
Susan Cannata
Hanna Ellis
Chane Griggs
Lisa Harnisch
Amy Houghtaling
Eric Lindauer
Pamela Lum
Sue Miller
Jeffrey Moore
Nicole Steen
Signe Aboud Woods
Mark Zook
Marie Simonds, Chair
Penny Allen
Joseph Bain
Julia Bott
Marjorie Crook
Caddy McKeown
Robert Miller
Alan Nidiffer
Georgia Nowlin
Statia Ryder
Crystal Shoji
Jeremy Skinner
Melinda Torres
Dee Anne Everson, chair and OCF board member
Trent Carpenter
Jonathan Chavez Baez
Jessie Hecocta
Lyn Hennion
Lindsey Jones
Kate Marquez
Sue Naumes
Jane O'Keeffe
Quin Collins Perhson
Sabrina Prud'homme
Shad Shriver
Patsy Smullin
William Thorndike
Mark Tuai
Steve Vincent
Gayle Yamasaki
Julie Manning, chair and OCF board member
Yvette Alex-Assensoh
Kevin Alltucker
Rebecca Badger
Jake Gibbs
Lani Kimoto
Sandra Kuhlman
Aloma Loren
Sabrina Parsons
Rebecca Schwarzkopf
Marty Smith
Jennifer Stanaway
Kirk Strohman
Mary Jo Wade
Dolly Woolley
OCF Grant Evaluators
Grant evaluators assess grant applications, operating in regional teams with support from each other and OCF staff. The volunteers below work as grant evaluators for Community Grants and the Reed and Carolee Walker Fund.
Kenny Adams
Amy Addison
Rachel Alm
Chuck Arnold
Curt Arthur
Pat Ashley
Cheryl Azevedo Johnson
Suzanne Bader
Ryan Banning
Emily Barton
Jocelyn Beh
Phyllis Bernt
Zavi Borja
Gayl Bowser
John Bridges
Carol Brown
Ruby Buchholtz
Ralph Burrelle
Karyle Butcher
Cindy Condon
Christy Cox
Chris D'Arcy
Bonnie Day
Sharon Defrees
Anna Dunlap
Kate Elliot
Matt Epstein
James Esqueda
Fara Etzel
Karen Fairchild
Renee Garrels
Jeremy Gordon
Roberta Hall
Angel Harris
Liz Havely
Mindy Helmer
Bonnie Henderson
Frank Hernandez
Arnie Hollander
Gretchen Horton-Dunbar
Emily Insko
Lacey Jarrell
Keith Kolkow
Emma Koontz
Casey Kulla
Karin Larsen
Liz Lawrence
Jane Lincoln
Dan Ling
Elizabeth Martin
Amy McIntosh
Eva Miller
Dalton Miller-Jones
Kerani Mitchell
Phyllis Oster
Penny Reed
Susanna Ross
Barb Rumer
Donna Scurlock
Ann Smart
Jerry Spegman
Lynn Styles
Doug Sugano
Elaine Sweet
Trudy Townsend
Sue Walcutt
Amy Wayson
Pricilla Weaver
Nancy Webber
Maya Webber
Julie Whitmore
John Williams
Bill Williams
Cathy Yao
OCF places a high priority on education and works to ensure that all Oregonians have the resources available for post-secondary education. OCF administers the largest and most diverse community foundation scholarship programs in the United States; 1,305 volunteers serve on scholarship advisory committees throughout Oregon.