Meet Our Team
We are a diverse organization — over half our board and staff are people of color. The board includes construction industry executives, skilled construction workers, union leaders, workforce administrators, and apprenticeship program leadership. Many of our staff have experienced and overcome the same barriers our clients face.
Irving Brown III
Program Facilitator
Ms. Brown
Outreach Coordinator
Pat Daniels
Executive Director
Lisa Dixon
Program Manager
Maia De La Torre-Mackin
Marketing & Development Coordinator
Mohamed Farah
Grant & Contracts Manager
Noah Koné
Green Workforce Partnerships Manager
Yolonda Menefee
Outreach Coordinator & Summer Youth Program Facilitator
Constance Plager
Director of Finance & Operations
Barbara Schulz
Job Developer
Adrienne Sakamoto
Case Manager
Kandie King
Receptionist
Timothy Holt
Job Developer
Daniel De Jesus
Case Manager
Our Board of Directors
Mel Jones
Chairman, Director of Inclusion, Hoffman Construction
Zack Culver
Vice Chair, Business Manager, LiUNA Local 737
Art Hiemstra
Treasurer, Senior Vice President, First Interstate Bank, Retired
Sanai Hennessee
Secretary, Special Representative, SW Mountain States Carpenters Union
John Chriswell
Human Resources Manager, Hoffman Structures Inc.
Kimberly Sutton
Sr. Mgr. Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Fortis Construction
Michael Kiser
Manager, Major Projects Engineering and Construction, TriMet
DR. LM Alaiyo
President and CEO, Black United Fund of Oregon
Troy Stamp
Pre-Construction Manager, Anderson Construction
Treneil Washington
Founder and CEO, BrothersIC LLC and Touch of Hope
Keith Edwards
Retired International Business Representative, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Ninth District
Robert Boyer
Oregon State Senator, Retired
Michael Burch
Retired, Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters Local No. 1503
Dan Sizemore
Field Operations Manager, Mortenson