Board



Sirius currently works at Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette as the Vice President of Equity and Inclusion, bringing her leadership on equity initiatives. Previously, Sirius was the Special Advisor to the President for Diversity and Equity at Clark College, directed diversity recruitment at PSU, and worked at Reed as the director of multicultural recruitment in admission, a major gift fundraiser, and coordinator for the Multicultural Resource Center.



Gilda studied Psychology at the University of Costa Rica, worked as a bilingual/bicultural family advocate with multicultural families for 10 years in Hawaii and Medford. Ms. Montenegro-Fix is the founder and senior consultant of Celebrate Diversity! a consulting and training company in Cultural Agility successfully providing services to a variety of organizations in Oregon. Having worked in the fields of outdoor leadership, social work, early childhood, cross cultural communication and EDI (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), she is passionate about facilitating understanding, cultivating harmony and building bridges that connect us all.

Laura’s professional experience includes service coordination, supervision, program management, full-scale program direction and management, and systems analysis. She has had the privilege of working with multiple populations, including run-away homeless youth, homebound elderly, and children/youth with special health care needs, in addition to spending several years in the reproductive health field. In her free time, Laura likes hiking with her wife and their dog, and is obsessed with watching foreign detective dramas.


Staff

Born and raised in Ashland, Oregon, Emily was formerly the Lead Development Officer at the Forum for Youth Investment, a nonprofit think tank in Washington DC. During her five-year tenure, Emily directed an annual multi-million dollar fund development effort and partnered with national and local foundations all over the country. Prior to her work at the Forum, Emily helped launch the Women’s Leadership Institute in Washington DC as Interim Director of Partnerships and Advancement. While there, she secured the largest board member gift in the organization’s history and helped produce events featuring notable women leaders including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, NPR’s Linda Wertheimer, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. While completing her Master’s in Public Administration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, she was president of the Maxwell Women’s Caucus. Emily’s undergraduate degree is from Bryn Mawr College. Emily lives with her partner and two kids in NW Portland.

Marilou is based in the area currently called Portland, OR and Multnomah County, which are also known as the stolen lands of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Tumwater, Tualatin Kalapuya, Wasco, Molalla, Cowlitz and Watlala bands of the Chinook, and many other Tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River.

Legacy Circle
The Women’s Foundation of Oregon Legacy Circle honors the many contributions of women who served on the boards of either Women’s Care Foundation or Portland Women’s Foundation. This Circle honors past service; it is not a membership and requires no a financial contribution.
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- Verna Bailey
- Lynne Bangsund
- Kaaren Beaver
- Alice Bergman
- Anne Booth
- Dorothy Boothe
- Coventry Boucher
- Nancy Bryant
- Leslie Cable
- Joanne Carlson
- Valri Chiappetta
- Susan Corey
- Dotti Cowart
- Kim Cunningham
- Kim Curtis
- Nicole Deering
- Nancy Delbrueck
- Mary Edmeades
- Kris Elliott
- Marna Elliott
- Lura Elsen
- Julie Falk
- Joan Foley
- Marybeth Fossati
- Trish Gallus
- Linda Girard
- Cathie Glennon
- Linda Kilham Goebel
- Michele Goodman
- Nancy Graham
- Sharon Graver
- Brenda Grootendorst
- Karen Holce
- Joan Horstkotte
- Lynnette Houghton
- Beth Hutchison
- Cobi Jackson
- Jean Josephson
- Mary Kalafatis
- Stephanie Knight
- Carolee Kolve
- Laura Krum
- Hazel Larpenteur
- Catherine Lingas
- Priscilla Wold Longfield
- Laura Luthi
- Christine McClave
- Marcella McGee’
- Lora R. Meyer
- Austin Moller
- Ginny Morthland
- Katy Neill
- Karen Nelson
- Anne Noall
- Susan Palmiter
- Lynne Parker
- Sandy Patchin
- Carol Petersen
- Jeanette Pippin
- Dana Plautz
- Lee Ragen
- Diane Redd
- Debby Rhoades
- Daneal Louise Richards
- Mary Roberts
- Traci Rossi
- Jeannie Santos
- Molly Schank
- Laurie Pickett Schulte
- Elinor Shanklin
- Kimberlee Sheng
- Rita Silen
- B.J. Simmons
- Barbara Spence
- Molly Spencer
- Carrie Stevens
- Christy Stockton
- Sue Sullivan
- Chris Swanson
- Gale Swanson
- Jeanne Teisher
- Mary Kay Tetreault
- Deborah Thomas
- Julie Vigeland
- Sue Walcutt
- Beth Warner
- Megan Wentworth
- Cheryl Wideman
- Barbara Wilkinson
- Janet Williamson
- Kathleen Wilson
- Kathy Wilson
- Lynda Wonacott
- Sonia Worcel
- Charlene Zidell
- Marilyn Zook