Sara Sheets, LCSW, MSW
Qualifications:

• Licensed clinical social worker, masters of social work
• Founder of Multiracial Family Resource Center
• Mental health therapist for families including adoptive families for 20+ years
• Certified adoptive families therapist
• Previous experience as a psychiatric hospital social worker
• Previous experience as a state certified mental health examiner for Oregon courts
• Previous experience as a pediatric renal transplant social worker
• Previous experience as a school social worker
• Twenty four years as an adoptive parent of an internationally adopted child
• Grandparent of a biracial child

      Average Hours Worked:  20 hours a week
      Duties:  Board President; Events Coordinator, Volunteer Coordinator, Group
                   Facilitator

Michael G. Terpstra, PhD
Qualifications:

• PhD in Human and Organizational Systems
• Board member Oregon Council on Multiracial Affairs
• Prior experience as program director nursing services
• Prior experience as nursing clinical manager
• Prior experience as Christian education director
• Former board member Northern California nursing research network
• Prior experience as high school teacher in Micronesia
• Grandparent of three biracial children

      Average Hours Worked:  10 hours a week
      Duties:  Board Vice President; Web Master; Reference and Referral Database
                   Coordinator


Karla Signs
Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts in Communication
• Field representative for EE program
• Previous experience as volunteer coordinator for the Community Language and Culture Bank
• Previous experience in public relations for Americorp
• Previous experience in public relations for the American Cancer Society

           Average Hours Worked:  8-10 hours a week
           Duties:  Board Secretary, Public Relations; Produce and
                        Distribute Newsletter

Kari Garza-Spier
Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts in Finance
• Secondary mortgage specialist
• Former treasurer of Pacific Islanders Club, Portland State University
• International adoptee
• Mother of biracial child

Average Hours Worked:  8 hours a month
Duties:  Treasurer


Barbara Timoner Camp
Qualifications:

• Master of Arts in Psychology
• Completed all course work for PhD in Psychology
• Former Research assistant California State University, L.A.
• Former Psychologist UCLA department of psychiatry
• Former Sepulveda Veterans Hospital clinical psychologist
• Former American Lake Veterans Hospital clinical psychologist
• Former State of California youth authority clinical psychologist
• Former clinical psychologist volunteer for Washington State Parole Board
• Former Washington State Prison Reform Coalition volunteer
• Board Member of the Portland Community Music Center
• Plays cello in the Beaverton Chamber Orchestra, Beaverton, Oregon

Average Hours Worked:  8 hours a month
Duties:  Board Member; Adolescent Program Development Consultant


Brook Boden
Qualifications:

• Master of Arts in Education
• Special Education Teacher Bucharest, Romania
• Former Special Education Teacher, Portland Public School, Portland, OR.
• Former Special Education Teacher Pacific Academy Day Treatment, Beaverton, Oregon
• Alternative Education Teacher, Learning Support Program, Beaverton Public Schools, Beaverton, OR.
• Developer and Producer of  Multiethnic Cooking Video

Average Hours Worked:  4 hours a month
Duties:  Board Member; Education Program Consultant



Dorothy Sermol
Qualifications:

• Masters in Speech Communications with an emphasis on intercultural communication
• Some work toward Ph.D.       
• 35 year teaching career
• Founder and Owner of Intercultural Communication Solutions for 25 years
• Professor at Portland State University, Portland, OR
• Former professor of intercultural communications at Linfield College, Linfield, Oregon
• Former professor of intercultural and interpersonal communications and leadership skills for women at Marylhurst College, Portland, Oregon
• Introduced the field of intercultural communication to Mt. Hood Community College, Portland, Oregon
• Received a degree in voice from the Royal Academy of Music in London, England
• Represented Scotland in the Edinburough International Music Festival,
• Sang with the San Francisco Golden Gate Opera for five years
• Internationally critically acclaimed soprano in the United States and England
• Sang in multiple well known venues in the United States, Europe and Japan

Average Hours Worked:  10 hours a month
Duties:  Board Member, Education Program Development Consultant.