Oregon Humanities

Dave Allen

Dave Allen is the co-founder of Fight, the president and co-founder of Pampelmoose, and the bass player of Gang of Four.

Jesse Beason

Jesse Beason is the executive director of Proud Ground.

Jon Broderick

Jon Broderick is a commercial fisherman, the cofounder of the Fisher Poets Gathering, and an English teacher at Seaside High School.

CaroleZoom

CaroleZoom is a printmaker, photographer, and community organizer, and serves as the board co-chair for the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation for social justice.

Sharnissa Clemons

Sharnissa Clemons is a graduate of Oregon Humanities’ Humanity in Perspective program.

Toody and Fred Cole

Toody & Fred Cole are musicians in the bands Dead Moon and Pierced Arrows.

Lyn Craig

Lyn Craig is the executive director of Libraries of Eastern Oregon.

Katherine Deumling

Katherine Deumling is the Northwest regional governor of Slow Food.

Randy Gragg

Randy Gragg is the editor of Portland Monthly.

David Gutterman

David Gutterman is professor of politics at Willamette University and an Oregon Humanities board member.

Shayla Hason

Shayla Hason is Portland-based artist, photographer and musician.

Lawson Inada

Lawson Inada is the Poet Laureate of Oregon.

Ian Jaquiss

Ian Jaquiss is Basketball Outreach Director for the Portland Trail Blazers.

John Jay

John Jay is executive creative director of Wieden + Kennedy and principal of Studio J.

Kristan Kennedy

Kristan Kennedy is the visual art program director for the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.

Thomas Lauderdale

Thomas Lauderdale is a pianist, and founder and artistic director of Pink Martini.

Paloma Medina

Paloma Medina is an artist, activist and health worker who most recently was clinic administrator for Outside In.

Julia Oh

Julia Oh is a copywriter at Wieden + Kennedy.

Norma Paulus

Norma Paulus is a former Oregon secretary of state, superintendent of public schools, and director of the Oregon Historical Society.

Andrew Proctor

Andrew Proctor is the executive director of Literary Arts.

Peter Rock

Peter Rock is the author of five novels and a collection of stories; he teaches writing at Reed College.

Pancho Savery

Pancho Savery is professor of English and humanities at Reed College, and teaches in Oregon Humanities’ Humanity in Perspective program.

Robyn Tenenbaum & Kate Sokoloff

Robyn Tenenbaum and Kate Sokoloff are co-creators and producers of Live Wire! Radio.

Tom Spanbauer

Tom Spanbauer is a teacher and the author of four novels.

Sika Stanton

Sika Stanton is a photographer and artist, though she hesitates to call herself that.

Tonisha Toler

Tonisha Toler works in the grants program for the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Thom Walters

Thom Walters is a Portland-based organizational strategist and catalyst working at the intersection of business, art, and culture.

Rich Wandschneider

Rich Wandschneider is the founding director of Fishtrap and an Oregon Humanities board member.

Wim Wiewel

Wim Wiewel is the president of Portland State University.

Elizabeth Woody

Elizabeth Woody is an artist and author of three books.

Elliot Young

Elliot Young is a professor of history at Lewis & Clark College and Oregon Humanities’ Conversation Project scholar-facilitator.