Officers and Directors

2021-2022 ARCS Oregon Leadership

See our 2018-2022 Oregon Chapter Long Range Plan - Goals and Strategies
See our 2020-2021 Organizational Chart
See our Board Structure
Click here to see the 2020-2021 Year End Report

Officers and Board of Directors - July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022

Anne Jarvis President	Julie Branford Past President	Elizabeth Bell President Elect	Kris Mills Secretary
Kate Joseph VP Treasurer	Lara Cunningham Co-VP Communications	Meri Taylor Co-VP Communications	Sharon Hewitt VP Governance & Nominating
Nancy Haigwood Co-VP Member Relations	Amanda Larson Co-VP Member Relations	Aletha Anderson Co-VP Philanthropy	Beth McQueston Co-VP Philanthropy
Rachel Dresbeck Co-VP Program	Jamie Brown Co-VP Program	Diana Gordon Co-VP Scholar Relations	Kathie Lasater Co-VP Scholar Relations
Kris Kern Co-VP University Relations	Meleah Ashford Co-VP University Relations	Kris Anderson Member-at-Large	Renee Gordon Member-at-Large
Cheryl Hammond Member-at-Large

Standing Committees

Co- Chairs, Virtual Fundraising Event	Judy Jendrzejewski, Mary Strickler, Anne Yoo
Long Range Plan	Sharon Hewitt, Jamie Anderson, Nancy Haigwood, Caron Ogg, Anne Yoo
Nominating Committee 2021-2022	Ann Emmerson, Nancy Haigwood, Cheryl Hammond, Elise McClure, Sue McGrath, Anne Murphy

Oregon Chapter Presidents

Front row: Leslie Workman 2008-2010; Sharon Hewitt 2004-2006; Ellen Richardson 2006-2008; Caron Ogg 2010-2012
Back row: Joan Foley 2015-2018; Julie Branford 2018-present; Aletha Anderson 2014-2015, 2017-2018; Sue McGrath 2018-2019; Jean Josephson 2012-2014

ARCS Foundation Oregon Members Serving on ARCS Foundation National Board - July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022

Caron Ogg	President
Aletha Anderson	Chair, Communications and Marketing
Joan Foley	Co-Chair, University Relations
Julie Branford	Council of Presidents' Representative; Chair, Governance

Oregon members are serving in these capacities at the National level:

Anne Jarvis, Council of Presidents, Long Range Planning Committee
Jean Josephson, Council of Advisors
Susan Smith, Council of Advisors
Jamie Anderson, member Information Strategies Committee
Kate Joseph, member Finance Committee
Meri Taylor, member Communications and Marketing Committee
Leslie Workman, member Communications and Marketing Committee

Sunil Joshi, ARCS Scholar at OHSU, Receives Soros Fellowship
Sunil Joshi is the first at OHSU to receive the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship Award. The fellowship supports outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants who are pursuing a graduate education in the United States. Sunil's research interest covers intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of drug resistance in the setting of acute myeloid leukemia. He works with Brian J. Druker, MD, a world-recognized expert in cancer.
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