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 2021-2022 Year End Report
Click here to see the Board Roles and Responsibilities Assessment

Officers and Board of Directors - July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

Elizabeth Bell (Corvallis) President	Diana Gordon (Portland) President-Elect	Anne Jarvis (Portland) Past President	Gretchen Sturm (Portland) Secretary
Mary Strickler (Portland) Treasurer	Lara Ogg (Portland) Co-VP Communications	Aletha Anderson (Portland) Co-VP Communications	Sharon Hewitt (Bend) VP Governance & Nominating
Nancy Haigwood (Portland) Co-VP Member Relations	Kenda Singer (Eugene) Co-VP Member Relations	Beth McQueston (Portland) Co-VP Philanthropy	Anne Zubko (Portland) Co-VP Philanthropy
Rachel Dresbeck (Portland) Co-VP Program	Jamie Brown (Portland) Co-VP Program	Gretchen Engbring (Corvallis) Co-VP Scholar Relations	Kathie Lasater (Washougal, WA) Co-VP Scholar Relations
Meleah Ashford (Corvallis) Co-VP University Relations	Janine Salwasser (Corvallis) Co-VP University Relations	Kris Anderson (Portland) Member-at-Large	Shea Steingass (Corvallis) Member-at-Large

Standing Committees

Chair, Annual Scholar Event	Julie Branford
Nominating Committee 2022-2023

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, 2022 - June 30, 2023

Caron Ogg	National President; Chair, Executive Committee; Chair, All Member Conference; Co-Chair, Evaluation
Aletha Anderson	Chair, Communications and Marketing; Chair, Editorial Planning Commmittee; Member, Information Strateigies Committee
Joan Foley	Co-Chair, University Relations
Julie Branford	Council of Presidents' Representative; Chair, Governance; Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Susan Smith	Co-Chair, Long Range Planning; Council of Advisors
Anne Jarvis	Co-Chair, Collaboration Networks; Member, Long Range Planning Committee

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

Elizabeth Bell, Council of Presidents; Member Finance Committee
Jean Josephson, Council of Advisors; Member, University Relations Committee
Jamie Anderson, Member, Information Strategies Committee
Meleah Ashford, Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Beth McQueston, Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 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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