Board of Directors
Kay D. Toran, President and CEO
Since joining Volunteers of America Oregon in 1999, Kay Toran has provided overall leadership and strategic direction for the agency. Her chief goal is to increase the community’s awareness of our mission to improve the lives of Oregon’s children, families, and seniors, while ensuring ongoing high-quality services.
Kay received her Bachelors degree from the University of Portland and Masters of Social Work degree from Portland State University. She serves as a board member for the Oregon Community Foundation, Providence Health and Services, and University of Portland Board of Regents.
Mary Kay Tetreault, Board Chair
Mary Kay Tetreault is Provost Emerita, Portland State University and has extensive administrative experience in universities in Oregon and California. She has written or co-authored numerous scholarly books, articles and technical reviews related to diversifying universities and public schools by gender, race, and class.
She serves on the board of directors for the Artist's Repertory Theater in Portland and was previously a Commissioner of Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities.
Carmen Gaston, Secretary
Carmen
Gaston is the Director of Alumni Relations at the University of
Portland where she provides leadership for the Alumni Relations
division. Her main focus is to build and cultivate relationships with
the University’s alumni, parents, and constituents all over the world.
Major projects include the University’s annual Reunion and hosting
guests such as former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and Supreme
Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Carmen received her Bachelor of Arts
degree from the University of Portland and her Juris Doctorate from
Creighton University School of Law. She is a member of the Downtown
Portland Rotary and serves as an Adjunct Professor in the University of
Portland’s School of Business.
Greg Rickman, Treasurer
Greg Rickman, Senior Vice President, US Bank is a 25-year veteran of the bank where he currently manages a lending team in the Oregon Commercial Banking Division.
He currently serves on the board of directors for the March of Dimes, and is a former board member with Oregon Mentors and St. Vincent De Paul. Greg graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in finance.
Barbara Brainard, Director
Barbara Brainard is a Partner with Stoel Rive LLP and represents private and public employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including class actions, wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley and OSHA whistleblower charges, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs systemic cases and affirmative action compliance reviews, and administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and Washington Labor and Industries Department of Labor wage/hour compliance agencies.
Barbara’s clients include Fortune 500 manufacturing companies, retailers, technology companies, forest product companies, construction and supply defense contractors and sub-contractors, hospital and health care institutions, agricultural companies and educational institutions.
Barbara is listed in Best Lawyers in America and selected as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Labor & Employment)
Along with serving as a board of director with VOA Oregon since 2001, Barbara also serves as a board of director for Resource Media and is the Chair of Oregon alumni Admissions Committee – Middlebury College in Vermont. Barbara has a J.D. from Willamette University College of Law and a B.A. from Rutgers University.
Andrae Brown, Director
Andraé Brown, Ph.D., is an assistan
t professor at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, co-director of Affinity Counseling Group , and board member for the Council on Contemporary Families. Dr. Brown earned his B.S. in psychology at Elizabeth City State University, his M.Ed. in school counseling at the University of Maryland, and his Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy at Seton Hall University.
Dr. Brown’s research agenda focuses on the development of treatment modalities that use the social ecology of families, schools and communities to address trauma, violence and substance abuse.
Recently, Dr. Brown has worked to promote violence-free living by engaging communities of faith—with a focus on men, boys, and faith healers—is a culturally relevant prevention effort that addresses the intersections of oppression experienced by communities of color.
Jamieson Grabenhorst, Director
Jamieson Grabenhorst is a Financial Advisor with CGC Financial Services LLC, an investment securities firm specializing in investment management and retirement planning.
Jamieson’s career in finance began while he was still in college. After several years at Pearson Financial, he left to help form CGC Financial Services LLC. Jamieson is equally committed to giving back to his community and he has been involved with organizations including Friends of the Children, Junior League of Portland, Medical Teams International, Trillium Family Services, LifeWorks Northwest, and Bradley-Angle House. He is a member of the Ambassador Board of New Avenues for Youth.
A native of eastern Oregon, Jamieson majored in Finance at Washington State University. He enjoys the outdoors, tennis, and visiting family and friends around the northwest.
Ron Hall, Director
Ron Hall is a Vocational/Transitions Coordinator at David Douglas School District. He received his M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling, San Francisco State University and a B.S. in Community Service and Public Affairs, University of Oregon.
Ron's community involvement includes serving as president and board member of Lambert House Adult Day Care, a board member of Lambert Friends Ministries and president and board member of the Oregon Association of Vocational Special Needs Personnel. He has served on the Volunteers of America Oregon board since July 1999.
Earl Hines, Director
Earl serves as President and CEO of Hines Warner Wealth Management. Earl is a respected public speaker and author, and has been featured as an investment and financial planning expert on SeekingAlpha.com and in Medicine in Oregon, a publication of the Oregon Medical Association. His first book, Fearless Retirement, was published in 2009. Prior to co-founding Hines Warner, Earl worked for Intel Corporation and IBM Corporation for over 17 years, serving in a variety of executive management roles spanning research, product development, marketing and sales. From 2000 to 2011, Earl was an active volunteer for CASA for Children, a non-profit serving the interests of abused and neglected children in Multnomah and Washington County, and most recently served on its Board of Directors as President. Earl graduated with a B.S. in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 1993.
Adrienne Livingston, Director
A native Oregonian, Adrienne Livingston received her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, International Business and International Studies from Oregon State University and her Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies from Western Seminary. She is the Executive Director of the Black United Fund of Oregon. Ms. Livingston has over a ten year history working with the Black United Fund of Oregon.
Adrienne is bilingual in Spanish and English and has traveled to and or lived in numerous countries including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Denmark, Mexico, Canada, Dominican Republic, Lebanon and India. While living in the Dominican Republic for two years, she worked at the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic.
She is a current board member of the Portland Children’s Levy and is a Class XXV with the American Leadership Forum of Oregon.
Sunny Radcliffe, Director
Sania “Sunny” Radcliffe is the Director of PGE Government Affairs and oversees Portland General Electric’s (PGE) federal, regional state and local government policy matters. Ms. Radcliffe's responsibilities include public policy development and analysis relating to a variety of government entities, including the Oregon Legislature and the U.S. Congress.
In her 10 years with PGE, she has provided leadership in developing and executing successful public policy positions on behalf of customers, employees, shareholders and the community. She previously held the position of supervisor of Federal & Regional Relations at PGE and prior to that role, was a federal and regional policy specialist at PGE. She also worked as a law clerk in PGE's Legal department. Ms. Radcliffe also served as general counsel for the Tree of Life Adoption Center and was the executive director of Oregon Women Lawyers.
Sunny serves on the board of the Northwest Energy Coalition and volunteers with the Portland Symphonic Girl Choir. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Washington and a law degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College.
Dave Underriner, Director
Dave Underriner is Chief Executive Officer Portland for Providence Health & Services. His career in healthcare administration spans two decades and earned him numerous awards including the Providence Health System Oregon Region Diversity Leadership Award and the Ethics in Business Award from Samaritan Counseling Center.
He currently sits on several boards including Janus Youth Programs. Trillium Family Services, Our House of Portland, and others. Dave earned a master's degree in health service administration from the University of Washington. Married to wife Barbara, they have two children, Julie, 19 and Michael, 15.
Bruce Warner, Director
Bruce Warner has over 30 years of directorial experience in a broad range of public works, public administration, economic development, land-use, and transportation-related positions. He is President of Warner Group, LLC and previously held positions as the Interim City Manager of the City of Hillsboro, Executive Director of the Portland Development Commission, Director of the Oregon Department of Transportation and Chief Operating Officer at Metro.
He is a board member of WorkSystems and the Construction Apprenticeship Workforce System and is a member of the American Public Works Association. A Registered Professional Civil Engineer, Bruce holds a BSCE from the University of Washington and completed graduate studies in sanitary engineering at the University of Washington.
Stephen Wright, Director
Steve Wright has spent 30 years working for the federal government in Washington DC and in Portland. He has been active in issues surrounding electricity production in the Pacific Northwest particularly with respect to seeking to promote economic and environmental health. He has worked extensively with the Pacific Northwest Congressional delegation. In 2008, he was awarded the distinguished level of the Presidential Rank Award, the highest award a civilian federal employee can receive. He and his wife Kathleen have three kids and live in Portland.
Grant Yoshihara, Director
Grant Yoshihara is Director, Utility Services, Northwest Natural. He holds a B.S. and MS. degree in Engineering, from Oregon State University and an MBA from University of Oregon.
Grant is actively involved in community service and the development of community-business partnerships.
He is a board member and vice chair of Japan American Society of Oregon, and is a current board member and past president of Community Vision of Oregon, as well as a senior fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Grant has served on the Volunteers of America Oregon board since June 2002, including as Board Chair.
Alfred J. Zindel, Director
Alfred J. Zindel is Executive Vice President of Dennis Uniform Manufacturing Company in Portland, Oregon. Al holds a B.A. degree in mathematics from Washington State University. Since graduating, he completed executive management courses at Harvard Business School and Darden Business School at University of Virginia.
Prior to a career in the apparel industry, he taught secondary school for three years and coached football and basketball. Al and his wife Dot have four grown children and two grandchildren. As parents, they were very active in public school related activities and fundraising.