Board of Trustees

CLF's Board of Trustees is elected annually by the core member organizations. Terms of service are two years long, and staggered so half of the board is elected each year. A majority of our board members must represent member organizations, and the board represents the diversity of the Coalition.

Jo Ann Bowman, Member at Large
Darlene Carlson, Member at Large
Leslie Carlson, Member at Large
Felisa Hagins, SEIU Local 49
Mary Anne Harmer, Member at Large
Mary Kyle McCurdy, 1000 Friends of Oregon
Martha McLennan, Northwest Housing Alternatives
John Mullin, Social Services of Clackamas County Inc.
Marcus Mundy, Member at Large
Bob Sallinger, Audubon Society of Portland
Joseph Santos-Lyons, OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon

Staff

Because the majority of our policy work is carried out by our members, CLF maintains a small staff to coordinate the coalition.

Ron Carley,  Executive Director, ron@clfuture.org
Ron joined the CLF staff in 2007 after serving as a founding steering committee member and board member since 1994. Prior to joining the staff, Ron worked for the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services where he oversaw a stormwater management grants program. For 12 years, he worked for the Audubon Society of Portland as its Urban Conservationist.

Mara Gross, Policy Director, mara@clfuture.org

Mara has more than a decade of political and social policy advocacy experience, and has practiced law in the nonprofit, government and private sectors.  Much of her work at Coalition for a Livable Future focuses on multi-sector advocacy and coalition building, including promoting smart, equitable transportation policy.  Mara is a graduate of UC Berkeley School of Law, Boalt Hall, and of Wellesley College.

Kathy's background is in non-profit community health, where she had the honor of serving as the director of a non-profit health clinic for many years.  In addition to her work with CLF, she is studying Spanish and volunteering to help Vancouver second graders learn to read and facilitate a Multnomah County Library conversation session for English language learners in east county.

Irene Schwoeffermann, Program Coordinator, irene@clfuture.org
Irene recently returned to the Portland region from Washington, DC, where she worked for national non-profit organizations and on Capitol Hill. A graduate of Howard University, Irene's personal and professional experience includes community activism, electoral mobilization, public policy and political strategy. In addition to working at CLF, Irene is a member of the Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., where she assists with the June Key Delta Community Center.