Meet Us - Board

  • Board Chair

    Dr. Keylah Boyer

    Chair

    Keylah Boyer is a second-generation Oregonian whose commitment to education and the community was instilled in her at a young age. Her maternal grandparents relocated from the South to Oregon in the 1940s during The Great Migration. Affectionately, known as Nana and Papa, they devoted their lives to building….

  • Board Secretary

    Jawan Mullen Jr.

    Secretary

    A Rose City native, Jawan Mullen has deep roots in the Portland area. He graduated from David Douglas High School in 2010, where he lettered in Football and was a prominent writer for the school’s award-winning newspaper: The Highlander.

  • Board Treasurer

    Javarr Requena

    Treasurer

    Javarr has had an interesting and varied life so far. I spent 8 years in the US Army as part of the 82nd Airborne Battalion. During that time, he was deployed to a lot of different countries and developed a love of travel and seeing new places.

  • Co-founder & Emeritus Director

    Dr. Ernest Hartzog

    Co-Founder & Emeritus Director

    After more than forty years in public and private education, Dr. Ernest Hartzog is semi-retired. He remains active as a consultant in education and in community and organizational development with his wife Marilyn. He is also involved in a number of volunteer activities…

  • Board member (In Memoriam)

    Kaeti Namba

    Emeritus Director (In Memoriam)

    Kaeti was passionate and successful in developing resources for communities and groups she could identify with. Communication was at the root of her success…