Colt GillOSLC Board Community MemberSend an e-mail. Colt Gill is the superintendent of Bethel School District in Eugene. Colt tries to make a difference in children’s lives: As a school district administrator, he is focused on improving school leadership and supporting instruction in the classroom so all students can achieve at high levels and realize success in the community after graduating with an Oregon Diploma. Colt grew up in Lane County, attending Springfield Public Schools and Lane Community College and earning degrees in elementary education and education policy management at the University of Oregon (UO). He has been an educator for 22 years, serving as a teacher, principal, district technology director, curriculum and instruction director, assistant superintendent, and now superintendent. Colt focuses on statewide leadership and policy issues by serving as an appointed advisor to the Oregon State Board of Education. He also participates as an elected Zone Director to the Oregon Association of School Executives, as an elected member of the Oregon Funding Coalition Steering Committee, and as an appointed member of the Oregon Leadership Network Steering Committee. Locally, Colt serves as an adjunct professor at the UO, teaching a number of classes including Advanced Curriculum Design and Delivery, Instructional Technology Integration, and modules for the Initial Administrative Licensure Program. In the community, Colt serves on the Executive Board of United Way of Lane County, chairing their thriving Success by 6 and Promise Neighborhood initiatives focused on the innovative Promise Neighborhood Campaign. He also volunteers locally on the Boards of the Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth and Health Policy Research Northwest, focusing on the well‐being of our community’s youth. Colt was a volunteer coach for his son’s KidSports soccer team for nine years. Gordon Nagayama Hall, Ph.D.OSLC Board Vice - PresidentSend an e-mail Gordon Nagayama Hall, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Clinical Area of the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. He is interested in the cultural influences on psychological problems. He has found that concern about cultural norms helps prevent sexual aggression among Asian American men. Dr. Hall is currently investigating the effectiveness with Asian Americans of psychological treatments that are established for other groups. He is also interested in gene mapping approaches to genetic and cultural factors implicated in antisocial behavior. Dr. Hall served on the IRB from 2003-2004 when, at that time, he joined the Board of Directors. Kip LeonardOSLC Board Community MemberSend an e-mail Kip is a Eugene native. He was appointed to the District Court in 1986 and to the Circuit Court in 1989. As a District Court Judge, he instituted a program for early resolution of cases that has been replicated in other counties. He served as Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court from 1996 to 2000 and is currently the Juvenile Court Judge, hearing all juvenile delinquency and dependency cases. In Juvenile Court, he recently began the state’s first Juvenile Drug Court. He has served as Chair of the Lane County Public Safety Coordinating Council, a member of the Domestic Violence Council, and a board member of the Boys and Girls Club and is active with community sports programs for youth. Susan Miller, J.D.OSLC Board Community Member, Secretary/TreasurerSend an e-mail. Sue Miller, J.D., is the mother of four children and grandmother of five, nearly all of whom live in the Eugene-Springfield area. She has practiced law for almost 29 years. She and her late husband, Dick, enjoyed camping and fishing. She enjoys travel and will be attending a family wedding in India this winter. Edward OlivosOSLC Board Community Member,Send an e-mail. Edward M. Olivos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Studies, as well as the Department Head, at the University of Oregon. Edward’s research is focused on Latinos and education, specifically the impact immigration, language, parent involvement, and school climate have on this community’s success in schools. Edward has worked at all levels of education, having spent 10 years as a bilingual elementary school teacher in San Diego and the last seven as a tenure-line professor in higher education. As Head of the Department of Education Studies, he is responsible for budgetary, curriculum, and personnel decisions that affect the department. He is also active across the University serving on steering committees, search committees, and advisory boards. Rosie PryorOSLC Board Community Member,Send an e-mail. Rosie Pryor is Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Oregon Community Credit Union. She has over 35 years of experience in marketing, communications, and strategic business planning. Prior to joining the Credit Union, she was Director of Marketing and Strategic Planning at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield and she worked in municipal government from 1985 to 2000 (first at the City of Eugene and then as Director of Communications and Public Affairs for the City of Springfield). Rosie has served eight years on the Lane Workforce Partnership Board of Directors. In June 2010, she was appointed by Governor Kulongoski to the Oregon Workforce Investment Board. In 2011, Rosie was elected to the Lane Community College Board of Education. She also serves on the LCC Foundation Board. Rosie has a B.S. Degree in Journalism and a M.S. in Education Administration from the University of Oregon.
Elizabeth (Liz) RogersOSLC Board MemberSend an e-mail. Liz is currently the senior Information Technology professional at the Symantec site in Springfield, which employs approximately 1,100 people. In her role as Director of IT Strategic Planning and Compliance, Liz has responsibility for overseeing the allocation of over $300 million in annual IT funds and has instituted a set of global processes to ensure the effective management of the organization's resources, budget, project portfolio and regulatory compliance requirements. William H. Sack, M.D.OSLC Board Community MemberSend an e-mail. William H. Sack, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), served as director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry from 1974 to his retirement in 1997. He began his career in medicine as a Lt. Commander for the U.S. Public Health Service in 1963 where he practiced in the Division of Indian Health in Montana. In 1969, he became an instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard University-Massachusetts General Hospital until 1973 when he moved west to become Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at OHSU. He was appointed as Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics in 1977, and in 1985, Professor of Psychiatry. Over the course of his long career, Dr. Sack has consulted widely and participated extensively in many professional and community activities. He is an energetic researcher and has published prolifically in the fields of psychiatric disorders among Native American children and adolescents and the longitudinal effects of childhood trauma on Cambodian adolescent refugees. He continues to pursue research interests in retirement, treats private patients, and consults as a forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist. Patricia SheppardOSLC Board Community MemberSend an e-mail. Patricia Sheppard, is married, has two children, one grandchild and another on the way, yahoo!! She is the co-founder and long time director of Educational Environments, Inc., a private preschool and kindergarten established in Eugene in 1969, whose foundation was premised on behavior learning theory. She retired in 2003, and the school is still going strong. Mrs. Sheppard is currently the chair of two other non-profit boards, the Northwest Youth Corps, and Educational Environments, Inc. She has been a hospice volunteer since 2003 for Cascade Hospice, formerly McKenzie-Willamette Hospice. She has a B.S. degree, magma cum laude, from the University of Oregon. She loves the rivers and mountains of the Northwest, and skiing, hiking and whitewater rafting. Travel to warm tropical climates during the winter is currently a high priority. Sam Vuchinich, Ph.D.OSLC Board Community Member - PresidentSend an e-mail. Sam Vuchinich, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at Oregon State University. His current research interests focus on family influences on the development of mental health disorders in childhood and adolescence. Most of his work has been related to conduct disorders in ages 10 through 16. He is developing grant proposals on programs for the prevention of late-onset conduct disorder in at-risk adolescents. He is particularly interested in comparing the unique contributions of child, parent, and family components to such prevention programs using multilevel models. Dana M. WeinsteinOSLC Board Community MemberSend an e-mail. Dana M. Weinstein earned her J.D. from the University of Oregon Law School in 1979. She has had a continuous private practice in Eugene since 1980 with emphasis on Family and Juvenile law and has been a Pro Tem Circuit Court Judge since 1993. Over the years, she has represented many clients involved in OSLC and OCP programs and has requested services for clients from OSLC and OCP as she felt these services were among the best available resources. Dana has served on the boards of many organizations, including Lane County Legal Aid (President for 10 years), Right to Privacy PAC, Temple Beth Israel, and Jewish Federation of Lane County. She has also presented at Oregon State Bar continuing education meetings.
Jackie Bruce, Ph.DOSLC Research Scientist RepresentativeSend an e-mail. Dr. Bruce received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Rochester and her Ph.D. in Child Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She is a Research Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center and Center for Research to Practice. Her research focuses on the impact of early adverse experiences (e.g., child maltreatment and multiple caregiver disruptions) on the development of young children. She is particularly interested in the development of inhibitory control, or the ability to voluntarily regulate one’s attention and behavior to meet the demands of different situations. Dr. Bruce’s research is also concerned with the biological processes involved with Julia RichardsOSLC Staff RepresentativeSend an e-mail. Julia began working at OSLC in 2005 as an Assessor for LIFT. Over the years, she has worked for other grants, including PCS, LYFE-II, and the CUPS Pilot Project. She is currently the Data Manager for Family R&R and The HOME Project. Julia grew up in California’s San Fernando Valley back when orange groves covered the land. She studied music, and later, creative writing at San Diego State University. In the early 90’s, she moved to Corvallis, and completed her BA in Behavioral Science (Emphasis on Aging) at Oregon State University.
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Over 250 StaffOver 250 staff work at the Center, including research scientists, clinical psychologists, family interventionists, parent educators, statisticians, computer programmers, observers, interviewers, and support staff.
Past PresidentsSam Vuchinich, Ph.D. Kenneth Merrell, PhD. Hill M. Walker, Ph.D. Richard A. Littman, Ph.D. Patricia Sheppard
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