Leadership

Bill joined Outside In in 1999. His tenure with the agency has included work in human resources, information technology, data and reporting, grants administration, facilities management, capacity-building, and vendor accounts/relations. Bill is results-oriented, with a focus on continuous quality improvement agency-wide. Prior to Outside In, he achieved a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Black Studies from UC Santa Barbara, and a Master’s in Sociology from Portland State University. He gained professional experience by working and volunteering for other non-profits. When not at work, Bill enjoys socializing, running, cycling, hiking, camping, and most other (preferably outdoor) activities where he can relax.

Eva started as a volunteer at Outside In’s Employment & Education Resource Center (ERC) in 2012. Her experience running Free Write, a weekly writing workshop at the ERC, led her back to Portland State University where she got her teaching degree. She returned to Outside In as the Job Readiness Training instructor, and has since been the Lead Teacher, Employment and Education Manager, and now Youth Services Director. In her spare time, Eva enjoys sewing with her 4-year-old, working on a mystery novel, and swimming in the Sandy.

Callum draws from over 10 years of commercial banking experience working with a variety of industries. From commercial real estate and construction lending. To working with operating companies from industrial to manufacturing to food and beverage. He attended Portland State University where he received a BS in Economics.  A Pacific Northwest native, Callum has lived in Portland for more than 15 years with his wife and cats. Callum is committed to the Portland community and thus has looked to join Outside In and support their organization. In addition to Outside In, Callum is on the 2024/2025 class for Leadership Portland with the Portland Metro Chamber. Learning and participating with different organizations across the city than span the public and private sector.

Budget Strategist Oregon Health Authority Chelsea is a public health professional with a deep commitment to public policy and reproductive health. She currently works as a Budget Strategist for the State of Oregon. Originally from West Fargo, North Dakota, Chelsea began her career in behavioral health before relocating to China in 2016 to teach English. After returning to the United States, she moved to Portland to pursue a Master’s in Public Health at PSU-OHSU’s School of Public Health. Chelsea became passionate about the mission of Outside In after working at a shelter in Portland during graduate school, where she witnessed the organization’s significant impact on the community. She is dedicated to advancing and sustaining access to healthcare and other essential services.

Diana was born and raised in Nebraska, where she graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Her post-graduate training was at San Francisco General Hospital and the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center during the early years of the HIV epidemic. She specializes in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, with an emphasis on treatment of persons living with HIV.

Diversion Court Clinical Service Specialist, Multnomah County John Karp-Evans is a Diversion Court Clinical Services Specialist with Multnomah County Health Department. John has over a decade of experience working with local nonprofits, specializing in transitional housing programs for justice involved individuals. His roles have included being a Recovery Mentor, Case Manager, Supervisor, and Associate Director. 
 
He has helped develop and improve housing programs. John uses his experience of formerly being justice involved and currently in long term recovery from substance abuse, to help guide him in the work he does daily. 

Matt is a Managing Senior Education Improvement Specialist at Marzano Research, where he helps educators and policymakers use data and evidence to improve outcomes for students. Over the course of his 25-year career in education, he has been a classroom teacher, school administrator, district-level leader, and school improvement consultant. Much of that experience was spent leading alternative schools and helping young people re-engage in school and complete their education.

He is excited to return to Outside In, an organization that helped shape his career. He worked in the Education and Employment Resource Center (ERC) and led Outside In’s alternative school from 2006 to 2013. Matt has seen the impact that Outside In can have on the lives of young people and is honored to have the opportunity to contribute to Outside In’s mission as a board member.

Matt earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education at UCLA and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Methodology at the University of Oregon.

Michael considers himself a Portland native, having moved to the city with his family at just one year old. He grew up in East County during the early expansion of Portland’s eastern suburbs, with a childhood shaped by sports and close family ties.

His path eventually led to a doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University, where he focused on the emotional experience of chronic illness. Drawn by a long-standing interest in medicine, he went on to earn his medical degree from OHSU. He then completed a general surgery residency in Denver before returning home to Portland.

Michael spent 23 years with Kaiser Permanente, where, in addition to his full-time surgical practice,  he served in multiple leadership roles—including Chief of General Surgery, Vice President of Human Resources and Leadership Development, and a member of the medical group’s Board of Directors.

Today, his work is rooted in service to the community, providing medical care to Portland’s homeless population through street outreach efforts.

Stefanie is a public health and social services professional with over a decade of experience spanning child welfare, behavioral health, and healthcare operations. She has led initiatives in program design, continuous quality improvement, and program management, while maintaining client-centered practices. Stefanie’s career includes advancing permanency outcomes at the Department of Children, Youth and Families, streamlining behavioral health operations at CareOregon, and most recently, working with Oregon Health Authority’s Behavioral Health Division as a Senior Project Manager.

Theresa is elated to join the OI Board, and to be back home with her daughter and seven younger siblings. 

She has 13 years of experience as an Oregon legislative assistant and lobbying firm manager, and many years as a designer and creator of formal gowns and historically accurate period clothing. Within her years of various community involvements, closest to her heart, since 1997, she taught youth life skills and arts. Relating, hearing, incorporating humor, music, movement, and play makes learning exciting. She currently enjoys serving on the OI Client Advisory Board as well. 

Theresa’s experiences encourage her to want to finish her degree in behavioral health, focusing on recovery, chronic pain, and illnesses. In that same spirit, she hopes to lobby for legislative changes, for those in danger of or experiencing houselessness, OHP, and State expansion of recovery and Substance Use Disorder treatment programming, and domestic violence survivor assistance.