Have you participated in a Peace Walk yet? If not, there are periodic Peace Walks where the community joins together in a Salem neighborhood to walk the area and demonstrate peace, solidarity, and to care for our neighborhoods.
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First and foremost, I get to be Aaron’s wife. We have two boys, Andrew & Jonathan, and they don’t fall far from our tree: they love reading, music, adventures and laughter. I originally came to Salem (from Kauai, HI then Pacific City, OR) to study and play at Willamette… and I haven’t left this great city! My undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Exercise Science and teaching, and while I use them seldomly, the Willamette experience has been invaluable. I held a teaching position at Stephens Middle School (2003) for 10 wonderful years before I “retired” to do youth ministry and media work at Calvary Chapel Salem (2013). From there, I transitioned to Salem Leadership Foundation (2017). My work as CaN Centers Coordinator at SLF is continually widening my view of this incredible city, the churches and brothers & sisters that serve it, and the one true God who loves everyone.
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Kris has worked in education for 36 years as a science teacher, coach and administrator. She recently retired and is working part-time supporting Stephens Middle School. Kris has served as a church youth leader, Young Life leader, and Vacation Bible School director and currently worships at Our Savior’s Lutheran. She and husband Jeff reside in South Salem while their two daughters, Kara and Hannah, live in Portland and Pensacola respectively. Kris enjoys hiking, running, skiing, golfing, reading, traveling and entertaining.
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Lana was born in Salem and attended Sprague High School. As a missionary-kid, she assumed she would call any place besides Salem “home,” but here she is, back in a town that she’s grown to love deeply. Lana attended Asbury University in Kentucky and fell in love with and married a boy that she met there named Chris. She joined a municipal insurance company before their story took them from Kentucky to Serbia, Belgium, and then to Germany for Chris’ job. Chris and Lana’s boy/girl twins (Maks and Lorelei) were born in Germany before work brought the family back to Kentucky for a 6-year stint. As fate would have it, Lana’s family moved back to Salem to be close to family. (Her only parenting hack is to live close to grandparents.) Lana now works for the Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties in the Resource Development Department, and she loves it.
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Glen is retired from pastoring the Oak Park Church of God for over 27 years. He and his wife, LaRene, have two children, Aimee and John, both graduates of McKay High School, where Aimee is now a math teacher; and eight grandchildren, including four currently in the Salem-Keizer school district. He loves how SLF has so beautifully brought people of faith and good-will together to have such a positive impact in so many ways in the greater Salem community.
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Ryan is the owner and principal attorney at Collier law, a small firm focusing on Wills, Trusts, and Probate. Ryan and his wife Holly have three sons and live in the Wright neighborhood of South Salem. Ryan has been a board member since 2001 and President twice.
Irma Coleman is in love with Salem and grateful for all the blessings that Salem has given her. From being the City of Salem’s Neighborhood Program Manager, mother of four amazing humans and wife, her days couldn’t be busier. But, she still finds time to advocate for those in need, volunteer at her church, kids’ school, and is always eager to help SLF grow. If you see Irma around town or at a community gathering, say hi! She would love to meet you.
Steve is an attorney with Sherman, Sherman, Johnnie & Hoyt, LLP where he focuses on land use, business, litigation, and election law. He and his wife Sonja have four children. They are members of Evergreen Presbyterian Church of Salem and live in the Candalaria neighborhood.
Pamela is a proud fifth generation Oregonian, as well as an eighth generation Californian. Her two sons graduated from South Salem High, where she coordinated the college and career program for five years. She still lives near South, and has attended St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church for the past fifteen years, where her husband is the priest. She serves on the Truth and Racial Reconciliation Working Group, and on the Board of Trustees, for the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon; does research for Oregon Black Pioneers; and also contributes to the blog of American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston.
Quinn is a Salem native, graduate of South Salem High School, and MBA from Willamette University. He served four years as the VP of Union Gospel Mission of Salem, followed by two years as the operations manager for a residential development company, and is now a Principal Broker with Kithkin Real Estate. He and his wife, Katy, worship at Life Church in West Salem, live in the South Gateway neighborhood, and are proudly raising their family in Oregon’s best community.
I was born and raised in Salem and am excited to be part of a team working to bring peace to our city. I graduated from McNary High School and Keizer is still my neighborhood. Wife to John. Mom to Ollie, Eli, Aliyah, and Sam. Daughter to Craig and Jane. Sister to Jamie. I have the best family! Things I love: reading, book clubs, walking my dog Clovis, sitting in the sun, camping and being outside, eating nachos, singing at church, being still, time with my family and our friends who have become family.
Kyle Dickinson is the beloved son of the One Who Holds All Things Together. He is Joy’s husband and Mia and Nathan’s dad. He has a Bachelor’s degree in International and Intercultural Communications from Sacramento State University and an MBA from George Fox University. He has also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Kyle has been a campus pastor, a small groups pastor, a development director, and a fundraising consultant. He loves to encourage, organize, and inspire people to get involved in Kingdom causes and to be generous with their time, talent, and treasure.
His favorite authors include Tim Keller, Henri Nouwen, KJ Ramsey, Brene Brown, Patrick Lencioni, Kate Bowler, Jemar Tisby, Soong-Chan Rah, and Justin McRoberts.
Kyle is a die-hard San Francisco Giants and Portland Trail Blazers fan. He loves good coffee, the Oregon coast, and fantasy football.
First and foremost, I get to be Aaron’s wife. We have two boys, Andrew & Jonathan, and they don’t fall far from our tree: they love reading, music, adventures and laughter. I originally came to Salem (from Kauai, HI then Pacific City, OR) to study and play at Willamette… and I haven’t left this great city! My undergraduate and graduate degrees are in Exercise Science and teaching, and while I use them seldomly, the Willamette experience has been invaluable. I held a teaching position at Stephens Middle School (2003) for 10 wonderful years before I “retired” to do youth ministry and media work at Calvary Chapel Salem (2013). From there, I transitioned to Salem Leadership Foundation (2017). My work as CaN Centers Coordinator at SLF is continually widening my view of this incredible city, the churches and brothers & sisters that serve it, and the one true God who loves everyone.