Oregon’s Kitchen Table Project Teams
Each Oregon’s Kitchen Table brings a set of unique needs and characteristics, depending on the topic, the scope, and the impacted communities. For each project, we assemble a project team that includes OKT staff as well as people with different skills and expertise that will meet project and community needs. We often work with a team of multilingual and multicultural facilitators, community organizers, translators, interpreters, graphic designers, student interns, and PSU faculty and staff. Many of our partners and consultants have been part of OKT teams for many years and on many projects.
Oregon’s Kitchen Table Staff
Wendy Willis (she/her)
Director
Wendy Willis (she/her) is the founding director of Oregon’s Kitchen Table, which puts her in the catbird seat to witness Oregonians from all walks of life bring their passion, creativity, and determination to the issues that affect the people and places we love.
Sarah Giles (she/her)
Project Manager
Sarah is one of the founding Oregon’s Kitchen Table team members and now serves as an OKT Project Manager. She began working for Portland State University as a program coordinator for the National Policy Consensus Center in 2007, primarily focusing on national projects to support state efforts across the country that advance collaborative governance.
Eliot Feenstra (he/they)
Project Manager
Eliot Feenstra is a long-time community organizer, facilitator, performer, teacher, poet, and gardener. He grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and currently lives and works in rural southwestern Oregon.