Who We Are

STAFF

	Kelley Carmichael Casey, PsyD, Executive Director Kelley began her relationship with SCRAP as a volunteer in 2005. Prior to her staff position at SCRAP, she was the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Life by Design NW. She started her career life at Wieden + Kennedy, later practiced psychology and career counseling and, sparked by her volunteer experiences, found her true calling in nonprofit management. She has a Doctor of Psychology degree from George Fox University and an MA in Counseling from the University of Portland. She has a keen interest in researching, writing about and practicing creative reuse, mentoring, volunteering, aging and career development. She has contributed to several publications including The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers (Volumes 1 and 2).  She currently serves on the Reuse Alliance—Portland Chapter steering committee, ArtSmart Advisory Board and is Chapter Coordinator for the Reuse Alliance—Texas Chapter. Past involvement includes the Junk to Funk Advisory Board, SCRAP Board of Directors, Idealist Volunteer Management Advisory Board and Third Angle Music Ensemble Board of Directors. Kelley is a Certified Master Recycler, an AmeriCorps alumus and is working on her certification as a Master Reuser. She and Alyssa Kail are writing the definitive manual for start-up creative reuse centers.
	Dryden Driggers, Retail Specialist Dryden began volunteering in October 2010 after moving to Portland from Atlanta and became part of the SCRAP staff in July 2011. She has an M.A. in Humanistic Psychology from the University of West Georgia, but decided to pursue outlets other than traditional counseling. A SCRAPper since childhood, Dryden was encouraged early on to use the things that others would normally discard and turn them into new and lovely pieces. While she likes to dabble in all things creative, her favorite crafty pursuits are jewelry making, knitting and interior decorating.  Outside of SCRAP, Dryden has a small jewelry business, a regular bowling night, and also volunteers with I Heart Art: Portland and the Portland Etsy Team.
	Heather Gregory, Volunteer Coordinator Heather began volunteering at SCRAP in August 2010 and was quickly hired as the Re:Boutique intern. In May 2011, Heather became SCRAP’s volunteer coordinator. Heather received a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Texas and worked in the field for five years, but the work that she did designing straw bale and adobe homes wasn’t enough; she wanted her creativity to deeply engage her community. Heather enjoys organizing, making things for her home and being outside with her dog. She’s a born SCRAPper and loves that SCRAP is (mostly) self-sustaining.
	Alyssa Kail, Program Development Manager Alyssa began volunteering at SCRAP in October 2007. She was hired as Creative Reuse Center Manager in July 2009 and transitioned to her current role in October 2011. Alyssa has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Master Recycler. She enjoys everything fiber arts and someday would love to have a sustainable fibers farm where she would grow, process, and create with natural fibers and dyes. She also tap dances, reads avidly, and dabbles in herbal medicine. She loves SCRAP because she is a life-long reuser and maker-of-things. In other words, SCRAP is her paradise.
	Lisa LeDoux, Retail Specialist Lisa began volunteering at SCRAP in July 2010. She previously worked for Advantage Marketing and volunteered at Mill Park Elementary School, instructing art projects in a second grade classroom. Lisa has a Bachelor’s degree in Art and a Minor in Asian Art History from University of Oregon. She enjoys being creative and incorporating SCRAP materials in metal sculpture, collage, and costume making. Her favorite thing about SCRAP is the endless possibilities.
	Keri Piehl, Education Coordinator Keri helps create and present educational programming at SCRAP, like field trips, school presentations, summer camp, and more for teachers and students. She began volunteering with SCRAP in October 2007 and has been in her current position since May 2010. As a former grade school teacher, she lived the creative reuse ethos in her classroom, and while some teachers love phonics and flashcards, her niche in education was to make the most of every resource. It makes so much sense to use up every bit of everything we have and she loves helping others find new ways to do that! In her spare time, Keri enjoys taking trips to the coast to fly kites, eating delicious sandwiches, and going to garage sales to hunt for bargains.
	Elizabeth Start, Retail Specialist Elizabeth fell in love with SCRAP after relocating to Portland from Chicago in 2011. In January 2012, she began volunteering and joined SCRAP staff in May 2012. Elizabeth has a degree in Theology and is currently pursuing a second degree in Sustainability Management from DePaul University. After over nine years in the waste and recycling industry, she developed a passion for waste reduction. Elizabeth enjoys spending time with her family, reading, cooking, cake decorating, and crafting using reclaimed materials.
	Sanne Stienstra, Operations Manager Sanne manages various day-to-day happenings at SCRAP, from daily sales reporting and social media, to running the membership program and assisting with event planning. Originally from Southern California, Sanne began volunteering at SCRAP in January 2010 following graduation from Lewis & Clark College. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in English and dabbling in journalism, Sanne found solace in championing creative reuse and working to fulfill SCRAP’s mission. She became SCRAP’s events intern in October 2010 and then took her current position in April 2011. She loves to make gifts for friends and family out of reused materials and in her spare time, she enjoys reading, making enchiladas, hiking, playing soccer, and writing letters to old friends.
	Stephanie Weber, Store Manager Stephanie began volunteering at SCRAP in 2007 after she moved to Portland from Indiana. After many years in the field of horticulture, she decided to refocus on her creative side. Beyond her job at SCRAP, she also has a small craft business making toys and accessories all out of reclaimed materials. Working at SCRAP fulfills Stephanie’s desire to be environmentally responsible, feeds her creativity, and never leaves her lacking a challenge to be tackled.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

	Debbie Caselton, Chair Debbie works in Community Relations for the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services. She also serves as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Diverse and Empowered Employees of Portland (DEEP). In her spare time, Debbie enjoys crafting with reused items, especially found objects, collage, books, and cards.
	Owen William Fritts, At Large Owen is founder and president of Portland, Oregon-based SOLIDCORE, a design and fabrication firm focused on simplicity, modernity and earth responsible practices. He speaks globally on green design and trend for educational institutions, corporations and conferences. He also teaches a unique combination of awareness, team building and creativity exploration through his earthAWARE and openMOTION workshops, an initiative that takes teams of kids or adults from ideation to sketching to physically building small structures made from organic and reclaimed materials. Owen William Fritts is a renowned artist and also serves the design community as a Board Member of the Architecture and Design Museum of Los Angeles and as a graduate program mentor at The Pacific Northwest College of Art.
	Betsy Goodman, Vice Chair Elizabeth (Betsy) Goodman is a paralegal in litigation at Tonkon Torp LLP. She moved to Portland from suburban Minneapolis many years ago to attend Reed, where in her junior year her art professor almost convinced her to change her major from psychology to studio art. Extra terms and tuition aside, interest did not correlate with promise, and so she remained outside the arts world until she became a SCRAP volunteer in early 2006 and joined the SCRAP board in early 2007. Betsy is a founding member and former chair of the Tonkon Torp Sustainability Committee, a member of the Oregon Lawyers for a Sustainable Future Office Practices Committee, and a one-time Master Recycler and Eco-team Coach. Her interests include hiking, snowshoeing, cooking, reading and sustainable farming.
	Karen Shimada, At Large To Karen Shimada, giving back to the community is the single most important ingredient in giving her life meaning and purpose. She is passionate about living a conscious, adventuresome, purposeful and fun life, and is eager to begin her service as a Board Member of SCRAP. Karen’s background is in Older Adult Education and she earned a Master’s in Public Health Gerontology. Most of her “career” has been working in the nonprofit and healthcare arenas. She is currently Executive Director of Life by Design NW at Portland Community College where people in life and career transition find support, resources, and opportunities for meaningful engagement (paid and unpaid). Karen and her family lived abroad for over 15 years and made Portland their home in 2000. She enjoys hiking and being a part of the re-use movement. Karen also serves on the Board of the Jessie F. Richardson Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to global aging.
	Kate Stock, Treasurer Kate is an Oregon licensed Certified Public Accountant with nine years of progressive experience in accounting and finance, primarily in the public company sector. Kate balances her left brain career with a diversity of creative outlets and enjoys using found and recycled objects to create art that is both accessible and inspiring. Kate has a deep fondness for math and science, which often manifests through kitchen science experiments with her kids. Kate has been a SCRAP customer ever since she moved to Portland and is thrilled to be a part of the SCRAP community.