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Our Center has prioritized stakeholder-engaged research. We define stakeholder-engaged research as research led by stakeholders or led by researchers in collaboration with stakeholders. Our Center works with diverse stakeholders, from community groups to regulatory agencies. To guide our activities, our Center has pulled together a Stakeholder Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB is comprised of community organizations, OSU Extension representatives, county health and environmental health officials and non-profit representatives.
To learn more about our Board and the responsibilities of Stakeholder Advisory Board members, please review our Frequently Asked Questions.
Lisa ArkinRole: Executive Director Email: [email protected] Biography: Lisa has provided innovative policy leadership and grassroots organizing for this statewide environmental justice organization since 2006. Under her guidance, Beyond Toxics embraced the principles of diversity and equity, and adopted an anti-racist ethos to become Oregon’s first environmental justice organization. She is dedicated to placing human rights, racial and social justice at the forefront of all environmental protection and climate resiliency policies. Link to full bio |
Kaci BuhlDirector, statewide Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) Deputy Director, Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC) Deputy Director, PERC med Role: Associate Professor of Practice, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology Email: [email protected] Biography: At the state level, Kaci leads the Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) and at the national level, she co-directs the Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative (PERC). Link to full bio |
Laura CampbellRole: Community Research Program Manager Email: [email protected] Biography: Laura is the Community Research Program Manager for Community Outreach, Research, and Engagement at Oregon Health & Science University.
She leads a team that connects community organizations with resources, technical assistance, and expertise to support research-based practices and data-driven decision-making. They work to build the capacity of communities to participate in and conduct community-engaged research.
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Curtis CudeRole: Program Manager Email: [email protected] Biography: Curtis has a BS in chemistry and over 25 years of experience in environmental health, occupational health, water quality protection and information systems development. |
Jamie DonatutoRole: Environmental Health Analyst at Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Email: [email protected] Biography: Dr. Jamie Donatuto, Community Environmental Health Analyst for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, has worked for Swinomish for 22 years.
Jamie's work spans community health research and interventions, including developing climate health adaptive strategies and facilitating educational opportunities based on traditional plants and medicines. She and long-time colleague Swinomish Elder Larry Campbell developed the Indigenous Health Indicators to include definitions of Indigenous health that are not acknowledged in conventional health assessments
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Bill EmmingerRole: Region 1 Vice President Email: [email protected] |
David FarrerRole: Toxicologist Email: [email protected] Biography: David Farrer has a PhD in toxicology from the University of Rochester and did post-doctoral fellowship with Oregon State University. He has been a toxicologist with the Oregon Health Authority’s Environmental Public Health section for almost 15 years helps people and communities understand health risks associated with exposure to environmental chemicals where they live, work, learn, and play. |
Veronica IrvinRole: Associate Professor, Celia Strickland Austin and G. Kenneth Austin III Endowed Professor in Public Health Email: [email protected] Biography: Dr. Veronica Irvin's experience spans more than 15 years and she uses a community-engaged approach to develop, implement and evaluate behavior change programs across a comprehensive list of health priorities (e.g., smoking, nutrition, physical activity, cancer screening, safe drinking water). Link to full bio |
Jeff JenkinsNational Pesticide Information Center Role: Professor Email: [email protected] Biography: Jeff's current research activities include field studies to examine the impact of pesticide use on air and water quality, studies designed to investigate human and wildlife exposure as a result of pesticide use in both agricultural and urban settings, studies which investigate how sub-lethal exposures effect fitness and survival, and studies that may assist in the development of technologies that mitigate adverse human and environmental impacts. Link to full bio |
Kathleen JohnsonRole: Community Environmental Health Sr. Program Coordinator Email: [email protected] Biography: Kathleen has been working in local public health for the past 5 years developing health protective policies and programs related to climate change, air quality and land use planning and transportation.
Prior to working in local government, Kathleen worked for a non-profit that advocates for state wide public health policy and the increase of resources to local public health to support healthy communities across Oregon.
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Lauren KraemerRole: Associate Professor of Practice Email: [email protected] Biography: Lauren Kraemer, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Practice in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences with Oregon State University Extension Service. Lauren’s research interests include chronic disease prevention through nutrition and physical activity education, as well as the development of policies, systems, and environmental shifts to improve the social determinants of health. Link to full bio |
Oralia MendezRole: Manager, Workforce Development & Community Programs Email: [email protected] Biography: Oralia received her bachelor's and MPH in Health Management and Policy from OSU. She is originally from Nyssa in Eastern Oregon. Link to full bio |
Annette MillsRole: Facilitator/Director Email: [email protected] Biography: Annette grew up in a village outside of Chicago and in suburban Los Angeles. She has degrees from Stanford University and Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California. Link to full bio |
Mary PevetoRole: Executive Director Email: [email protected] Biography: Mary Peveto (she/hers) co-founded Neighbors for Clean Air in 2010 to ensure cleaner air for all Oregonians. She activated friends, neighbors and people throughout our region to work for stricter standards to regulate air toxics in Oregon and to galvanize the citizen action necessary to effect change. S
She is a mother of three who calls herself an “accidental activist” who was pushed into action when she stumbled upon a national study published in 2008 that showed her daughters’ school to be ranked among the worst 2% in the nation at risk to toxic industrial air pollution. Mary is Neighbors For Clean Air's guiding voice in organizing, policy, and organizational vision.
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Ben RichmondRole: Co-Director, Community Engagement Core Email: [email protected] Biography: Ben Richmond, MPH, has been with the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center since 2015 and is the Associate Director of the Community Engagement Core. Link to full bio |