Meet Our Staff
Oregon Consensus is staffed by a director and project managers and associates who design, manage, and facilitate collaborative public policy projects. Our staff includes:
- Robin Harkless, MS, Director (503) 725-9099 hrobin@pdx.edu
- Turner Odell, JD, Senior Natural Resources Project Manager (503) 725-6959 todell@pdx.edu
- Bobby Cochran, MA, PhD, Senior Project Manager (503) 334-6872 jcochran@pdx.edu
- Jennah Kiefer, Project Manager (530) 680-8668 jennah@pdx.edu
- Sofía Castellanos, PhD, Project Associate (503) 572-7398 acastel2@pdx.edu
- Katie Pearmine, Senior Project Manager (503) 725-6966 pearmine@pdx.edu
Oregon Consensus is a program of the National Policy Consensus Center(NPCC); Tony Salvador, PhD, NPCC Executive Director (503) 725-8224 tony.salvador@pdx.edu
Affiliated Practitioner Team
In addition to our staff mediators, we work with affiliated private practice mediators whom we evaluate and approve for senior-level mediation services on our behalf. Learn more about our affiliated practitioner team.
Our Academic Affiliates
As part of Portland State University, we draw on the scholarship and experience of university faculty in the field of public policy and conflict resolution. We put that knowledge to work right here in Oregon. Learn more about our affiliated faculty.
Our Partners
We have many regional, statewide, and national connections in the field of public collaboration. Those connections enhance our ability to resolve disputes anywhere in Oregon. Learn more about our partners.