OUR TEAM
At FBO, our multidisciplinary staff leads with a deep love and commitment to all of Oregon’s children—they are the “why” of our work. But make no mistake: the true “team” in our work includes our many partners in community and across sectors.
Briana brings a passion for fostering our shared responsibility for the well-being of Oregon’s children. She coordinates FBO’s day-to-day operations and builds dynamic systems that empower the organization to work ambitiously and effectively toward a more equitable and just Oregon.
Most recently, Briana served as the Executive Assistant and Board Liaison for All Hands Raised, where she was immersed in the collective effort to ensure racial equity and quality education throughout Multnomah County schools and community colleges. Before All Hands Raised, Briana was the Executive Assistant and Office Manager at Reading Results. She is on the Board of Grow Portland, a fellow with ninety-nine girlfriends and an active volunteer with the Rose City Rollers.
Whitney is a strategist, leader, and collaborator who has worked in education and public policy in Oregon for fifteen years. She leads FBO’s program, policy, and strategy development; engages with Oregonians statewide to better understand community values and priorities; and forges public, private, and civic partnerships that pursue a more just future for children and families. To sustain meaningful progress, she believes in matching the urgency to act with a commitment to building trust, centering communities, and gathering broad input.
Whitney previously championed strategic investments in children and schools as a senior policy advisor and Director of State & Regional Alignment for Governor John Kitzhaber, and as Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB). She currently serves on the board of the Oregon Community Partnership and the Strategy Council for the Partnership of the Future of Learning.
As both a longtime systems leader and a community-based educator, Anna has dedicated her career to bridging people, sectors, and industries for the benefit of Oregon children and families. Centering her work around building trust and understanding with peers and partners, she brings together youth, educators, community leaders, decision-makers, and entrepreneurs to help create a more vibrant ecosystem of learning and care for young Oregonians.
Anna joined FBO from the High Desert Education Service District, where she most recently served as assistant superintendent. Over 11 years of leadership, she was a key architect of the ESD’s operations, organizational culture, equity practice, and innovation efforts to better support students, families, school districts, and communities in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson Counties. She previously founded and served as the executive director of Better Together in Central Oregon, a regional, cross-sector partnership working to improve the educational outcomes and well-being of young people from cradle to career. She brings a broad understanding of the P-20 continuum, having also worked as an interventionist for a relief nursery and as a college instructor for pre-service teachers.
Ivy’s passion and talent for grassroots organizing is rooted in her deep commitment to advancing justice for youth. Centering community voice in public policy is a hallmark of her professional career, and a north star for her work at FBO.
Most recently, Ivy served as Policy and Advocacy Director at Our Children Oregon, where she led legislative advocacy and uplifted community-driven solutions while stewarding the Children’s Agenda, a statewide coalition championing the well-being of children, youth, and families. She began her career as a legislative coordinator for APANO, working to amplify Asian American and Pacific Islander voices in the Oregon State Capitol, including advocacy for the Student Success Act and Oregon’s landmark ethnic studies standards. She has also served as a senior field organizer for Texas Rising, working with young people of color across Central Texas to grow their leadership skills and drive change in their local communities and at the ballot box. In recognition of her leadership, Ivy was selected as a American Leadership Forum fellow, and serves on the board of Next Up, a nonpartisan nonprofit amplifying youth voice and leadership.
Janet began her career as a high school teacher. Her former students’ energy and stories drive her work at FBO, where she reframes what’s possible when Oregonians come together to tackle the root causes of inequity. Working hand in hand with community partners, she has navigated the Legislature, state agencies, and local governments to co-create and implement policies that more fairly serve children and families across Oregon.
Before joining FBO, Janet was the Business Equity Policy Advisor to Governor Kate Brown and, more recently, the chief architect of the Rural Opportunity Initiative (ROI) for Business Oregon, which employs community-driven strategies to ensure rural communities benefit from state economic development initiatives. She is also an American Leadership Forum Fellow, a member of the Oregon Rural Development Council and the Partnership for the Future of Learning's national steering committee, and chair of the board of Latino Network’s affiliated 501(c)4. In 2021, Janet was invited to join the inaugural Field Trips to the Future Cohort, an effort sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to strengthen future-oriented thinking and ensure communities and Native nations across the rural United States are healthy places where everyone belongs, lives with dignity, and thrives.
Louis has woven a passion for democratizing ideas and animating dialogue throughout his career. At FBO, he collaborates with communities and partners across Oregon to imagine how stories can shift mindsets and catalyze systemic change. By elevating new narratives that spark curiosity and connection, he hopes to upend entrenched beliefs and divisions that impede progress for children.
Before joining FBO, Louis was the director of programming and associate publisher at Zócalo Public Square, a nonprofit civic forum and ideas magazine in Los Angeles. He was previously based in Budapest for the communications arm of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), covering rural development in the post-Soviet region. He currently serves on the board of Mission: Citizen, a youth-led civic education nonprofit.
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