Meet Our Board 


Front left to right: Cheryl Green and Joan Miller Back left to right: Bob Wilson, Marih Alyn-Claire & Mirye Min

Landis Farr, Interim President/Vice President MA, Conflict Resolution, B.S, Pshchology. interimpres@birrdsong.org

Faith Walmer, Secretary, Teacher, Court Reporter, spouse of brain injury survivor. Sec@birrdsong.org

Mirye Min, Treasurer B.A,  Sociology & Accounting with bank teller experience. treas@birrdsong.org   

Cheryl Green, B.A, MFA, MS, Creative Programs, Masters Speech Pathology,11 yrs Disability Arts creativeprograms@birrdsong.org

Douglas Wingate,L.Ac, Accupunture & Oriental Medicine, Health and Life Skills Education Developer. educationprograms@birrdsong.org

Bob Wilson, Technical Support- Experience in Digital Communication webtech@birrdsong.org

Some of our board members are peers living their lives facing the everyday challenges of brain injury, however this is not a  requirement for board membership.

BIRRDsong founders and members  have worked diligently since 2003 when the organization was first formed, to establish a balanced board of both people with brain injury and including family members support persons and professionals. 

We realize that brain injury affects the lives of everyone involved including the community in which we reside.  Our goal is to maintain a multicultural, age and gender balanced team that is reflective of our greater  community

To learn more about our board members, visist our Board News Page. 

Current  Projects

  • Board Recrutiment and Training  
  • Peer Programs Development
  • Peer Leadership Development
  • Family Programs Development
  • Revenue Devlopment for  2012 programs and  workspace to expand our services from support meetings and workshops to dirct services: BIRRDsong Home to You and developmental classes and specialized skills training. 

We are recruiting volunteers for board committee service and special projects:

  • Board President- Immediate need 
  • Programs Development Team  
  • Marketing and Peer Outreach 
  • Revenue Development/Fundraising
  • Board and Volunteer Recruitment
  • Web Maintenance Team - Immediate need for a  Web Coordinator  

 Web Set-up Team consultants Trevor Lee (left back row) and Ben Lattrell (right front) give the board a sneak peak at the new layout. Fern Wilgus has joined the BISC board.

 Qualifications for Board Membership

  • A sincere desire to serve the needs of people with brian injury and their families
  • A willingness to make a 2-3 year committment
  • Posess a combination of education, experience, knowledge in any of the folowing areas: business, counseling, marketing, computer technology, education, medical, legal, web development 
  • Have excellent communication, writing, computer, leadership and  group skills while maintaining the ability to work indepentantly and over the internet.   
  • Posess an abundance of patience and willingness to learn how to work with people with brain injury
  • Williness to learn and grow with us through the painstaking process of building a new organization 

We are currently recruiting new members to serve on  our board. If you are interested in learning more about us and or would like to volunteer for a project or committee and/or receive a board membership application, please contact Landis Farr at interimpres@birrdsong.org and or call 503-756-7540.  

You can also go to our E-mail Us page and or Guest Book and leave us a message. Please  let us know how we can serve you. 

 

Best Regards, 

 

BIRRDsong BOARD