We are pleased to announce the addition of Craig Arthur Kolins, R. Lyne Martin-Modica, and Juanita Santana to our esteemed EngAGE Northwest Board of Directors. Please visit our website to see the entire list of dedicated board members.
Craig Arthur Kolins, Community College Administrator (retired) – Craig has experience conducting racial discrimination, sexual harassment, student and employment professional conduct, and Title IX investigations, and he is a diversity, equity and inclusion facilitator/trainer on implicit bias, whiteness/privilege and fragility. He also has experience in trauma intervention/emotional support, addiction/substance use and suicide prevention. He currently serves as Board Chair for SE Works, Inc. Craig is a survivor affected by HIV, with many personal and professional relationships involving people living with HIV going back decades. An early volunteer with Cascade AIDS Project in the 1980s, he now— over 30 years later—works to support the well-being of aging adults in the HIV community. He values collaboration and community advocacy, and continues to lean in to understand how bias, white centeredness, fragility, and privilege impact US culture, social isolation, and the human need for belonging and intergenerational connection. Craig has been married to his husband, Kelly, since 2006. They enjoy traveling internationally.
R. Lyne Martin-Modica, Executive Assistant, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty – Lyne’s many years of experience in county and city government have lent her an understanding and appreciation for the community’s needs. She has worked for former County Chair Gladys McCoy, Beverly Stein, and County Commissioners Maria Rojo de Steffey and Dan Saltzman. Lyne is a lifelong Oregonian who is interested in serving on a Board that helps and provides a better standard of living for the members of her community. She brings a sense of humor to every encounter, and enjoys reading, traveling, and cooking for family and friends.
Juanita Santana, Executive Director, San Francisco State University Head Start/Early Head Start Programs (retired) – Juanita has been an active volunteer with AARP Oregon State Diversity Committee, Oregon Treasurer’s Financial Education Advisory Team, Oregon Governor’s appointee to the Oregon Retirement Savings Board, and Multnomah County Community Involvement Committee. She holds both a B.A. and a Master of Science in Business Administration. Ms. Santana is a National Head Start Fellow and a UCLA Head Start/Johnson & Johnson Fellow. She received the Certificate of Honor presented by San Francisco’s former Mayor, Gavin Newsom, for “positive contributions to the city, which will benefit generations to come.” She also received The Plate of Bounty Award, presented by the National Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Association in Washington, D.C., for making significant contributions to improve the lives of migrant and seasonal farmworker families at the national and state levels. Juanita has one daughter, Karla, who is married to Matthew Morgan. She has two grandchildren Elizabeth, 12 years old, and Paul Benjamin, eight years old.
