Phyllis Haddox, Board President
Dr. Haddox began her career in education more than 40 years ago as a classroom teacher and then reading specialist in California. Now retired, she was a faculty member at the University of Oregon where she provided hands-on training to doctoral students and others in supervisory, teaching and management techniques. Dr. Haddox has also worked as an instructional design consultant on training videos for the University of Oregon and the Mayo Clinic and on books for author, Barbara Sher.

George Rode, Board Treasurer
He has lived in Eugene since 1966. George started Euro-Asian Automotive (then European Auto Repair) in his home garage in 1973, moving to 28th and Willamette in 1975, then to the present location in 1980. He bought Autohaus in 2003. Both shops are City of Eugene ECO Certified; they have received the Eugene Garden Club award for beautification, and the Emerald Award for Environmental Values in 2007 and both shops were awarded the Mayor’s award for sustainability in 2007. George is active in both Rotary and the Eugene Chamber of Commerce. George has been on the board of the American Cancer Society, Woman Space, and currently board president of McKenzie Personal and Lane Community College Automotive Advisory committee. He was also on the Lane Transit budget committee for two years. In his leisure time, he loves travel and plays tennis with his wife, Janice. He loves to garden, cook, brew beer, and play with his dog, Sheba. His greatest passions are electronic gadgets and home automation. His home is wired!

Lei Zhang, Board Secretary
Lei Zhang is studying under a scholarship program at the at the University of Oregon. Ms. Zhang is a MPA candidate, Public Policy, Planning & Management Program, and NonProfit Certificate Program, University of Oregon. Ms. Zhang has a M.S., Communication Disorders and Sciences program, College of Education, University of Oregon and a B.A, English, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Patrick Stevens, Attorney at Law
Patrick L. Stevens is a partner at Hutchinson, Cox, Coons, DuPriest, Orr & Sherlock, a general practice law firm in Eugene. Stevens graduated from Texas A & M and the University of Oregon School of Law. He has had an active practice in the Eugene area for six years that focuses on civil litigation, creditors' rights and construction law.

Alan Evans
Alan Evans is the founder/president of Evans, Elder & Brown, Inc., a commercial real estate firm. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Oregon Bach Festival and is on the Board of the Arts Foundation of Western Oregon. He has previously served on the Boards of the Eugene Opera, Planned Parenthood and the Hult Endowment. He is also a director of Summit Bank.

Mike Grudzien
Mr. Grudzien is a Sales Executive at Teles USA. Previously, Me. Grudzien was a Sr. Account Executive at Eschelon Telecom. Mr. Grudzien is a long standing Rotarian. A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate, Mr. Grudzien was also a United States Marine.

M. David Kamrat
M. David Kamrat’s chief unifying goal as a businessman has long been to improve the art of human communications. In 1995, MCI hired David as a Major Account Executive for International Sales and Affinity Markets. David left MCI to accept a position as Director of Sales for GTM. He also worked as Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Geotel and as Head of Global Development for Exus Networks. In early 2001, David and his son, Noah, founded Qualmax in order to address the diversity of telecom needs specific to Service Providers. Qualmax , became public in 2006 and later sold its assets to New World Brands (NWBD), where David serves as its CEO/COB. Mr. Kamrat is an active board member of several peace organizations. He believes the goals of capitalism are compatible with the goals of fair trade.

Cristian Salgado
Cristian Salgado is young but wise for his age. At age the age of 6, Cristian was dodging immigration trucks and helicopters with his family in pursuit of the American Dream. Experiences like these have given Cristian a unique perspective of life in general. Cristian is a case worker for a local non-profit called Centro Latino Americano an agency dedicated to the development of the Latino community in Lane County by promoting self sufficiency and cultural integration.

Jo-Ann Zabrowski
Jo-Ann is a Realtor at Prudential Real Estate Professionals. Jo-Ann & Team Zebrowski have been in the top 2% of Realtors nationwide for the past 9 years. Jo-Ann is an Accredited Buyer Agent, Graduate of the Realtor Institute, a Certified Residential Specialist, and a Principal Broker. She lives in Eugene with her two daughters Kristin and Sarah who are both adopted from China. Jo-Ann also serves on the board for “The Center for Community Counseling” and volunteers at schools on a regular basis. Jo-Ann enjoys the outdoors with camping, snowmobiling, biking, and motorcycle trips. Her motto is “Bringing Home the Good Life”

Lois Day
Lois Day has worked in the field of child welfare for 20 years, first as a social worker and for the last 15 years in management. Prior to her experience in child welfare, Lois was a staff attorney at Lane County Legal Aid and remains a member of the Oregon state Bar. She has an undergraduate degree in Microbiology and Immunology. In her spare time, Lois is an avid quilter raising a teen-aged daughter.

Tim Foelker
President, Professional Techworks, LLC, www.protechworks.com Tim Foelker is an information systems management consultant, and president of Professional Techworks, LLC. Education: B.S. Geology, UO '82. He has worked as a chemist, geologist, environmental health and safety professional, certified hazardous materials manager, systems analyst, web developer, and database programmer. Lane County Master Recycler since 2003, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager since 1998, FileMaker Solutions Alliance member since 1997, American Chemical Society member since 1996.

John Marshall
John has worked with, trained and managed typically marginalized populations. He was part owner of the worker-owned co-op Genesis Juice in Eugene. He went back to school after 25 years and earned a teaching certificate. He is currently employed at Early Education Program a special education pre-school. Issues of economic, environmental, and social justice have always been a passion for him.

David Newman
David Newman currently works as a chemical plant operator for Arclin Corporation. David has worked in community based ventures including management of a retail food co-op and participation in Hoedads, a groundbreaking reforestation co-operative based in the Pacific Northwest. David worked as a professional musician for ten years. His current interests include gardening and puppies. David is proud of his association with Next Step Recycling and has great admiration for the employees and volunteers who have helped define the effort as a forward-looking, progressive organization.