Leadership
Meet the team and committee members making Paid Leave Oregon work.
Our team
Paid Leave Oregon is a program that benefits all Oregon communities. This takes teamwork. We value the input, suggestions, and questions of many different communities and want to hear all points of view. It is an important part of the program’s success.
Juan Serratos
Director
Alexandra Ball
Deputy Director
Kaitlynn Chritton
Operations and Support Manager
Kandi Quezada Kirton
Benefits Manager
Accacia Nepote
Customer Care and Outreach Manager
Tjorven Sievers
Senior Policy Analyst
Ayesha Khalid
Economist
Jack Patterson
Communications Officer
Meet the Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee
The Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee is a group of people who represent communities in Oregon and give input on how Paid Leave Oregon is rolled out. The committee is made up of 9 people who offer important advice about the program’s policies, rules, administration, and more. Four members represent employees and advocacy groups, 4 represent employers (including small employers with fewer than 25 employees), and 1 represents the Oregon Employment Department.
Juan Serratos, ChairRepresenting the Oregon Employment Department
Amanda Dalton, Dalton Advocacy
Representing business
Jenny Dresler, Public Affairs Counsel
Representing small employers
Odalis Aguilar-Aguilar (she/ella) – Oregon AFSCME
Representing employees
Delina Biniam - Family Forward
Representing employees
Anna Roberts (she/her) - SEIU Local 49
Representing employees
JaJetta Dumdi, A-Dec
Representing employers
Catie Theisen, Oregon AFL-CIO
Representing employees
Rich Reynolds, Providence Health & Services
Representing employers
Find out more about future and past Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee meetings.
Meet the Rulemaking Advisory Committee
The Rulemaking Advisory Committee is a group of committee members from the Paid Leave Oregon Advisory Committee who give input on new rules or when rules change. The public is invited to give input and suggestions on changes to program rules or the creation of new rules, or any financial impacts they may have. Learn more about Rulemaking Advisory Committee meetings.
Get in touch
If you have questions, suggestions, input, or concerns about Paid Leave Oregon, we’d like to hear them. Our program is stronger when we learn from our communities.
If you have general questions, please us our Contact Us form, and if you have questions about rulemaking, contact us at rules@employ.oregon.gov.
