The Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth prevents childhood obesity through advocacy and action.

Our Vision: Lane County, Oregon is a community in which all youth lead healthy active lives fueled by nutritious food.

 

LCHAY Board of Directors

Colt Gill, Chair

Superintendent, Bethel School District

Mardel Chinburg, Vice Chair

Senior Litigation Manager at Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller

Mia Cariaga, Treasurer

Assistant Finance Director, City of Eugene

Michelle Gall, Secretary

Senior Manager, Moss Adams LLP

Jessica Allison

Graduate Student, University of Oregon

Lori Bumgardner-Adair

Owner, Goddess of Grants

Sarah Grall

Manager, Cardio Vascular Wellnesss and Rehab, Sacred Heart Medical Center

Sarah E. Hampson, PhD

Senior Researcher, Oregon Research Institute

Keith Hollenbeck, PhD

Director of Administrator Licensure, Department of Educational Methodology, Policy & Leadership, University of Oregon

 

Jennifer Jordan, MPH

Senior Community Health Analyst, Lane County Public Health

Gene Obersinner, LCSW

Volunteer Coordinator, ShelterCare

Jimmy Unger MD, Past Chair

Pediatrician, PeaceHealth Medical Group

The LCHAY Board of Directors meets monthly. Other meetings are held on an as needed basis; depending on current project focus. if you’d like to receive notice of these meetings and other items of interest, or if you have an issue you’d like the board to consider please contact us and let us know.

Click here to view past board meeting minutes.

 

 

 

 

LCHAY Staff


Laurie Trieger, Executive Director

 

Raised in Philadelphia, PA., Laurie has more than 25 years work and volunteer experience in a variety of non-profit and social service organizations focusing on poverty reduction, child wellness and healthy communities.

Her background includes work at a non-profit women’s health clinic, several years in the restaurant industry, and four years of activism as a neighborhood association leader. She is a parent of two adult children, grandparent of twin boys, and a former foster parent. Her love of organic gardening and cooking and a deeply held conviction that every human being deserves healthy, wholesome food led to her involvement with FOOD for Lane County, the second largest food bank in Oregon. She was that agencies Advocacy & Outreach Coordinator for seven years, collaborating with anti-hunger advocates locally and across the Northwest. She also coordinated a countywide Gleaning Program involving over 1,000 low-income people in partnership with 40+ farmers and backyard growers to harvest and distribute surplus food.
In addition to her position at LCHAY, Laurie is actively involved in several area projects and organizations. She serves on the Programs and Services Committee at FOOD for Lane County, United Way’s Success By Six Leadership Team, and a Youth Task Team formed through the City of Eugene’s Human Rights Commission. In 2010 she served on the Oregon Health Authority’s statewide Health Improvement Plan Committee. Most recently, she was accepted into the Emerge Oregon program; part of a national movement to address the under-representation of women in elected office at the local, state, and federal level.

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 Kayla Schott-Bresler, Manager, Policy & Advocacy Initiatives
Kayla Schott-Bresler 

Kayla graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a B.A. in History and Diplomacy and World Affairs. She studied abroad in Bolivia and Mexico and is conversant in Spanish. Kayla has been a field organizer for political campaigns, worked on youth outreach and policy assessment at ACLU of Oregon’s Eugene office and interned with an affordable housing organization in Portland. She serves on the ACLU of Oregon’s Lane County Chapter Board and Youth Outreach Team. An avid swimmer with a lifelong interest in health and wellness, Kayla loves to cook and spends as much free time as possible with friends and family. Send an email to Kayla  

Brent Vaughan, Research Assistant 

Brent graduated from the University of Oregon Clark Honors College with a B.A. in Psychology and Spanish. He studied abroad at the Catholic University in Quito, Ecuador and completed and IE3 internship with a social service agency in Santiago, Chile. Brent was involved with the U of O Campus Recycling program throughout his attendance at the University. Actively involved with the Oregon Social Learning Center, Brent has assisted in a research project with Latinos in Oregon and works as a mentor to at-risk teenage boys. In his free time Brent enjoys playing and watching sports, hiking, camping and cooking.
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Lesley Yates-Pollard, Operations Coordinator

Lesley is currently pursuing an M.S. in Historic Preservation at the University of Oregon. Her professional interests include preservation and interpretation of marginalized histories, particularly women's history and public outreach and citizen involvement. Her personal interests include hiking, kayaking, gardening and photography. In addition to her studies and her work at LCHAY, Lesley is the Office Manager for The School Garden Project of Lane County.