Staff & Associates
PCI / NPCC Executive Director
Greg Wolf
503-725-9077
Until his appointment as PCI / NPCC Director, Greg Wolf worked for
seven years as the Community Policy Advisor for Oregon Governor Kitzhaber.
In this capacity, he had primary responsibility for programs in the Departments
of Transportation, Economic Development, Land Conservation, and Development
and Housing. In the Governor's Office, he also served as the Governor's
Sustainability and Dispute Resolution Advisor. Prior to this, Mr. Wolf
served as the Assistant Director of the Department of Land Conservation
and Development. Mr. Wolf brings 23 years of experience working in state
and local government and expertise in consensus processes. He co-founded
Oregon's Dispute Resolution Program in 1989.
Senior Advisor
Chris Carlson
503-725-9096
Chris Carlson has been active in the public policy dispute resolution field for more than 20 years, serving as mediator, facilitator, trainer, and consultant. She has authored numerous articles and publications, including PCI's Practical Guide to Consensus. Prior to co-founding PCI, Chris was Executive Director of the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. She has served as a local elected official and in advisory positions in state and national government.
Development Director
Wendy Willis
503-725-9091
Wendy was most recently the Executive Director for the City Club of Portland where she led fundraising efforts, promoted civic engagement and served as the primary spokesperson for the organization. City Club of Portland is a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and research based civic organization dedicated to community service, public affairs, and leadership development. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Willamette University and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center. Wendy is also Oregon Solutions' Program Manager for Social Sustainability.
Associate
Malka Kopell
503-725-9079
Malka has 25 years of experience in civic engagement and collaboration. In 1990, Malka founded Community Focus as a way to facilitate public policy implementation by increasing community participation. She has served as a program officer for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, developing and managing grants in the areas of conflict resolution and California governance reform, and currently serves as managing director at the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University. A trained group facilitator, Malka has also consulted in the areas of policy analysis, political campaign development, community outreach and capacity building for nonprofit organizations.
Climate and Clean Energy Program Manager
Peter Murchie
503-725-8109 
Peter has worked for the World Health Organization, the International Joint Commission and other organizations with a focus on using collaborative approaches to solve environmental health issues. His education and work has focused on the impacts of environmental stressors on public health and developing collaborative approaches on mitigating environmental health problems. Peter also worked for the US EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in the national air toxics program and as part of the agriculture/forestry air quality team.Peter most recently was the Coordinator of the West Coast Collaborative, a partnership between leaders from federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and environmental groups working to reduce diesel emissions along the West Coast.
Program Representative
Roslyn Owen
503-725-9080
Roslyn has worked for NPCC / PCI for the past six years. Previously, she served as Executive Assistant to Orgeon Governor Kitzhaber's Health, Human Services and Labor Policy Analyst. She was Executive Assistant for the Government Services Section of the Oregon Department of Justice from 1998-2000. From 1985 to 1997 Roslyn was an Accounting Manager for a local management firm.
Program Coordinator
Sarah Giles
503-725-5248
Before joining NPCC and PCI, Sarah taught writing at the University of Arizona where she also received her MFA in Creative Writing. She graduated from Vassar College in 2001 and was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany from 2001-2002.
NPCC Budget Administrator
Heather Binns
503-725-9071
Heather Binns worked for the Oregon Consensus Program as their Program Coordinator for 3 years before she became NPCC’s Budget Administrator. Heather has a Masters in Public Administration from Portland State University and earned her BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Prior to her work with OCP, Heather was a Pricing Analyst for the Freightliner Corporation.