Meet Our Staff
JESSICA MOLE HEILMAN (she/her)
Executive Director
jessica@alfo.org
Jessica Mole Heilman (Class 45) is a systems-minded, equity-centered leader with more than a decade of experience across Oregon’s nonprofit and policy landscape, she advances leadership development, cross-sector collaboration, and community-driven systems change. Jessica is a first-generation college graduate who grew up in Cherry Grove, Oregon, and brings a commitment to accessible, inclusive leadership pathways grounded in lived experience.
RENE BORDELON (she/her)
Operations Manager
rene@alfo.org
René brings a multitude of skills, honed over years in different industries, to her position as Operations Manager with ALF Oregon. René's primary skill set is in communications, which is evident from her time as a performer, office manager, and time in restaurants and hospitality. As an extroverted introvert, René enjoys being an Aunt, reading, writing, taking long walks along rivers with her dog and husband, singing, journaling, road trips, and enjoying Portland arts and culture.
Meet Our Faculty
TONI TABORA (she/her)
Lead Facilitator
Toni has over 25 years experience working in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors doing leadership development, program management, communications, community engagement, and organizational development. Her approach is grounded in interpersonal connections, experiential engagement, collaboration, care, and culturally responsive, strengths-based facilitation. She has particular passion for arts, culture, media, education, sustainability, and social justice.
KATHLEEN HOLT (she/her)
Lead Facilitator
Kathleen Holt is an organization and leadership development consultant. She has more than 25 years of experience supporting nonprofits and government agencies in strengthening their teams and leaders and nurturing equitable and inclusive cultures. Before starting her own firm, Kathleen was associate director of Oregon Humanities, and also served as interim executive director of APANO and Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon. Kathleen lives in Southeast Portland with her husband and two almost-grown children. She was born and raised in post-statehood Hawai’i, and her ancestors are from Korea, Japan, and Oceania.
Meet Our Support Partners
CLIFF JONES (he/him)
Faculty Emeritus
Cliff (Class 18) has over 30 years of experience in social service, community education, and human rights advocacy. He is co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a multi-cultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and supports building culturally competent organizations. Capacity building and partnerships are cornerstones of his work. Cliff’s work is deeply embedded in the ALF Oregon Fellows Program curriculum and experience. Watch this video of his retirement tribute.
SARAH GREENMAN (she/they)
Substitute Faculty & Former ALF Oregon Executive Director
Sarah (Class 40) served as ALF Oregon's Executive Director from October of 2022 to August 2026. She is a facilitator, birth and death doula, writer, and executive coach. Her work is rooted in a core framework of joy, justice, inclusion, reciprocity, and anti-racist praxis. She has deep experience as a nonprofit leader, community organizer, project manager, facilitator, artist, storyteller, and has served in a wide range of creative and administrative roles. Sarah's deepest joys in life are her two children Charlie and Kelly, her wife Kelly, and her creative practice. Sarah splits her time between rural Eastern and Southern Oregon.
MYRIAM LOESCHEN (she/her)
Chef & Facilitator
Myriam Loeschen is a community-builder and fierce advocate for human connection. As a facilitator, she designs and guides experiences that encourage meaningful conversation, deeper listening, and authentic connection. Whether working with leaders, teams, educators, or communities, Myraim creates conditions where people can, learn from one another through thoughtful conversation, reflective practices, creativity, curiosity, and honest inquiry. In past years, Myriam has worked alongside ALF Faculty during Community Building Week as a chef and co-facilitator. She uses food as a core element of connection across difference and relationship building.