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Children’s Relief Nursery (CRN)
8425 North Lombard Street
Portland, OR 97203-3728

Main phone: (503)283–4776
Respite line: (503)595–4503
Facsimile: (503)283–0716
General email

Staff Directory:

Executive Director
Chris Otis
(503)595–4500

Development
Flavia Arsenault - Development Director
(503) 595-4511

Elena Hein - Grant Writer
(503)595–4506

Administration
Denice Bateman - Operations Manager
(503)595–4508

Anne Waite - Receptionist/Administrative Assistant
(503)283–4776

Karen Ward - Finance Manager
(503)595-4519

Program
Karin Peers, LCSW - Program Services Manager
(503)595-4504

Ariana Barajas - ECE Specialist-Respite Lead/Case Manager
(503)283-4776 x147

Claire Brideau - ECE Assistant/Case Manager
(503) 283-4776 x110

Leslie Brown, MSW - Clinical Services Coordinator
(503)595-4507

Kara Busse, MSW - Child & Family Therapist
(503) 595-4509

Erin Canavan, MSW - Child & Family Therapist
(503)595-4517

Karen Carpenter - Bilingual Parent Education Coordinator/Case Manager
(503)283-4776 x117

Ellis Casabar - Kitchen Manager
(503)595-4505

Adrienne Chaillé - Bilingual ECE Specialist/Case Manager
(503)583-4776 x145

Angel Dawson - Respite Manager/Reports Administrator
(503)283–4776 x108

Abby DeAngelis - Bilingual ECE Specialist/Case Manager
(503)283-4776 x146

Dave Guevara - ECE Assistant/Case Manager/Bus Driver
(503)283–4776 x105

Sara Kemper - Child & Family Therapist/MSW Intern
(503)283-4776 x107

Katherine Kneupper, LCSW - Child & Family Therapist
(503)283–4776 x139

Marisa Moon - MSW Intern/Respite Care Assistant/Case Manager
(503) 283-4776 x115

Melinda Myer - Bilingual ECE Specialist/Case Manager
(503)595-4501

Megan Petrucelli- ECE Specialist/Case Manager
(503)595–4502

Jim Sandberg - Transportation Coordinator/Bus Driver
(503)283-4776

Valerie Schuyler - ECE Specialist/Case Manager
(503)595–4515

Holly Smith - ECE Specialist/Case Manager
(503)283-4776

Mark Zaczkowski - Bilingual ECE Assistant/Case Manager
(503)283-4776 x113