Our Board Members
Our board includes people who’ve experienced homelessness or incarceration or who regularly interact with these populations. Every one of our board members believe that great art is an indispensable and democratic right to which everyone should have access no matter where they are.
ROB HARRISON
Board President
Senor CRM Systems Analyst, Armanio LLP
Residence: Portland, OR
PATRICK WALSH
Board Secretary
Theatre Director/Social Justice Advocate
Residence: Milwaukie, OR
JERMAINE MALONE
Board Member
Returned Citizen/Musician
Residence: Portland, OR
PAUL SUSI
Board Member
Homeless Shelter Resource Manager
Residence: Portland, OR
SUSAN RUSSELL
Board Member
Assistant Federal Public Defender: District of Oregon
Residence: Portland, OR
MOLLY STOWE
Board Member
Public School Teacher
Residence: Tigard, OR
Our Collaborators
Our Executive Artistic Director
Patrick Walsh is a theatre director and producer who believes in the power of language, art, and community to change lives.
In all of my work as a director, it is always my goal to take the disparate elements that are at my disposal and create a cohesive community. I want this to occur during the design process and in the rehearsal room, as well as during all performances. In today’s tumultuous society this is how I view my role as an artist: as someone who, through the creation of something truthful and beautiful, can bring people of differing backgrounds together and cause them to see the world that we live in and the people around them in a slightly different light.
Only through the prism of artistic expression can people be reminded of their universal similarities, instead of focusing on their paltry differences. Today as a society we seem to be more fractured by belief and technology than ever before. At this time, we all need a place to go to be reminded that we are part of a larger conglomerate than ourselves. This is the power of the artist; to create not only art, but also community around that touchstone.
I am ecstatic to lead NCTC in its important mission to knit together disparate rooms across Oregon and bring great art to those who don’t have it and truly need it.