Staff
Bob Parker, AICP: rgp@uoregon.edu
Managing Director, CSC
Program Director, CPW
541.346.3801
Bob Parker is Managing Director of the Community Service Center (CSC) and Program Director of the Community Planning Workshop. Over the last 18 years, Parker has managed an average of 10 policy and planning analysis projects per year with communities and state officials throughout Oregon. Community Planning Workshop is known widely throughout Oregon as one of the state's critical policy analysis resources, connecting expertise of University faculty and students with communities and agencies. These relationships, as well as the vast policy analysis experience, help CPW provide service to communities and organizations throughout Oregon.
Parker's recent work has focused on growth management and housing including several publications on development standards and zoning as barriers to affordable housing. Parker's work has also been featuered in the books: Community/University Partnerships in Smart Growth, and Beyond September 11th: An Account of Post-Disaster Research.
Megan Smith, smith@uoregon.edu
Managing Director, CSC
Program Director, RARE
541.346.3881
Megan Smith, Director of the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments Program (RARE), focuses her efforts on assisting rural Oregon in addressing community development and natural resource issues. As Director of RARE, Megan is responsible for community and participant recruitment, training, and the daily administration of the program. Her planning focus is on watershed management and the role of education and outreach in planning. Her teaching responsibilities include courses in Citizen Involvement and Watershed Planning.
Andre LeDuc, leduc@uoregon.edu
Executive Director, Oregon Partnership for Disaster Reslience
UO Emergency Management Coordinator
541.346.5833
LeDuc's professional and academic experience is focused on developing community and organizational disaster resilience. He takes an integrated systems approach to emergency management and continuity of operations that focuses on not only preparing the community/organization to respond to crises and disasters, but also to identify opportunities to mitigate risk and prevent loss; and establish continuity of operations and recovery strategies for all types of events crisis or disaster - regardless of size and complexity. LeDuc has a nationally proven track record for working with emergency management professionals, academicians, and private sector representatives on diverse hazard related projects and policy issues at the local, state, and national levels. LeDuc also serves as the Director of the University of Oregon's Emergency Management Program.
Bethany Johnson, AICP: 
bethanyj@uoregon.edu
Associate Director, CPW
541-346-3615
Similar to the mission of CPW, my passion lies in working with students to develop new skills and assisting communities to develop in meaningful ways. I teach the Community Planning Workshop class and help develop and oversee our community projects. For the past few years, I have focused on strategic planning, transportation and school siting issues, and public processes.
I’m originally a southerner, but have bounced around to Vermont and New York for schooling, California and Montana for work, and finally settled in the fine state of Oregon.
Amanda Stocker West:
astocker@uoregon.edu
Project Manager
541.346.3615
I recently graduated with a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the UO and was invited to say on as a CPW project manager. My graduate school experience and interests include: public processes, strategic planning, statistics, and research. Through my involvement with CPW I've worked on projects for the City of Eugene, the Corvallis Fire Department, OTREC, Lane County, and a local school. Besides being a project manager I will assist with teaching the CPW class. This combination brings together the new interests and skills I've developed in graduate school and my previous career an an instructor at a community college.
A little about me. I'm from Chattanooga, Tennessee and first came out to Oregon when I was 18. I fell in love with the state and the UO and decided to settle here with my husband, who's a native of Portland. I like doing almost any outdoor activity, practicing yoga, traveling, and learning how to cook new things.
Krista Dillon, kristam@uoregon.edu
Associate Director
Oregon Partnership for Disaster Reslience
UO Emergency Response Coordinator
541.346.3588
Dillon also serves as the University's Emergency Planner/Response Coordinator. Dillon's research interests include: aligning emergency management principles within the university structure; crisis communication; improving risk perception through public involvement, education, and outreach; creating more disaster resistant economies; and building local community capacity to address natural hazards issues. While a student at UO in 2002, Dillon was selected as one of two Community Planning Fellows with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Dillon's research for the Fellowship focused on improving the natural hazard planning processes through the implementation of various public involvement techniques. Prior to returning to the CSC, Krista gained practical experience working for Continental Shelf Associates, Inc., in Jupiter, Florida where she worked on a number of natural hazard planning projects ranging from plan development to education and outreach campaigns to planner and emergency manager training programs.
Josh Bruce: jdbruce@uoregon.edu
Project Manager, Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience
Josh Bruce is a skilled project manager with experience in land use planning, site design, green building, and sustainable business practices. He holds professional certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accreditation from the US Green Building Council. Josh received an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of California Davis in 1996 and a Masters Degree in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Oregon in 2002.
An active member of the Eugene community since arriving here in 1998, Josh served as a Co-Chair and subsequent Advisor to the Sustainable Business Symposium (’98-’01); was a member of the University of Oregon’s Campus Planning Committee (’01-’02) and Ecological Design Center Advisory Council (’01-’07); and recently served on Mayor Peircy’s Sustainable Business Initiative Task Force (’05-’06). He currently chairs the Planning, Public Policy and Management Department's Advisory Council at the University of Oregon, serves as an advisor to the Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resistance and was recently appointed to the City of Eugene Sustainability Commission.
Megan Findley Megan first began working with the Partnership as a University of Oregon RARE Participant in La Grande, OR. During her year in Eastern Oregon (October 2006 - August 2007, Megan assisted Baker, Grant, Union, and Wallowa Counties in developing a regional natural hazards mitigation plan. Since 2007, Megan has continued to work with Oregon communities that are either developing or updating their mitigation plans. Her primary research interests include environmental management, and the inclusion of mitigation practices within sustainable planning initiatives. Megan received an undergraduate degree in Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia in 2004 and a masters degree in Urban & Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia in 2006. Before working with the Partnership, Megan interned with the Albemarle County, VA Community Development Department. She also interned with a research group at UVA that studied the connections between urban design and public health. Outside of work, Megan enjoys being outdoors, learning new crafts, and occasionally dusting off the piano. 
, mfindley@uoregon.edu
PDM Program Manager
106 Hendricks Hall
541.346.2305
, acrawfo1@uoregon.edu
Emergency Management Specialist
106 Hendricks Hall
541.346.0259
Adam is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon and completed a concurrent Master's in Public Administration and Community and Regional Planning. While he was a student at UO, Adam became interested in emergency management through a project that focused on collectively implementing mitigation plans. Prior to his time at UO, he received a Bachelors of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy. His current research interests include the overlap of emergency planning, collaboration, public policy, and land-use planning. In his spare time, Adam enjoys reading, brewing beer, and being a snappy dresser.
Gregoor Passchier, adriaanp@uoregon.edu
Planning Coordinator
1B Hendricks Hall
541-346-7350
Gregoor recently graduated from the University of Oregon with concurrent master’s degrees in community and regional planning and historic preservation. He began working for the Partnership for Disaster Resilience in October 2006, and is currently working with Oregon communities to update their natural hazard mitigation plans. Prior to attending the University of Oregon, Gregoor worked as a participant in the University of Oregon’s Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program in the cities of Monmouth and Independence, working as a planning assistant. His current interests include the role of historic preservation in revitalizing rural communities, and how emergency management practices can contribute to sustainable community and economic development.
Amie Collins, rare@uoregon.edu
RARE Field Coordinator
113 Hendricks Hall
541-346-2879
As the Field Coordinator for the Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) program, Amie helps manage the 20 to 25 RARE participants who volunteer throughout the state annually. She brings the spirit of service to her job helping participants complete their projects and develop professionally.
Amie has served as a board member of the School Garden Project of Lane County since 2007, and participated in the RARE program herself in 2006-07 with the City of Veneta. She recently joined the board of Skinner City Farm. Amie received an undergraduate degree in Economics and Anthropology in 2003 and a Masters Degree in Community and Regional Planning with a certificate in Nonprofit Management from the University of Oregon in 2008.
When not in Hendricks Hall or on the road, Amie enjoys her time taking walks, learning all skills that bring self-sufficiency and scoring goals on the soccer field.
Community Service Center
1209 University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon USA
97403-1209