Board

Alex Bassos, JD
Alex is the Training Director for the Metropolitan Public Defender in Multnomah and Washington Counties, specializing in cases that fall at the intersection of mental health and criminal justice.  He is the vice chair of the board of Disability Rights Oregon and a member of the Public Health Institutional Review Board.

Myde Boles, PhD
Myde is a Principal Investigator with Program Design and Evaluation Services, a public health research and evaluation unit within Multnomah County Health Department and Oregon Public Health Division. She has worked in health research and evaluation for over 20 years. The current focus of her work is on policy and environmental strategies for physical activity, nutrition, and chronic disease prevention. She recently led studies to evaluate the impact of menu labeling policy in Multnomah County and school policies for improving youth physical activity and nutrition in Washington and Oregon. 

Jennifer Bryman, BSBA
Jennifer Bryman is a business professional with 13 years of experience in the Financial Services industry. Her specialties include Consumer Marketing, Strategic Planning, Sales and Operations Management. She brings her passion for finding solutions to combat childhood obesity in minority and disadvantaged communities to Upstream. Jennifer is also a volunteer with the Portland Public Market project.

Damien Fair, PA-C, PhD
Damien is a cognitive neuroscientist at Oregon Health and Science University. He studies brain maturation using imaging techniques, such as MRI, in typically and atypically developing populations. His current work focuses on finding better ways to characterize individual patients with disorders, such as ADHD and Autism. He hopes this work will ultimately lead to improved preventative and treatment strategies.  His past clinical experience as a Physician Assistant focused on cerebrovascular diseases, including stroke treatment and prevention.

Stephanie Farquhar, PhD
Stephanie is an Associate Professor at the School of Community Health at Portland State University and a researcher on several projects, including a National Institutes of Health grant to address environmental and occupational health concerns of indigenous and migrant farm workers in Oregon. Her work draws upon the principles of community-based research to address how environmental and social justice issues impact public health.

Daniel López-Cevallos, PhD, MPH
Daniel is Assistant Professor of Community Health at Western Oregon University. He works with vulnerable communities in integrated health development projects in Ecuador and the United States and has worked with Latino communities in Benton and Linn Counties for the past four years as a research and evaluation assistant for the HIV Integration Project and other health department initiatives. 

Samantha Murray, JD
Samantha Murray is the Manager for Ocean Conservancy's Pacific Program, where she works on a wide variety of ecosystem protection and marine wildlife issues. Specifically, Samantha works to implement an effective, science-based network of marine protected areas in California and advocates for smart ocean planning in Oregon. By reaching out to fisherman, scientists and other stakeholders, she is able to connect members of the public and inform sound ecosystem-based marine policy. Samantha's conservation experience also includes efforts to protect and restore urban green spaces, expand federal wilderness, and reduce conflicts between renewable energy and avian wildlife.

Mellie Pullman, PhD 
Mellie Pullman is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Portland State University. Her major research interests address sustainability practices in food and beverage supply chains. Currently, she is researching social networks of sustainability practices and food cooperatives. She works with other food non-profits including Food Alliance and the Slow Food Chapter of Wallowa County and many regional sustainability-focused food and beverage producers, distributors, and retailers.

Phillip Wu, MD