Shānna Pittman-Frank leads SAGE’s efforts to connect with our community of advocates for younger and future generations. She is responsible for outreach and communications to members, volunteers and the community at large; and she co-designs and co-facilitates SAGE programs and events. Shanna lives in Milwaukie, Oregon with her husband, daughter and labradoodle.

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Britt Christiansen leads SAGE’s Mentors Program at Parkrose Middle School. Her role is to liaison between mentors and students who are gaining support for English language learning and more. She is a passionate teacher who believes that it takes a village to truly educate all students. In addition to working with SAGE, she currently teaches Language Arts to seventh graders at the school. She is thrilled to work with such a dedicated group of people. Britt is an outdoor enthusiast and a pet lover. She lives in Milwaukie with her partner, two dogs, and a cat.

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Melanie is the coordinator of SAGE’s Vision 2030 team, which offers education to middle and high school students about the City of Portland and Multnomah 2030 climate goal. Melanie is our lead presenter of the Keystone Lesson on Climate Change and Justice and she coordinates the engagement of our Climate Educators who present the lesson in local schools.

Melanie has over three years of experience as a community organizer. While completing her Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain and Logistics Management at Portland State University, she served as the Feminist of Color Community Project Coordinator for the PSU Women’s Resource Center. Melanie also served as a Planning Fellow with the Portland Youth Climate Summit where she gained experience centering the voices of frontline community leaders fighting for climate justice.

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Diane innovates around and supports SAGE’s software integration, technology and evaluation work.

Diane recently retired from a 30 year career at Intel as a Package Engineer and worked out of the Hillsboro complex. In retirement, Diane is working for SAGE through the Intel Encore Fellowship Program and helping her 6 year old grandson attend zoom school with the Beaverton School district during the year of the pandemic. Diane also helps run a neighborhood group of citizens trying to make positive changes to her neighborhood. Diane is a 3rd generation Oregonian and loves gardening, traveling and ancestry research. Diane innovates around and supports SAGE’s software integration, technology and evaluation work.

Steve Higgs leads SAGE’s efforts to inspire older adults to give forward for younger and future generations. He is responsible for implementing SAGE’s programs, and managing its communications and operations. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two young children, who remind him that the well-being of future generations depends on the choices we make today.

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