Meet the Oregon Board of Directors!

Our board is made up of passionate volunteer leaders from across the state who are dedicated to stopping suicide. Keep reading to meet our board members.

Vuong Tran (he/him), Outgoing Board Chair

Oregon City, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2022

Why do you volunteer?
As someone who did not know about all of the different resources out there for mental health and suicide prevention, I volunteer to spread awareness and create a world where we can safely and openly talk about mental health and suicide prevention. 

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
National Chapter Leadership Council Member, Board Chair, Chair Programs & Education Committee.

What are you most looking forward to this year?
I'm always looking forward to seeing our volunteers helping at tabling events and presenting Talk Saves Lives! 

What's something about you we may not know?
I'm originally from Massachusetts and my hobbies include riding my motorcycle, playing guitar, and backpacking out in the mountains! 

Stacey Jung (she/her), Incoming Board Chair

Portland, OR

What year did you start on the  Board?
2024

Why do you volunteer? 
I volunteer with AFSP as a way to connect with others who have struggled with their own mental health like I have, or those who have lost others. It’s important to me to work towards removing the stigmas associated with mental health.  Working in K-12 education, I am also passionate about students learning about mental health and suicide prevention and that the adults in their lives, including those at school, are more prepared and able to identify warning signs and to build strong relationships, connevtions, and engage in meaningful conversations with our youth. 

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
I am the Chapter's Incoming Board Chair, Advocacy Ambassador, Co-Chair of the Portland Walk Planning Committee.

What are you most looking forward to this year?
The Portland Out of the Darkness walk is the event that connected me to AFSP and the event I look forward to attending every year. I’m also looking forward to attending other OOTD walks and hopefully my first Loss Survivor Day. 

What's something about you we may not know?
I am an avid sports fan, you can find me at most Timber and Thorns games as well as playing fantasy football and watching NFL every Sunday during the season!

Angela Perry (she/her), Board Secretary

Tigard, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2018

What is your heart connection to the cause?
I live with chronic suicidal ideations, am an attempt survivor and a loss survivor--Jim (1998), Ryan (1998), Milo (2014) and my aunt Jean (2017).

Why do you volunteer?
I started to volunteer so that I have a healthy outlet for my own anxious energy.  By being able to spend time around other people who have been impacted by suicide or those who struggle but are fighting to stay it helps me to stay healthy and work to improve my own mental health.  Now, I volunteer so that I can help those who are in a place where I once was.  I am able to use the things that I have learned to help others so that they do not feel as alone as I once did.  

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
National Public Policy Council Member, Public Policy & Advocacy Committee (Chair), Portland Walk Co-Chair, Nominations & Leadership Committee Chair.

What AFSP events do you look forward to every year?
Advocacy Day, participating in advocacy work has been pivotal in helping me find my voice and healing. Knowing how dark of a place it is to be actively suicidal and finding a way out I am now able to help work as a flashlight to help others to find their way!

What's something about you we may not know?
I love camping, finding heart rocks and traveling!

Olivia Lukovich (she/her)

Clackamas, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2024

Why do you volunteer?
I volunteer in honor of my Uncle Steve who my family lost to suicide in 2019.  My goal is to advocate for kindness and ensure that nobody ever feels alone in their journey.

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
Board Treasurer, University of Oregon Walk Chair and the social media ambassador for the Oregon Chapter.

What are you most looking forward to this year?
This year, I am most looking forward to hosting my final OOTD Campus Walk at the University of Oregon.  I began this walk my sophomore year, and I am so excited to run it one more time before graduating!

What's something about you we may not know?
I am a college student at the University of Oregon right now, double majoring in Business (Finance) and Psychology!  I attended my first Oregon football game when I was less than a month old, and I have been a Duck ever since!

Maili Halverson (she/her)

Vancouver, WA

What year did you start on the Board?
2018

Why is volunteering important to you?
After my brother died by suicide, I learned about AFSP and all the good work that they do which led me to becoming a volunteer. With suicide prevention, families will not feel the pain that I felt after losing my brother.

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
Healing Conversations Coordinator

What AFSP event do you look forward to every year?
International Survivor of Suicide Loss Day and the Portland Out of the Darkness Walk.

What's something about you we may not know?
I love collecting vintage vinyl records and thrift store shopping.

Joan Hoff (she/her)

Oregon City, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2022

Why is volunteering important to you?
I volunteer with AFSP as a way to honor the memory of my husband Larry and my own grief journey since he died by suicide in 1995. I helped to develop and am a National trainer for the AFSP Support Group for Children and Teens. I also conduct training locally, nationally and internationally on issues related to program development; the impact of suicide, trauma and violent death on children, teens and their families; crisis response; and grief and loss issues for children and teens.  By volunteering my time it allows me to help others while also helping myself.

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
Loss & Healing Committee Chair and Portland ISOSL Day Chair.

What AFSP event do you look forward to every year?
Advocacy Action Day because we get the chance to teach people how to use their stories to become advocates to create change.

What's something about you we may not know?
I am a quilter!

Kori Betzina (she/her)

Bend, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2025

Why is volunteering important to you?
As a community it is important to come together to support each other and volunteering with AFSP provides an outlet for me to do that.

What AFSP leadership roles do you have?
Central Oregon Walk Chair

What AFSP event do you look forward to every year?
Advocacy Action Day because we get the chance to teach people how to use their stories to become advocates to create change.

What's something about you we may not know?
I love to go disc golfing with my fiancée.

Donna Marie Drucker (she/her)

Lake Oswego, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2026

Why do you volunteer?
I volunteer because I am a staunch advocate for firearm safety and suicide prevention and am passionate about supporting military veterans and their families.

What are you most looking forward to this year?
I am looking forward to learning more about what AFSP does and how the volunteer work can have an impact across the state.

What's something about you we may not know?
I am the co-founder of the Oregon Firearm Safety Coalition and was raised in rural England as the daughter of a gunsmith.

Don Erickson (he/him)

Salem, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2026

Why do you volunteer?
I volunteer because it is an extension of his long career working in the mental health field

What are you most looking forward to this year?
I am looking forward to all things advocacy, especially advocating for youth suicide prevention programs.

What's something about you we may not know?
I created the Trauma Aware program which has provided QPR suicide prevention training to more than 10,000 ODHS staff!

Jenn Fraga (she/her)

McMinnville, OR

What year did you start on the Board?
2024

Why do you volunteer?
I volunteer because of my personal experience and wanting to help provide resources to those who need them.

What are you most looking forward to this year?
I am looking forward to Advocacy Action Day

What's something about you we may not know?
You might not know that reading is my favorite selfcare!