The Oregon Students Foundation is comprised of a student board and an advisory board. The student board includes students from different schools in Oregon and hopes to continue expanding to incorporate a diverse range of perspectives. The advisory board has a range of expertise from banking to philanthropy.
Founders
Ann Crosby
Ann is a freshman at The George Washington University in Washington D.C. As an underclassmen in high school Ann was surprised by the lack of funding student organizations received, even though they provide valuable experiences for most participants. In 2023 Ann founded the Oregon Students Foundation, with Katie and Julia to address this issue.
ann.crosby@oregonstudentsfoundation.org
Julia Chun
Julia freshmen at Brown University. She helped fund OSF as a junior at Catlin Gable High School. There Julia led multiple clubs such as the Environmental Action Team, Reading to Leading, and Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Math (AWSEM). Through Julia’s experience with all different types of students and young people, she has gained valuable inspiration and a greater perspective. Julia hopes to give other students opportunities to build relationships through their own self-led projects.
julia.chun@oregonstudentsfoundation.org
Katie Gragg
Katie is a freshmen at Emory University. She helped found OSF as a student at Catlin Gable High School where she led of several clubs, including Advocates For Women In Science, Engineering, and Math (AWSEM) and Painting Rocks For Beautiful Walks. As a high school student and multifaceted leader, Katie witnessed the diminished community among teens because of COVID-19. She believes OSF empowers students to build back some of the community that was lost during the COVID years, as well as to provide student leaders with the capacity to create their desired change.
katie.gragg@oregonstudentsfoundation.org
Student Chairs
Advisory Board
Dashiell Elliot
Dashiell is the former CEO of Grant Makers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. She brings expertise from working in philanthropy for many years across the United States.
delliott@gosw.org
Brewster Crosby
Brewster is past chair of the Carolyn Foundation which supports middle school students and academic programs. He has also been chair of Cedarwood Waldorf School, a K-8 school based in Portland, Oregon. Brewster is currently an advisory board member at ActivEd, an ed-tech company focused on bringing more movement and differential learning into classrooms across America.
brewcrosby@gmail.com
Oregon Community Foundation
Stephanie Harrison
Stephanie works at the Oregon Community Foundation as an Associate Donors Relations Officer. She helps manage the Oregon Students Foundation within the Oregon Community Foundation, receives donations and finalizes grants.
sharrison@oregoncf.org
Social Media
Jazalena
Ontario High School
Marialena Rosas
Ontario High School
General Committee
Kathryn Bird
Lincoln High School
Mary Edmeades
Mary is the VP Client and treasury manager at Beneficial State Bank in Portland Oregon. Her banking and non-profit experience help the Oregon Students Foundation create grants and process donations
Outreach & Advocacy
Olivia Sun
Olivia is a high schooler in Portland, Oregon passionate about youth representation in policy. She is a member of the Beaverton Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board, Oregon Health Authority’s Youth Advisory Council, the Future Vision Youth Committee, and more. After participating in many clubs and extracurriculars, she recognized how hindering lack of funding can be and joined OSF to make a change for that cause.
Kailyn Holmer
Catlin Gable High School
Claudia Staudtmueller
Ashland High School
Ijin Kim-Gervey
Catlin Gable High School
Brewster Crosby
Oregon Episcopal School