Staff and Board

Roxie McGovern | Acting Executive Director

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Roxanne has Bachelors of Fine Art with an emphasis in print making from The Pacific Northwest college of Art in Portland, OR . She is a working artist and continues to show her work around the United States. In 2010-2011 she partnered with Portland Community College leading demos for their print department classes and participated in Rock Creek's Art Beat Week. Roxanne has fifteen years of retail management, eleven of which she was a supervisor at Starbucks, and four years as the Operations Manager at Anthropologie. Her artistic background combined with management experience has enabled her to successfully oversee personnel and product at CHAP.

Mary Miller Doyle | Teaching Artist

Mary has a BS from University of Oregon, followed by classes at Oregon School of Arts and Craft, a year of illustration study at the Art Institute of Boston and workshops at Tuscany Institute for The Arts, Italy and Savannah College of Arts, Georgia. Her teaching experience includes a Crayon D'Ache Workshop for Portland Community College, and years of Color and Joy Workshop. In 2005 Mary was artist in residence at Amity High School.

Megan Neil | Volunteer Coordinator + Administrative Assistant

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In December 2010, Megan brought her child-like enthusiasm and love of glitter to CHAP as an eager volunteer. Soon after, she became the Art Factory Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, immersing herself in CHAP's mission of bringing the healing power of art to children and families. She has earned her BA at the University of Oregon in Women and Gender studies with an emphasis in Art History.

Sharon Alexander | Teaching Artist

Sharon graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a Bachelor of Architecture degree. Sharon joined the team at CHAP in April 2009. She is thrilled to expound on her training as an architect by making miniature houses for kids out of sturdy paper, popsicle sticks and hot glue!

Maxine Hartswick | Teaching Artist

Maxine studied photography at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She received a BFA from Tyler, followed by an MFA from Florida State University. Although she continued to study photography she also ventured into the more animated world of theater and was consequently inspired to design and build costumes and props for her photographs. After graduate school Maxine returned to Philadelphia and alternately worked as a seamstress for The Philadelphia Opera Company and designed numerous shows for The Wilma Theater, Interact Theater Company, Enchantment Theatre and the Bryn Mawr College theater department. She is now fortunate to be able to make art with the amazing kids at Doernbecher, whose brave, profound and always unedited views of their world are reminders that it really does take "courage to create".

Tara Choate | Bookkeeper

Tara has a BA in English from the University of Oregon and recently returned to school to pursue an accounting degree. Additionally, she belongs to the Watercolor Society of Oregon and shows her work through the Three Rivers Artist Guild. Tara moved to CHAP from Clackamas Women's Services; before this, she owned a self-serve pet wash (Pawsitively Clean.) Her varied background provides a solid basis as an "expert generalist", "labelmaker goddess", and "Jill of all trades."

Teresa | CHAP calligrapher

Teresa created the official CHAP font by writing with her feet with a Wacom tablet, stylus and computer.