Meet Our Staff
Deb Ross
Deb Ross joined the Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation as executive director in October 2006. Previously, she served six years as national field director for Public Campaign, a national organization dedicated to advancing the public financing of elections. Deb spent the 1990s doing regional social and economic justice work with the Western States Center where she developed their signature leadership training programs and provided strategic support, training and technical assistance to community organizations and coalitions throughout an eight state region. In the 1980s Deb founded and directed one of the early battered women’s shelters in Oregon, was co-director of the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation, chaired the board of the Funding Exchange and served as interim director of the Women’s Foundation of Oregon.
Jordan Thierry
Jordan Thierry jumped into non-profit advocacy in 2003 with both feet and hasn’t looked back since. He credits this to his rich experience at the University of Oregon, where he co-directed the Student Multicultural Center and became a highly active leader on campus. Jordan went on to earn his M.A. from Howard University, and continued his commitment to social change as a program coordinator at the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation in Washington, DC, and later as an educator in Newark, NJ. Recently, Jordan self-produced a documentary film which explores fatherhood in Black America entitled The Black Fatherhood Project. As FCCP's program associate, Jordan supports the organization's working groups and works closely with FCCP members to develop funder briefings and convenings. He is comitted to seeking social change through rich dialogue and spirited action.
Nanci Champlin
