ABOUT NCEF
The NCEF Team
Board of Directors, Executive Committee
Claire Hobson
Chair
Claire Hobson has been a proud Milwaukian for almost four decades and has had four children move through the North Clackamas School District. She worked for Bonneville Power Administration for 35 years as an account executive before retiring in 2024.
Claire brings her network of community contacts, skills in writing and customer service, and joy for education to her role on the board.
Lois Costine
Vice Chair
Lois is a retired NCSD middle school teacher, board member of the Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and Red Cross volunteer.
Her family has 300+ years of district attendance and counting!
Kelly Coates
Secretary
Kelly was born and raised in the North Clackamas School District. She attended Linwood
Elementary, Lot Whitcomb Elementary, Ickes Junior High, and Clackamas High School (before
that site became Alder Creek Middle School). She is deeply passionate about creating and
sustaining systems-level change as a means for mitigating how health barriers to learning affect
students’ ability to attend and participate in school.
She works at CareOregon as an Evaluation Analyst and is also Affiliate Faculty with the OHSU-
PSU School of Public Health. In addition, she serves on Oregon’s School Medicaid Advisory
Committee and is the Co-Chair of the Board for the Oregon School-Based Health Alliance. She
earned her BS in Combined Sciences from Santa Clara University, her MPH from Portland State
University with an emphasis on Health Education and Health Promotion, and her PhD in Health
Systems and Policy from the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health. She is excited for all of the
wonderful work ahead as a part of the North Clackamas Education Foundation!
Darren Driscoll
Treasurer
Darren has lived in Happy Valley with his family since 2011 and has a deep connection to NCSD with kids at El Puente and all of them attended the Early Learning Center at Sabin-Schellenberg and had the same teacher (Shout out to Teacher Monica!). Darren has worked in IT since 2020 which has allowed him to make a positive impact on our broader community as IT Project Manager for Metro. He is a University of Oregon grad. He joined the NCEF Board to make a difference in a positive and impactful way with students and teachers in our district.
Board Members
Yvonne McVay
Yvonne has been a CPA for 21 years. All three of Yvonne's children attended NCSD schools: Milwaukie Elementary, Rowe Middle School and Milwaukie High School, and she has been active in school and community volunteering over the years.
Yvonne is passionate about supporting public education and views the Foundation as the vehicle to provide equity for students.
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Heather Dankenbring
Heather is a Happy Valley resident of 15 years and has a daughter attending Adrienne C. Nelson High School. She is a community advocate and a bridge builder, with extensive experience engaging the business community. Heather earned a BS in Public Health Education, and currently serves as the Membership Director for the North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce.
Sarah Lansing
Sarah brings her background in public education to the Board, holding many years of experience in the classroom with students of varying ages. She is a product of NCSD, having attended all years K-12 here, and has also recently worked as a substitute teacher within the district. She is a wife and a devoted mother of two littles. She has a passion for advocating for historically marginalized populations of students, as well as for all children and their caregivers.
Orlando Perez
Orlando Perez joined the Board in July 2023, after ending a successful term on the North Clackamas School District Board of Directors.
Trisha Stout
Trisha has been a proud resident of Damascus since 2014 and has strong ties to the North Clackamas School District. Her husband is a Clackamas alumnus, and their three sons all attended schools in the district. Two currently attend Adrienne C. Nelson High School, and one is a graduate now attending Oregon State University. Trisha and her family have been strong supporters of the district’s music programs and the important role the arts play in student development.
Trisha joined the NCEF Board to build stronger connections with the school district and to support teachers and staff across all classrooms. She serves as Branch Manager at the Tualatin OnPoint Community Credit Union, where serving communities is central to her work. She is passionate about expanding access to financial literacy, and through the Foundation, she is able to extend that commitment directly to students throughout NCSD.
