Background – The Mental Health Alliance

The best description of United States v. City of Portland is on Wikipedia.

Documents pertaining to the case are scattered across several sites, including Wikipedia. In addition to this site, they include –

The Portland Police Bureau’s DOJ page.
Portland’s Committee on Community-Engaged Policing has a set of web pages buried in the City of Portland’s website.
The Albina Ministerial Alliance’s Coalition for Justice and Police Reform has a website (last updated in 2024).
As of 2025, the Mark Smith Independent Court Monitor group has a website.

Who’s Who in United States v. City of Portland
BOLD = individuals active in the case as of November 2025

Aaron Schmautz – Portland Police Association
Adam Renon – Mental Health Alliance
Adrian Brown – attorney for the US DOJ
Amanda Lamb – attorney for the Mental Health Alliance
Amanda J. Marshall – Mental Health Alliance
S. Amanda Marshall – US DOJ attorney for Oregon
Amanda Trujillo – Mental Health Alliance
Amy Senier – attorney for the US DOJ
Amy Ruiz – Rosenbaum & Associates
Amy Watson – Rosenbaum & Associates
Anil Karia – attorney for the Portland Police Association
Ashlee Albies – attorney for the Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Ashley Heiberger – Rosenbaum & Associates
Billy Williams – US DOJ attorney for Oregon
Bob Day – deputy chief of the Portland Police Bureau (retired), returned as Chief of PPB 2024
Bob Joondeph – Mental Health Alliance
Brad Taylor – Mental Health Coordinator for the City of Portland, then contract facilitator for the PCCEP
Brandon Lee – contract facilitator for the PCCEP
Brian D. Buehler – attorney for the US DOJ
Catherine Yoon – attorney for the US DOJ
Chris Davis – deputy chief of the Portland Police Bureau
Christopher C. Wang – attorney for the US DOJ
Chuck Lovell – chief of the Portland Police Bureau
Claudia Claudio – city of Portland staff
Cody Ridenour – City of Portland staff
Dan Handelman – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Dan Saltzman – City Commissioner
Danielle Outlaw – chief of the Portland Police Bureau
Daryl Turner – president of the Portland Police Association
Dave Boyer – Mental Health Alliance
David Landrum – attorney for Multnomah County
David Knight – attorney for the US DOJ
David Woboril – attorney for the City of Portland
Deanna Wesson-Mitchell – liaison from the Mayor’s office
Debbie Aiona – League of Women Voters
Denis Vannier – attorney for the City of Portland
Dennis Rosenbaum – Rosenbaum & Associates
Derald Walker – Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare
Dori Grabinski – City of Portland
Ellen Osoinach – attorney for the City of Portland
Charlie Hales – Mayor of Portland
Franz Bruggemeier – attorney for the Mental Health Alliance
Geoffrey Alpert – contractor for Rosenbaum & Associates
Harmeet Dhillon – attorney for the US DOJ
Heather Daniel – contractor for Rosenbaum & Associates
Heidi Brown – attorney for the City of Portland
Hun Taing – contract facilitator for the PCCEP
Jaime Reisch – chief of the Portland Police Bureau
James Van Dyke – attorney for the City of Portland
Jan Friedman – representative of the Mental Health Alliance
Janet Hammer – attorney for the City of Portland
Janice E. Hebert – attorney for the US DOJ
Jared Hager – attorney for the US DOJ
Jason Renaud – Mental Health Alliance
Jeff Bell – commander of the Portland Police Bureau
Jeffrey Murray – attorney for the US DOJ
Jessica Polansky – attorney for the US DOJ
Jo Ann Hardesty – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform, then Portland City Commissioner
Joyce Harris – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Jocelyn Samuels – attorney for the US DOJ
John Gore – attorney for the US DOJ
Jonathan Brown – Mental Health Alliance
Jonas Geissler – attorney for the US DOJ
Jonathan Mark Smith – attorney for the US DOJ
Juan C. Chavez – attorney for the Mental Health Alliance
Judith Mowery – City of Portland staff
Judy Prosper – attorney for the City of Portland
KC LeDell – Mental Health Alliance
Keith Wilson – Mayor of Portland
Kelly Alexandre Zusman – attorney for the US DOJ
Kerry Krentler Dean – attorney for the US DOJ
Kristen Chambers – attorney for the Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Laura Coon – attorney for the US DOJ
Laura Cowall – attorney for the US DOJ
Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Lisa Rogers – attorney for the City of Portland
Rev. Lynne Smouse Lopez – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Mandi Hood – staff to the COAB and the PCCEP
Marc Poris – Portland Copwatch
Mark Amburg – attorney for the City of Portland
Mark L. Gross – attorney for the US DOJ
Rev. Mark Knutsen – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Mark P Smith, et al – independent court monitor
Mary Austad – assistant to Judge Michael Simon
Mary Claire Buckley – Portland Police Bureau
Mary Margaret Wheeler-Weber – Mental Health Alliance
Mauri Matsuda – Mental Health Alliance
Megan Mohler – contractor for Rosenbaum & Associates
Michael Bigham – Mental Health Alliance
Michael H Simon – judge of United States v. City of Portland
Michelle A. Jones – attorney for the US DOJ
Mike Krantz – Portland Police Bureau
Mike Marshman – chief of the Portland Police Bureau
Mike Schmidt – Mental Health Alliance
Nat West – Mental Health Alliance
Natalie K. Wight – US DOJ attorney for Oregon
Nicole Grant – liaison from Mayor Wheeler’s office
Patrick McCarthy – attorney for the US DOJ
Pat Walsh – Portland Police Bureau
Patrick Nolen – Mental Health Alliance
Philip Chacka – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Rabbi Ariel Stone – Mental Health Alliance
Renata Gowie – attorney for the US DOJ
Rian Peck – attorney for the Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Robert King – Chief of Staff for Bob Day, PPB
Robert Taylor – attorney for the City of Portland
Robert J. Moossy – attorney for the US DOJ
Robin Wisner – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Rochelle Silver – Mental Health Alliance
Sarah C. Ames – attorney for the City of Portland
Scott Bradford – US DOJ attorney for Oregon
Seth Wayne – attorney for the US DOJ
Shauna Curphey – attorney for the Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
SreeVamshi Reddy – attorney for the City of Portland
Stephanie Howard – liaison from the Mayor’s office to the case
Steve Jones – Portland Police Bureau
Steven Rosenbaum – attorney for the US DOJ
Susanne Luse – attorney for the US DOJ
Rev. Dr. T. Allen Bethel – Albina Ministerial Coalition for Peace and Justice Reform
Ted Wheeler – Mayor of Portland
Theo Latta – City of Portland staff – PCCEP
Teresa Kwong – attorney for the US DOJ
Thomas J Morse – attorney for the US DOJ
Tom E. Wheeler – attorney for the US DOJ
Tovah Calderon – attorney for the US DOJ
Tom Christof – Rosenbaum & Associates
Tracy Reeve – attorney for the City of Portland
William Narus – US DOJ attorney for Oregon

Members of the Police Accountability Commission aka ReThink Police Accountability Commission – (2021 – 2023)

Faythe Aiken
Debbie Aiona
Monica Arce
Sophia Glenn
Dan Handelman
Seemab Hussaini
Lovisa Lloyd
Katherine McDowell
Charlie Michelle-Westley
Tirsa Orellana
Christian Orellana Bauer
Angie Tomlinson
Connie Wohn

Cherie Smith – alternate

Aje Amaechi – alternate
Tim Pitts – alternate
Cameron Browne – alternate
Yume Delegato – alternate
KC Lewis – alternate
Obinna Ugwu-Oju – alternate

Eva Vega – resigned
Zoe Sigman – resigned
May Saechao – resigned
Jason Renaud – resigned
Eric Hunter – resigned
Winta Yohannes – resigned
Meikelo Cabbage – did not attend meetings

Police Accountability Commission Report – August 2023 (505 pages). This report and its recommendations were not adopted by the Portland City Council. A separate report was prepared in parallel by the Portland City Attorney, and adopted with code recommendations by city council in October 2023.

Community Police Oversight Board – a set of code recommendations authored by city attorneys – August 2023 (96 pages).

Members of the Community Board for Police Accountability (2025 – current)
Initial appointments were made June 2025

Members of the Portland Committee for Community-Engaged Policing (PCCEP) (2018 – 2021)
See PCCEP Member Attrition Table up to 2 2019 (PDF). The PCCEP was removed from the Settlement Agreement in 2026.

Yolanda Clay – Resigned
Lakayna Drury – elected co-chair 12/2018 – 2021
LaKeesha Dumas – elected co-chair 12/2018 – Resigned
Robert Dye – Resigned
Sharon Gary-Smith – Resigned
Aden Hassan – Resigned
Andrew Kalloch – Resigned
Michelle Lang – Resigned
Patrick Nolen – Resigned
Sam Sachs – Resigned
Zachary Thornhill – Resigned
Kalonji Williams – Resigned
Sebastian Chevalier – Resigned
Rachel Benjamin – alternate – Resigned
Taylor Ford – alternate, did not serve
Yolanda Salguiero – Resigned
Raul Steven Trujillo – alternate – Resigned
Amarien Simmons – alternate, did not serve
Britt Masback – Resigned
Marcia Perez – Resigned
Amy Anderson – not renewed by the Mayor
Elliott Young – elected co-chair 2020-2021 – Resigned
Taji Chesmit – elected co-chair 2020-2021 – Resigned
Ja’Mari Etherly – unknown
Ann Campbell – completed term
Kea Duggen – Resigned
As of June 2021 we can no longer track who is a member of the PCCEP. The city’s website, maintained by PCCEP staff, is continuously inaccurate.

Members of the Community Oversight Advisory Board (COAB) (2015-2017)

Rabbi Michael Cahana- resigned
Se-ah-dom Edmo – alternate, resigned
Vince Elmore – non-voting PPB officer
Bud Feuless – resigned
Catherine Gardner – completed term
Vanessa Gonzalez – resigned
Avel Gordly – resigned
Tashia Hager – non-voting PPB officer
Michelle Hughes – non-voting PPB officer
Jakhary Jackson – non-voting PPB officer
Kristi Jamison – resigned
Jimi Johnson – resigned
Ime Kerlee – resigned
Laquida Landford – alternate, resigned
Sharon Maxwell – resigned
Mireaya Medina – alternate, resigned
Sharon Meieran, MD – resigned
Paul Meyer – non-voting PPB officer
Alisha Moreland-Capuia, MD – resigned
Cory Murphy – resigned
Emanuel Price – resigned
Myrlaviani Rivier – completed term
Joshua Robinson – resigned
Rochelle Silver, PhD – completed term
Tom Steenson, JD – alternate, became active
Philip Wolfe – alternate, became active
Karl Klundt – alternate, became active, non-voting PPB officer
Lavaun Heaster – alternate, did not serve
Marcia Sutterberg – alternate, did not serve