Board of Directors

(Left to right: Rev. Juan José González, Bill Moore, Mary Jo Tully, Jon Birck, Rev. Msgr. Chuck Lienert,
Archbishop John Vlazny, John Limb, William Cardinal Levada, Claire Schulte,
Frank Brownstead, Dave Brinker, Fr. John Kerns)

Jon Birck
In addition to his work as an independent consultant in technical and business management, Jon is Treasurer of OCP’s Board of Directors. He is a member of St. Thomas More parish in Portland, and the father of two sons. He is on the Board for St. Mary’s Home for Boys, and has been a member of OCP’s Board of Directors since 1993.

Dave L. Brinker
Dave Brinker is CEO of ScaleOut Software. He has over 20 years of software industry experience in a variety of operational, sales and financial executive roles in both public and private companies including Webridge, Inc., and Mentor Graphics. Early in his career, Dave was a CPA for both KPMG Peat Marwick and Price Waterhouse Coopers. He has served for a number of years on OCP’s Technology Advisory Committee, and was appointed to OCP’s Board of Directors in 2008.

Frank Brownstead
Frank Brownstead is the Director of Music at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California. He holds the Master of Sacred Music Degree from Union Theological Seminary in New York, has served as Music Coordinator in the Office for Worship, parish musician, and educator, in addition to having coordinated and conducted the music for Pope John Paul II’s visit to Los Angeles in 1987. He has been on the faculty of Mount St. Mary’s College since 1979. Mr. Brownstead was appointed to OCP’s Board of Directors in 2007.

Rev. Juan José González
Fr. Juan was ordained in 2000 and assigned as Vice Rector of the Felix Rougier House of Studies in Mt. Angel until February of 2003 when he was assigned as Parochial Vicar of St. Matthew Parish in Hillsboro. He was named pastor of St. Matthew, a large Hispanic and Anglo parish with a Catholic school, in May of 2003. Fr. Juan was appointed to OCP’s Board of Directors in 2008.

Rev. John Kerns
Born in Eugene, Fr. Kerns was ordained in 1985. He served as parochial vicar of St. Mary's, Corvallis; associate director of vocations and director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Portland; and pastor of All Saints Parish from 1994-2002. He is currently the pastor of St. Juan Diego Parish in outer NW Portland. An accomplished musician, Fr. Kerns has been a member of the OCP Board of Directors since 1997.

His Eminence William Cardinal Levada, STD
William Cardinal Levada was appointed Archbishop of Portland on July 1, 1986, where he served as President of OCP’s Board of Directors. From 1995-2006, he was Archbishop of San Francisco. On May 13, 2005, he was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. On February 22, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI announced his creation as a Cardinal. That same month, he was reappointed to OCP’s Board of Directors.

Rev. Charles Lienert
Fr. Lienert was ordained in 1968. He served as vicar for clergy for the Archdiocese of Portland for 12 years. He was named pastor of St. Andrew’s Parish in Portland in 2004. In addition, he is a member of Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of Portland, and a member of National Federation of Priests Council board. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 1998.

William Moore
A Portland native, Bill attended Central Catholic High School and the University of Portland. He spent more than fifty years in the printing industry, forty-two of those years as President of Moore Lithograph, Inc. He has served as a board and executive committee member of the National Association of Printers and as chairman of the Providence Child Center Foundation. He has been a member of OCP’s Board of Directors since 1993.

Claire Schulte
Claire is a Certified Public Accountant and is currently the Corporate Controller for Provenance Hotels. She worked eight years at Deloitte & Touche providing financial advisory services in both the US and UK, and gained a wealth of acquisition and controllership experience through her work with Merix Corporation, Food Chain Films and Schnitzer Steel. Claire has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Portland, where she graduated as valedictorian. She joined OCP’s Board of Directors in 2007.

Mary Jo Tully
Mary Jo Tully is the Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Portland. A Chicago native, she was appointed to that position in 1990 after serving as Vice-Chancellor for one year. She is the former Director of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She writes a weekly column for The Catholic Sentinel and has published a religious education textbook series. Mary Jo was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1991.

Most Rev. Robert F. Vasa
Bishop Vasa is a native of Nebraska. He was ordained a priest in 1976 and spent 23 years serving as a priest in various capacities for the Diocese of Lincoln, including three years as Vicar General. He was consecrated Bishop of Baker in January 2000, and joined the Board of OCP in February 2000.

Most Rev. John G. Vlazny
Archbishop Vlazny is a native of Chicago. He was ordained a priest in 1961, and ordained as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago in 1983. He served as Bishop of Winona, Minnesota from 1987 to 1997. He was appointed Archbishop of Portland on October 28, 1997, and presided at his first meeting as Chairman of OCP's Board of Directors in February 1998. He currently serves on various USCCB committees, including the Committee on Catechesis and the Subcommittee on Liturgical Music.