Staff
Clark Blakeman
Executive Director
Clark was called to transition from Community Relations Pastor at Imago Dei Community and found an organization that equips churches to be connected in their neighborhoods. Currently he conducts the bulk of our training while also establishing partnerships in SE Portland and beyond. Clark is an exceptionally gifted visionary and networker.
Alyssa Agee
Operations and Program Director
Alyssa oversees day-to-day operations for Second Stories as well as acting as the Program Director for Prologue. She is passionate about people and loves to organize things.
Andreas Lunden
Assistant Director of Training and Webmaster
Skilled on a number of levels, Andreas directly collaborates with Clark on curriculum development and training sessions. He also designs and manages the Second Stories website. Andreas is Swedish. That's all there is to say about him.
Casey Cerratani
Business and Finance Director
Casey is the genius behind all of our business development ventures. He currently has a full time job at a local technology company but goes above and beyond the call of duty by volunteering his spare time with Second Stories.
Lisa Tamura
Volunteer Coordinator
Board of Directors
Alyssa Agee
Communications Executive, Pamiris
I co-founded a business information management firm with my husband Bryan. We live in SE Portland. I am passionate about continuing to discover what it means to live missionally. I see Second Stories playing a vital role in shaping future expressions of missional living both in SE Portland and beyond.
Andre Jackson
Community Engagement and School Partnership Manager at Portland Public Schools
Bill Russell
Executive Director of Union Gospel Mission, Portland
Tamara and I (married 30 years) have raised four daughters. We want to live in community with Christ followers. We see Second Stories as vital to bring redemptive relationships into areas that have been plagued by isolation and poverty.
Bud Bylsma
Executive Director, Northwest Leadership Associates
Patti and I will celebrate 59 years of marital bliss (mostly) June 9. I am envisioning Second Stories being a highly effective catalyst for churches in the community to become a living expression of Jesus' grace and love to the marginalized.
Casey Cerretani
Missional Pioneer
Andrea and I have been together since 10th grade and have three children - Ezra who serves in the Army National Guard, Eva and Isaac. I see Second Stories providing the relationships and resources needed to turn great ideas about mission into great stories of transformed lives in Portland.
Doug Hudelson
Douglas E. Hudelson CPA
Georgene Rice
Radio Talk Show Host, The Georgene Rice Show
Georgene is is a gospel musician and currently hosts a daily Christian talk show. An itinerate worship leader, Geogene and husband Dan, consult and train local church worship musicians and are currently serving as worship musicians at a church plant in NE Porltand. Georgene has lectured on college and university campuses and is a frequent speaker at Christian conferences engourgaging the church to engage culture.
Kevin Palau
Executive VP, Luis Palau Association
Along with my wife, Michelle, sons David and Daniel, and daughter Lauren, I would love to see an example of the Kingdom impacting/changing one key part of our metro area (i.e. SE Portland). I see this as a key part of the ongoing 'Season of Service', church unity 'stuff' God seems to be up to in Portland.
Kristine Sommer
Missions Director, SouthLake Foursquare Church
Mike Vander Veen
Asset Based Community Development AmeriCorp Member, East Portland Neighborhood Office
Pete Meyers
Lawyer, Harbour & Meyers Law Firm
I litigate contested family law matters, such as divorces and dissolutions, child custody, guardianships, wills, and other matters affecting major life events. I also litigate and advise on agreements, employment, intellectual property (such as licensing and copyright agreements and trademark registration), debt collection, and general corporate matters. Where this fits in with my work with Second Stories is to help the board and the organization think through issues and solve problems, whether legal or otherwise.
Stephanie Mathis
Executive Director, Oregon Center for Christian Values (OCCV)
My husband, Pastor Mark Mathis and I worship and serve with the community at Milwaukie Covenant Church near SE Portland. MCC has been prayerfully seeking to build relationships, serve their local community, and reach the world for Christ. I see that Second Stories serves as an essential resource both in theology, philosophy, and praxis for believers like MCC. OCCV also has a similar mission as Second Stories in uniting and educating the Christian community around living out the holistic gospel of Jesus Christ especially in loving those in the margins of our society.
Timothy Won
Tony Kriz
Greater Portland Coordinator, Churches for the Sake of Others (C4SO)
My family and I live embedded in North Portland. We are helping to integrate new communities of faith and walk with others into whole and congruent lives. We believe strongly in a "theology of locality": "The Word pitched his tent amoung us" and we are called to do the same. That is why I serve Second Stories.




