Who's Who at City Club: Staff

Charity Fain

Title:

Executive Director

Email:

Phone Extension:

101

Charity Fain is the executive director at City Club, where she is responsible for overall organizational management and promoting the organization's mission.

Prior to joining City Club in June 2008, Charity was the Country Director for Internews Network where she directed a media policy reform program in Kyrgyzstan from 2005-2007. Before this, she developed, organized and implemented programs for the International Women's Media Foundation to support women in media. Charity also managed projects in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan for the National Democratic Institute in Washington, DC. Before this position, Charity worked at the Open Society Institute in New York where she managed women's rights programs, including OSI's Human Rights Advanced Leadership Training for Women. Charity has a bachelor's degree in International Studies with a minor in Russian from The American University in Washington, DC, has studied law at the City University of New York and is a fluent Russian speaker.

Tony Iaccarino

Title:

Research and Policy Director

Email:

tony@pdxcityclub.org

Phone Extension:

103

Tony Iaccarino is the research and policy director for City Club. He works to promote citizen engagement and a deeper understanding of public affairs by managing the Club’s all-volunteer research and advocacy efforts.

Tony has a bachelors degree in history from U.C. Berkeley and a doctoral degree in history from U.C.L.A. Prior to joining the staff of City Club in 2007, he taught American history at Reed College and the Northwest Institute for Social Change and served as an instructor for an innovative “great books” course for low-income adults sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities. The author of numerous essays and book reviews on American politics and social movements, Tony also chairs the editorial board of Sockeye Magazine, a nonpartisan regional public-affairs magazine.

Amy Harris

Title:

Program and Communications Manager

Email:

amy@pdxcityclub.org

Phone Extension:

100

As program and communications manager, Amy Harris is liaison to City Club's event-programming committees. She helps create Friday Forums on topics crucial to the region and works with the Agora committee and New Leaders Council to develop engaging and informative events. Amy also manages the bulk of the Club's communications, including its weekly eblast and weekly member newsletter.

Amy's previous jobs have included community building and coordinating international student exchanges. She also directed a research grant program and ran a volunteer network for a national health organization. Amy received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Jennifer Untalan

Title:

Office and Membership Administrator

Email:

jen@pdxcityclub.org

Phone Extension:

104

Office and membership administrator Jennifer Untalan manages the office as well as coordinating membership renewals, new memberships, the Citizen Salon program and the Annual Fund drive.

A native of Portland, Jennifer received her B.A. from Lewis & Clark College and has since lived and worked throughout the Pacific Northwest, including time working as the administrative and database coordinator for the Lawyers’ Campaign for Equal Justice. An actor, Jennifer is also deeply involved in the Portland theater community. She has listened to Friday Forums on the radio for most of her adult life, and is delighted to be part of the discussion and dissemination of ideas that City Club makes possible.

Joe Sixta

Title:

Club Mascot

Email:

joe@pdxcityclub.org

Phone Extension:

102

Joe Sixta is joining City Club staff through August, and will be assisting with website updates, mailings and development projects.

Joe is originally from Minnesota and moved to Oregon to earn his Bachelor of Science in Community Development from Portland State University. After graduating, he spent two years working as an Americorps VISTA volunteer at a family homeless shelter in East Portland. He continues to volunteer with other social service agencies in the metro region. Joe has spent a lot of his life working with civic groups and neighborhood associations in Oregon and Minnesota. He was married in January.