The Amigos Board of Directors / La Mesa Directiva de Amigos

Patricia Cortez, Board President. Patricia is a Eugene social worker and immigrant rights activist. She has long been associated with Amigos and is the founder and coordinator of Amigos' youth group Juventud FACETA.

Ken Neubeck. Board Vice President. Ken is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology, retired from the University of Connecticut. He serves on the Eugene Human Rights Commission and coordinates the Eugene Human Rights City Project.

Lynn Stephen, Lynn is Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences in the University of Oregon Department of Anthropology. She has done extensive work in Latin America on women and human rights issues.

Guadalupe Quinn. Guadalupe was formerly the Lane County Regional Coordinator of CAUSA, a statewide immigrant rights coalition. She has been an active participant in human rights causes for many years.

Yesenia Sanchez. Yesenia attends the University of Oregon and is a leader in the university’s student group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA).

The following Amigos board members are current members of our youth group, Juventud FACETA: Seryfe Suarez, Marcos Alvarez, and Ale Gomez.