OUR TEAM
CAPACITY TO MEET OUR CLIENTS NEEDS
We have assembled a team of expert consultants in the areas of graphic design, photography, financial analysis, communications and more. These consultants are an integral part of our ability to provide clients with a broad portfolio of services, giving you the support and skills needed to help you to make your project a success and move your organization forward.
DEBRA DUNN
Debra Dunn, president and founder of Synergy Resources Group (SRG) since 2013, leads a multi-disciplinary firm that specializes in organizational development with an emphasis on organizational assessments; strategic planning; internal/external engagement; board development; leadership development/executive coaching and process improvement.
Debra has held executive level positions in for-profit business; nonprofit organizations and consultation services for over 30 years. Her education is in business, accounting, marketing. She is trained in change management; she is a certified facilitator and certified in Hogan Assessment Systems, a nationally recognized leadership development tool designed to identify, grow and support leaders as well as the Myers Briggs evaluation tool.
Debra has participated in many Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training workshops where she learned the foundational tenets of equity. She has shared these principles with clients and advised on how to develop a more diverse workplace and advanced people of color. Over the last 25 years, Debra has been actively addressing racism through employment policies and hiring processes as well as decision making structures that have affected change in many small to mid-size businesses and organizations.
Debra has extensive experience in developing public policy, specifically working on transportation policy as it relates to the efficient and environmentally responsible movement of goods, services and people. She brings a business perspective to the issues facing communities and has served as ‘bridge’ among multi modes of transportation to effect change. She is regularly invited to advise on transportation by the private and public sectors. She has also served on numerous public policy committees, locally, regionally and nationally on a variety of issues, including seeking solutions for multiple modes of transportation.
Debra serves on the Oregon Environmental Council; is a founding member of the Women’s Foundation of Oregon; a 2015 Women of Influence award recipient and a member of the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs. She served on Oregon Attorney General Hardy Meyers Consumer Advisory Council for 10 years.
CHERLYN STATEN
Cherlyn Staten is SRG’s Project Coordinator and a result driven individual. She brings over a decade of project management experience from proposal to the final production. She uses her talents and experience in marketing and communications to create and implement internal and external communications as well as market research and stakeholder activities.
Proficient in multiple business operations, including conflict resolution, and the implementation of effective business policies and procedures. She specializes in developing and nurturing dynamic client relationships.
Cherlyn has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Portland State University. She lives on a flower farm in West Linn with her husband, son and a very diverse group of farm animals.
A FEW OF SYNERGY'S CLIENTS
Blanchet House
Burgerville, USA
Business Oregon
Cambia Health
Cascadia Behavioral Health
City of Portland Office of Management and Finance
Portland Bureau of Transportation
DKS & Associates
Mary’s Woods Retirement Community
Multnomah County Transportation Division
Multnomah County Department of County Assets
Oregon Community Colleges Association
Oregon Department of Transportation
Oregon Humane Society
Portland Industrial Opportunity Center – Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC – RAHS)
Port of Portland Mentor Protégé Program Management
The Portland Clinic, LLP
Portland Youth Philharmonic
SOLVE
Washington County Transportation
and Land Use Department