Meet the Team

Matt oversees fundraising and communications for the foundation. Before joining the staff in 2019, Matt served as Board President, chaired the annual Gala & Auction committee and also helped facilitate Tony’s Tourney, a golf tournament fundraiser for HSF. A Glencoe alum, Matt is proud to be raising his two sons in the same community in which he grew up.

An HSF member since 2022, Rebecca is a 2000 Glencoe Alumni and HSD parent of three. Passionate about education and community, Rebecca has served as a past Chair and Vice Chair on the Community Curriculum Advisory Committee, member of the literature adoption committee, and member of HSD’s Strategic Planning Committee. Rebecca is a former board member of  Glencoe Youth Football as well as both Brookwood Elementary and Evergreen Middle School’s Boosters, and serves as a current board member of Patterson Elementary’s Booster Club.

When Rebecca is not at her kids’ sports or volunteering, she is a Principal Broker and Agent Trainer at NextHome Realty Connection in Orenco and the owner and Performance Coach at Rebecca Nelson Coaching LLC. Rebecca also enjoys hiking, reading, table top games, and most new adventures. Rebecca looks forward to all of the opportunities to serve the HSF community!

Tamara has lived in and around the Hillsboro area most of her life.  She worked for the Beaverton School District for several years post being a stay-at-home mom and that is a large reason why she wants to give back by being on this Board.  She has served on other Boards,  but feel this one will give her purpose and she can see what a difference it makes to our children.  Tamara is currently a Financial Analyst at Portland General Electric and enjoys spending time with family and friends when she is not working.

Kim joined the Hillsboro Schools Foundation in 2021. Kim has lived in the Hillsboro School District since 1978 and currently works at Portland General Electric (PGE).

Arturo Mendez is a 20 year semiconductor professional. He is an operations manager with Applied Materials managing a team of 40 semiconductor engineers working in the Epitaxy module.

He has a passion for community engagement where he has the opportunity to assist under-represented youth in the Portland Metro area. Arturo is a member of the board for the Latino Business Advisory Council through the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, sits on the board for the Oregon Startup Center and is the Chairman of the Board for Hispanics in Partnership through Applied Materials Foundation.

Arturo enjoys playing golf, reading, drawing/painting, riding motorcycles, working on old BMWs and spending quality time with his family.

Jon has been a part of the Hillsboro School District for 16 years as Principal of Jackson Elementary, Director of Student Services and recently 9 years as Principal of Poynter Middle School. He has been in education for 33 years starting as an instructional assistant, teacher, and administrator.  He recently retired to start the next chapter of his life. Jon has witnessed first hand the positive actions and generosity of the HSF through many grants that his schools have received over the years. When he retired, he decided that it was time that he give back to the HSF for all the generous giving that they gave his students and continue to support students and staff in the Hillsboro School District.

Shannon is a Principal Broker at The Shannon Rose Group.  An active member of the community and proud parent, both of her children graduated from Century High School.

Jaci Spross has been an education advocate since her oldest began Kindergarten at Imlay.  She has served as an officer with both local and State PTA’s, and as the Century High School Marching Band and Colorguard Booster Club President. Jaci is an Executive Assistant at Synopsys, Inc, serving on the Synopsys Silicon Valley Outreach Foundation Board of Directors, and currently chairing the Synopsys Hillsboro Community Outreach Committee.  Synopsys has been a proud supporter of HSF and sponsor for our Gala for 15+ years.  Jaci joins HSF’s Board after four years in service to the Hillsboro School Board that included serving on the Budget Committee, Safety Task Force, School-Based Health Center Steering Committee, the Licensed Bargaining Team and Policy Committee.  Jaci and her husband Tom are the proud parents of two Century High School graduates.

Matt grew up in the Washington county area, graduating from Westview High School. Matt’s journey started out as a teller at Washington Mutual right out of high school, eventually growing into his current role as Manager at the WaFd branch right here in Hillsboro. He thinks the big part of growing his career was learning to adapt but always being true to himself, and this shows with his clients. His focus is being with his family, his wife Nicole, and his four beautiful kids: Asher, Lexy, Maddox, and Maddox. Yes, being a blended family, he has two boys named Maddox, calling them “big” and “little”. His four kids keep him busy with sports all year as they are all active in wrestling, baseball, soccer, and basketball. Matt loves to cheer on the Ducks, Blazers, Mariners, and Seahawks, but most of all he enjoys spending time with his family adventuring from Florida to Long Beach to Cozumel. Matt and his wife want their children to travel and experience all the different cultures in the world. Matt joined the HSF board because he wanted to be part of this amazing opportunity to make a difference for our youth.

Nadine worked in the Hillsboro School District as an instructional assistant, special education teacher, special education director, elementary school principal, director of instruction and assessment and executive director of curriculum, instruction and assessment. She is very committed to supporting public education and the youth of our community. She has served on the Hillsboro Schools Foundation Board for over 12 years.

Beth Graser has been serving as the Chief Communications Officer for the Hillsboro School District since July of 2009. Beth grew up in Hillsboro and was one of the valedictorians of her graduating class at Glencoe High School before heading off to Duke University where she competed on the varsity track team and graduated magna cum laude. Her four sons all went through the Hillsboro School District and graduated from Glencoe as well. She is passionate about education and about serving the Hillsboro community.