Meet Our People

Torii has broad-based community support, which is reflected in the diversity of its focused, hard-working board and supporters.

Thank you to our generous underwriters:

Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust
Henry Lea Hillman, Jr., Foundation
William F. Gilmore Foundation
BP, Lester & Regina John Foundation
Keys Foundation
PGE Foundation

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers and in-kind supporters:

Dianne Amico
Katie Marston
Debbie Schwartz
Paul Bingman at Edgewood.net
Marshall Goldberg, MD
Amanda Guldager, attorney at law
Looking Glass Bookstore
Greg Tozian
Matthew Zrebski
Twenty-Third Avenue Books

Torii Board of Directors

Peter J. Davidson, M.D., President

Dr. Davidson is a staff psychiatrist with State of Oregon Department of Human Services, Office of Mental Health and Addictions Services. He earned his MD from the University of Washington School of Medicine and has completed a Psychiatric Residency at Harvard Medical School, a Community Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and has Board Certification from the American Boards of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Gloria Suffin, Secretary

Ms. Suffin recently retired as a support and curriculum advisor to teachers-in-training at Portland State University, a position she previously held at Holy Names College in Oakland. She has been an educator and counselor for thirty five years.

Karl McDade, Treasurer

Retired police sergeant Karl McDade is the original coordinator of the Portland Police Department Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). He has trained officers around the west coast to avoid injuries to themselves and civilians during crises involving people who have mental illnesses.

David Barrios, Director

Mr. Barrios trains future police officers at the National Indian Youth Police Academy through the Fox Valley Technical College Center for Innovation in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Randy Doyle, Director

Mr. Doyle is the district sales manager for the mountain states territory at Oregon Steel Mills.

Carol Jeanne Wells, Director

Ms. Wells is Torii's executive director. She worked in advertising for over ten years with clients like Norm Thompson, Mack Trucks, and Cigna Insurance. She has taught writing at Lehigh University and Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales.

Maria Rojo de Steffey, Advisor

Maria Rojo de Steffey is a Multnomah County commissioner who includes social service programs in the areas of health and welfare, housing, and poverty, as top priorities.

Charles Williamson, Advisor

Mr. Williamson is an attorney for Kell Alterman Runstein in Portland. He is a co-founder and the former Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the School of Professional Psychology at Pacific University.