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Statewide Administrative Staff

Erika Hente joined Oregon Law Center in 2017 as the Managing Attorney for OLC’s Lane county office. She began serving as Executive Director in August of 2024. Prior to working with OLC, Erika worked as an attorney and manager with Legal Aid Service of Oregon in various offices from 2004 to 2016.

Erika grew up in an Air Force family, so called many places home during her childhood. She went to Colorado State University as an undergraduate and went on to graduate from Syracuse University College of Law with her JD. She came to the Pacific Northwest during her second summer of law school, when she interned with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle before ultimately moving to Oregon in 2004 after working as a legal aid attorney in California.

Jennifer Hisey joined the Oregon Law Center in 2020 as a Supervising Attorney in the Lane County office. She moved into the statewide role of Director of Advocacy in 2024.

Jennifer grew up in North-Central Washington, attended Western Washington University for her BA and then attended the University of Oregon School of Law. Following her graduation in 2004, Jennifer began her legal career working for the Lane County Law and Advocacy Domestic Violence Clinic as a staff attorney. In 2006, Jennifer became a staff attorney in the Albany office of Legal Aid Services of Oregon. Jennifer stopped her long daily commute from Eugene to Albany and began working in Eugene again in 2020 with the Oregon Law Center. She enjoys family, pets (hers and everyone else’s), the beach and well drafted policies and procedures that support OLC’s mission.

Sarah DeMartino joined Oregon Law Center in 2008 as the Financial/HR Specialist until 2016, when she moved into the role of Chief Financial Officer.

Sarah grew up in Springfield, Oregon and attended the University of Oregon where she majored in English Literature. In 1996 she moved to Portland and started employment at the American Red Cross – Oregon Trail Chapter. After working in various roles she found her niche in the accounting department. This is where she realized she wanted to maintain a career in the nonprofit sector. After leaving the Red Cross, she was hired at OLC and went back to school to receive a Post-Baccalaureate Accounting degree from Portland State University. She enjoys being behind the scenes, supporting those on the front lines so they can focus on fulfilling the mission of the Oregon Law Center.

Rej Joo is Oregon Law Center’s DEI Director.

Rej is a 1.5-generation Korean American man of trans experience who was born in South Korea and grew up in Portland. He recently returned to Oregon after living in NYC for 15 years, where he received his degree in psychology and completed his MPH from Columbia University. Since 2003, Rej has had the opportunity to grow with and serve various communities affected by poverty, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, houselessness, homophobia, and transphobia. He is passionate about creating a learning and unlearning environment that is grounded in cultural humility where we acknowledge the ongoing process of self-reflective work. He strives for collective liberation through an intersectional lens where economic realities of low-income people cannot be divorced from racism and other systemic inequities. His DEI work has been shaped by experiences in the fields of public health, social service, research, community education, anti-violence work, and program evaluation. Rej enjoys gardening, geeks out on martial arts and holds black belts in the disciplines of Hapkido and Taekwondo (currently taking up BJJ).

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