Ronda Rutledge

Ronda is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and has a background in psychology, communication, and organizational leadership. She has been the Executive Director of the American Indian Child Resource Center in Oakland, CA as well as Sustainable Food Center in Austin, TX. She currently holds that role at Ecotrust in Portland. During her time as a nonprofit executive, she successfully led her agencies through various economic downturns resulting in programmatic expansion and exponential growth. Her professional career has included individual and family counseling, as well as leadership coaching and development, visioning and strategic planning, diversity/equity/inclusion, and policy advocacy. She and her husband have twins attending the University of Oregon in Eugene. Ronda loves exploring the great outdoors, the local restaurants, music, dancing and traveling.