IsMael Armenta

Izzy Armenta is a native Angeleno and former Confluence Fellow. After serving two exciting AmeriCorps term he has gone on to join Oregon Walks as their Transportation Justice Advocate. His current role finds him working with YEJA youth leaders in mapping walking barriers East Portland youth face and identifying ways to advocate to address those barriers. He also is responsible for partnership building with groups that work with communities of concern including; youth, older adults, people with disabilities, people of color and low-income households.  Izzy spends his spare time reading any science fiction, sewing and watching baseball.

Adriana Lovell | President

Adriana joins Confluence as a champion for urban habitats and collaboration in the Portland area. As a 2016 Confluence AmeriCorps Fellow with local nonprofit Green Lents, she came to know Confluence and find a love for the many facets of program and organizational development. Now she manages communications and science-based collaboratives at the environmental consulting firm Samara Group. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies-Biology from Reed College and a GIS Certificate from Portland Community College (for all her mapping needs). She is passionate about shifting our collective conservation actions toward creating a just environmental movement. She fills her free days baking, taking road trips, backpacking in the Cascades, and spending time with her 8 half-siblings.

JOin The BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Confluence is seeking to add to our Board of Directors to build momentum for the organization's next phase of development. Application materials can be found below.

Board Member Application

Maria Clark | Treasurer

Maria Clark grew up in San Diego, California. After serving an AmeriCorps term as a College Coach for College Possible, she had found a strong desire and respect for nonprofits whose missions align with sustainability and education. She had come across Confluence by working alongside one of its many amazing members fulfilling their AmeriCorps term at the nonprofit Forth, where she provides administrative, human resource, financial, and organizational support in its mission to advance electric, shared and smart transportation in keeping our air clean and protecting the places we call home. Maria likes to spend her time experimenting (and sometimes troubleshooting) in the kitchen and going on camping trips.

Pramodh Jacob | Secretary

Pramodh's involvement with Confluence began by joining the 2020-21 Cohort serving at Solar Oregon. After his AmeriCorps term, he transitioned to Forth, a non-profit focused on equitably advancing electric mobility. Pramodh is now a Program Manager on Forth's Access to Emerging Modes teams, where he works on projects to help deliver the benefits of shared EVs, and energy efficiency solutions to communities impacted by climate change in Oregon.