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LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW
OCTOBER 2013
4
Story by
Jillian Daley
| Photography by
Vern Uyetake
Sara Patinkin
Woman About Town
ara Patinkin has been in-
terested in fundraising
ever since she joined the
Brownies as a child: selling
cookies, candy, magazine
subscriptions.
“I think what kept me
interested was the fact
that something good was
going to come out of my efforts,” said Pat-
inkin, now 32.
She arrived in Lake Oswego two years
ago and as of Aug. 19 became the execu-
tive director of the Lake Oswego Schools
Foundation. The nonprofit group donates
more than 94 percent of donations to the
school district, giving $1.7 million in fiscal
year 2012-13.
“Our school district is fortunate to have
the foundation that it does, but more im-
portantly supportive and generous par-
ents, businesses
and general com-
munity members
who give to the
Foundation year-
after-year to en-
sure our schools
stay strong,” Pat-
inkin said.
Patinkin said
as a newcomer
she’s been doing a
lot of listening, speaking with stakehold-
er groups and looking to build upon the
foundation’s success.
While working for the Humane Society
for Southwest Washington as the special
events and public relations coordinator,
Patinkin said she learned that fundraising
is about more than events, appeal letters
or grants.
It’s “about individuals, their stories,
their passion for the organization, and
how I might assist strengthening their re-
lationship with the mission of the organi-
zation,” Patinkin said.
She’s been in the fundraising field for a
decade (not counting those early years as
a Brownie), most recently as the develop-
ment director at Donate Life Northwest, a
position she held for four years.
Patinkin was hired as the LOSF execu-
tive director by a unanimous vote of the
interview committee, composed of LOSF
board members and the school district su-
perintendent.
“We’re very excited,” said Kerry Grif-
fin, board president. “She’s dynamic. She’s
experienced, and she is a perfect fit for
this job.”
Mary Puskas, freshly retired after serv-
ing for two decades as the LOSF execu-
tive director, was responsible for training
Patinkin in her new position. Puskas said
Patinkin made the task easy.
“She’s very, very capable, so she doesn’t
need too much assistance — that’s for
sure,” Puskas said.
Patinkin’s education served as the
strong bedrock on which she developed
her successful career: a Bachelor of Arts
in international affairs from Lewis &
Clark College and a Master’s of Public Ad-
ministration in nonprofit management at
Portland State University.
Another professional influence is per-
sonal: Her parents are educators.
“Having a dad who was a principal
and a mom who is a fifth-grade teacher
in Washington, the dinner table talk often
centered around issues concerning public
education and funding,” Patinkin said.
“I’m familiar with the challenges and
struggles that educators are faced with
year after year when it comes to how edu-
cation is funded. I’ve heard my mom talk
about having huge class sizes and how
that impacts how she teaches and how
An avid hiker, Sara Patinkin spends much of her free time
hitting the trails, such as this Memorial Day hike in the Co-
lumbia Gorge.
SUBMITTED PHOTOGRAPH
‘Dynamic’, ‘experienced’ leader takes the helm at Lake Oswego Schools Foundation
Patinkin was hired as the LOSF executive
director by a unanimous vote of the
interview committee.
“She’s dynamic.
She’s experi-
enced, and she
is perfect fit for
this job.”
– Kerry Griffin
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