Audrey is the newest member of the ORPARC team. She came to the program in February 2010 with over 23 years of child welfare experience. Audrey has worked with youth in a residential treatment setting. She worked in several capacities with DHS-Child Welfare including as a Permanency Caseworker, Child Protective Services worker, and Consultant/Trainer. She was the Certification and Adoption Supervisor in Clackamas County for the past 10 years.

Audrey is truly passionate about foster and adoptive families. She states "Working for ORPARC to serve families who are caring for Oregon’s most vulnerable children is a dream come true."

Audrey and her husband are raising two children. They moved to Portland after she graduated from South Dakota State University. In her spare time, Audrey can be found on a river. She is an avid kayaker who also enjoys the outrigger canoe. She also competes with the Pink Phoenix Dragonboat team.

Nicole received her Masters of Social Work at Portland State University and she currently works as a family support specialist. Before coming to ORPARC, she worked with children, youth, and families in various capacities. After receiving her bachelor’s degree, she worked within a school-based mental health program, providing support in behavior supported classrooms within elementary schools. She has also co-facilitated a parenting class and provided individual parenting skills training. She was also a youth director for middle school and high school students and a teacher within Head Start classrooms.

Nicole has a passion for working with children and their parents, which is why she is often involved with jobs and everyday activities that interact with children and parents. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, playing the piano and going exploring with her husband either in the outdoors or in bookstores.

Toni Ferguson comes to ORPARC from Portland State University's Graduate School of Social Work and Child Welfare Partnership where she has been an instructor for the past 6 years. While there she was instrumental in the development of the Post Graduate Certificate Program in Therapy with Adoptive Families. Prior to that position, Toni was a member of the innovative Post Adoption Family therapist Team (PAFT) at DHS, where she provided highly specialized, intensive treatment services to adoptive families of special needs children. Before PAFT, Toni had acquired over 20 years' experience in education and child welfare systems including the positions of Permanency Worker, Foster Home Certifier, School Social Worker, and Adoptive/Foster Parent Trainer. Toni's Bachelor of Science degrees are in Psychology and Sociology from Portland State University, and she holds a Master's of Social Work from the School of Social Work and Child Welfare at Walla Walla College.

Toni and her husband have raised six children through birth and adoption who are now thriving adults.

Michael assumed the position of Resource Specialist and Librarian in January 2010 and he continues his position as Bilingual Family Support Specialist to adoptive and foster Spanish-speaking families. Over the years, Michael has occupied several positions at ORPARC including office manager and training coordinator. He continues to develop and deliver Spanish language trainings to several Spanish-speaking/Hispanic support groups throughout Oregon.

In his free time, Michael enjoys traveling to Latin American destinations as well as teaching and speaking Spanish with friends.

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