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Kim Scott
President & CEO
Kim Scott is responsible for providing executive leadership for all Trillium program operations.
He provides direct supervision to the Medical Director, the Director of Clinical Quality, the Chief
External Affairs Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Executive Director of Human Resources.
Mr. Scott provides leadership in the development of organizational policy and procedure, compliance with
national accrediting bodies, and program and business development activities.
Mr. Scott also provides statewide leadership in the development of intensive treatment services that are
family focused and integrated with local communities and planning structures. He serves on the Advisory
Board of the American Association of Children's Residential Centers, on the Strategic Planning Committee
of the National Alliance of Children and Families, and has been invited to participate in the Building Bridges
Summit sponsored by SAMHSA. He is actively involved with the Oregon Alliance of Children's Programs.
Prior to joining Trillium Family Services, Mr. Scott served as Associate Director of the Children's Farm Home
in Corvallis, Oregon. In this role, he was responsible for directing all the residential care and treatment
services operations and supervised coordinators responsible for managing residential, community-based and clinical
services program operations.
Mr. Scott started his career as a childcare worker at Waverly Children's Home in 1978 and he became the Residential
Services Coordinator in 1983. In 1985, he moved to Alaska, where he served as Detention Unit Leader for the Department
of Health and Social Services in Juneau and as youth counselor at Johnson Youth Center, also in Juneau, Alaska.
Mr. Scott has presented at conferences for the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), Oregon's Children & Adolescent
Residential Psychiatric Programs (CHARPP), the Council on Accreditation (COA), and the University of Southern Florida's
Research & Best Practice conference and has provided quality assurance, accreditation and electronic record consultation
for mental health agencies in Oregon and Alaska.
Mr. Scott received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Counseling Education from Columbia Christian College in 1980. He received
a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Alaska Southeast in August 1995.
Rich Blum
Vice President of Quality and Provider Relations
Rich Blum administers the coordination of the quality assurance program including adherence to accreditation standards, Oregon Administrative
Rules, and Contract agreements. He develops and coordinates the marketing activities of the organization and negotiates contracts
with the various public and private sector payers. Rich directly oversees the Director of Marketing and the Program Evaluation
Specialist. His responsibilities include oversight of the accreditation compliance and performance improvement activities, contract
negotiation, and provision of "live time" revenue status of the organization's major revenue flows.
Mr. Blum has presented at Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), Children & Adolescent Residential Psychiatric Programs (CHARPP),
Council on Accreditation (COA), and American Association of Children's Residential Centers (AACRC) conferences and has provided
quality assurance, accreditation, and electronic record consultation for mental health agencies in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and
California.
With the establishment of Trillium Family Services in 1998, Mr. Blum served in the capacities of Chief Information Officer (1998-2006),
Chief Administrative Officer (2006-2007), and Chief Operations Officer (2007-2009). Prior to the creation of Trillium Family Services,
Mr. Blum served as the Chief Quality Officer (1993-1998), Residential Services Coordinator (1992), Program Manager (1979-1992), and
Residential Treatment Specialist (1976-1979) for the Children's Farm Home in Corvallis, Oregon.
Mr. Blum received his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1973 and his Masters in Business
Administration from the Atkinson School of Management at Willamette University, Salem, Oregon in 1987.
Sandy Boyle, MS, LPC
Vice President of Provider Services
Sandy Boyle oversees the operations of all of Trillium's clinical programs in the Portland Metro and Mid-Willamette Valley regions.
Her main responsibilities include quality assurance and maintaining accreditation standards, fiscal management of programs,
business and program development, community relations and staff training and supervision.
As a Waverly Children's Home Outpatient Therapist, Ms. Boyle began what now amounts to more than 13 years of service in Trillium's
programs. She has been in the mental health profession for 18 years, working in a variety of community mental health agencies
as well as juvenile justice settings.
Before her time with Trillium, Ms. Boyle worked specifically with pregnant and parenting adolescents for three years and with
juveniles with law violations for four years at the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility.
Ms. Boyle earned her Master's of Science degree in Clinical Child and Youth Work with a specialization in Family Work from
Western Oregon State University, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Oregon.
Dr. Keith Cheng
Medical Director
Dr. Cheng joined Trillium Family Services in 2001. His duties as Medical Director for Trillium Family Services extend to all three campuses: Children's Farm Home, Parry Center for Children, and Waverly Children's Home. Dr. Cheng provides medical leadership and oversight for all clinical programs. He is also involved in research, marketing, and program development activities.
Dr. Cheng is well known as a senior child psychiatrist in Oregon. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Sciences University and teaches and supervises trainees in the Division of Child Psychiatry. In addition to his duties at Trillium Family Services, Dr. Cheng serves as a consulting child psychiatrist to the Intercultural Psychiatric Program at OHSU.
Dr. Cheng has held several clinical leadership positions in Oregon. From 1990 to 1992, he served as the Medical Director for the Adolescent Inpatient Program at Portland Adventist Medical Center. From 1992-1994, he was the Clinical Director for the Child Psychiatric Program at Holladay Park Medical Center. From 1995-1997, Dr. Cheng was Medical Director of the ADHD Clinic at OHSU. From 1994-2000, he served as the Medical Director of Child Psychiatric Services at Emanuel Hospital. He also worked as a staff psychiatrist at Clackamas County Mental Health from 2000-2001.
Dr. Cheng has been involved in many state and community mental health projects. He served on Governor Kitzhaber's Task Force on Youth Suicide Prevention. He served as a teacher for the Portland Police Bureau's Crisis Intervention Training Program. He was also on the committee that helped develop the child psychiatric portion of the Oregon Health Plan.
Dr. Cheng has published in peer-reviewed journals and has made numerous presentations at national and international psychiatric meetings. He has a special interest in the effects of electronic entertainment media on children's behavior and youth suicide. He is currently co-editing a textbook of child psychiatry that is due to be published at the end of 2004.
In 1982, Dr. Cheng received his M.D. degree at Loma Linda University where he also completed his general psychiatry residency training. He subsequently trained at the Yale Child Study Center where he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in child psychiatry in 1990. Dr. Cheng is Board Certified in both General and Child Psychiatry.
Lisa Kane
Chief Administrative Officer
Lisa Kane is responsible for managing and coordinating all human resource functions for Trillium Family Services, including staff
recruitment and selection, performance evaluation, staff classification and compensation, and employee benefits. Ms. Kane manages
the human resource staff at each of Trillium's campuses.
In her role, Ms. Kane provides leadership in the development of personnel policies and procedures. Along with the on site HR Directors,
she oversees new hire orientation and the ongoing training and development of all employees. Ms. Kane works closely with the
management team to resolve labor relations issues and concerns.
Prior to joining Trillium Family Services in 2001, Ms. Kane worked for several Portland area companies, including a bakery and a
pharmaceutical company. Ms. Kane received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon and her Master's degree from Lewis and Clark College.
She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.
Stan Sawicki
Chief Development Officer
Stan Sawicki is responsible for leadership and oversight of Trillium's fundraising and communication programs. He and his
development team, both in the Portland Metro and Mid-Willamette Valley regions, manage Trillium's special events, corporate
relations, foundation grants, major gifts, volunteer program, donor records, prospect research, media relations, advocacy,
marketing materials, website content, annual reports, newsletters and special appeals. Mr. Sawicki is also directly responsible
for major capital campaigns, planned giving and board development.
Mr. Sawicki studied, trained and worked as a journalist and public relations professional in Calgary, Canada prior to
arriving in Portland in 1993. He joined the advertising agency, Chan Clarkson & Associates, as a copywriter and account
manager. His work with a particular client - the inner Portland nonprofit agency, HOST Development - inspired his interest
in fundraising, and he was hired by the United Way of the Columbia Willamette in 1995 to develop and expand charitable
giving in the Portland area's burgeoning technology sector. In 1999 he moved to the Christie School, first as a grant
writer and then development director, and over ten years helped triple the organization's annual fundraising results.
In 2006 he guided its transition and "re-branding" to ChristieCare. With career aspirations to become a playmaking center
in the National Hockey League seemingly unrealistic, Mr. Sawicki considers his role at Trillium his dream job.
Mr. Sawicki received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Warner Pacific College. His volunteer activities
include serving on the Board of Directors of the Duniway Educational Foundation.
Ron Telles
Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Ron Telles is responsible for Trillium's infrastructure and oversees the organization's financial health. He manages
activities related to billing, collections, cash flow, investments, trusts and bequests. Mr. Telles provides supervision
for Trillium's Directors of Finance, Information Technology, Food Services, and Facilities. His work also includes
management of all large capital projects.
Ron began his career as a budget analyst for Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital in California. He has since served in
leadership capacities for several nonprofit, for-profit, and State-managed health facilities in which he accomplished
major budget and procedural improvements.
Before joining Trillium Family Services in 2007, Mr. Telles served as a consultant for Accretive Health where he
provided guidance in revenue cycle improvements as well as capital financial planning and analysis. His experience also
includes serving as the Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Ashland Community Hospital where he developed and
implemented productivity, budgeting, and cost accounting systems. In previous roles, Mr. Telles has been instrumental in
negotiating contract rates with Managed Care and HMO payers to increase reimbursement and in overseeing a County hospital's
conversion to nonprofit status (Carson Tahoe Health System).
Mr. Telles has served on the Board of Directors of the Nevada Hospital Association (Treasurer), Nevada Healthcare Data and
Finance Committee (Chair), Healthcare Financial Management Association Nevada Chapter (member), American College of
Healthcare Executives Nevada Regents Advisory Council (member), and the Douglas County Education Foundation (member). He
has also been a member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the Rotary Club of America.
Mr. Telles graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Economics in 1983.
