Fair Housing Council of Oregon: Staff

Moloy Good started with the Fair Housing Council of Oregon in April of 2003. He was recently named its Executive Director. FHCO is a highly regarded private non-profit dedicated to furthering the cause of fair housing through education, outreach, and enforcement.

Mr. Good began his work with FHCO as its Enforcement Coordinator. In this position he managed all of FHCO’s enforcement activity, including designing and administering tests to determine if the fair housing laws are being met. Previously he worked as a staff attorney for Legal Aid Services of Oregon. He helped defend people against evictions, but also negotiated with landlords to avoid evictions.

Mr. Good’s commitment to civil rights began while he was growing up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. He experienced and witnessed much of the ignorance that leads to bigotry and prejudice. In high school he decided to pursue a career that would allow him to combat this intolerance. During college he continued to pursue this goal by studying about the civil rights movement, eventually writing his senior thesis on the subject. He chose to attend Howard University School of Law because of its long and distinguished history as a catalyst for the expansion of civil rights. His work with FHCO has allowed him to use his legal education to help defend and further the cause of civil rights.

CONTACT INFORMATION: 503-402-1157 or mkgood@fhco.org

Jo Becker has been involved with her local Realtor(R) association's Equal Opportunity/Cultural Diversity Committee for the past eight years, serving as a long-time member and former chair. It was here that she first met the folks at the FHCO and learned about the awesome work they did. She has also been a contributing columnist for a local industry publication since 2003 writing about marketing and technology.

When she decided to make a career change, it's probably not surprising that she ended up in a position related to the housing industry. She is happy to be with an organization that allows her to further her interests in assuring fair and equitable treatment for all.

John Gainer joined the FHCO staff in August 2007 and is a Renaissance individual of sorts, with a wide variety of interests and expertise. Prior to coming to FHCO, John previously worked as an Administrative Assistant/Office Coordinator for a clinical technologies company in San Francisco. He also worked in administrative support or management positions for a landscape design firm in Eugene, the State of Oregon, the University of Oregon Department of Architecture and Federated Stores, Inc. aka Macy’s. In addition, John has 16 years experience teaching as an adjunct assistant professor for the University of Oregon School of Music.

Co-requisite with his position at FHCO, John is a professional vocalist, musician, music director, composer, music educator & consultant. He takes on musical work for organizations such as churches, community choirs, and professional musical groups. He has a long list of accomplishments including radio & TV jingles, recording projects and taking a Eugene-based gospel choir, Inspirational Sounds, to New York City to sing at Alice Tully Concert Hall of the renowned Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in May 1987. John is no stranger to the Portland gospel music community and participates with the “Gospel Christmas” with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra & Northwest Community Gospel Chorus concert series.

Tying his musical talents with interest in civil rights, John was honored in 1998 in Eugene with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award "in appreciation of his ability to inspire people to transcend racial and cultural barriers through Gospel music... through unselfish, talented efforts, the dream is being realized."

Testing Coordinator Luke designs and administers tests to determine if fair housing laws are being met. He began in 2007 as an Intake Specialist primarily assisting tenants with their many housing issues. Before working for FHCO Mr. Griffin was a legal assistant to plaintiffs’ attorneys in numerous class action lawsuits.

Mr. Griffin is a native of Portland who graduated from Portland State University after attending University of Oregon. During his education he spent time living abroad becoming proficient in Spanish. His time living in other societies around the world also increased his awareness of the challenges faced to ensure equal rights and social justice. After starting a family in North Carolina, Mr. Griffin returned to Oregon in 2005 in hopes of being a positive contributor to the Pacific Northwest’s unique society.

Sam Haidar found the FHCO as the right place to fulfill his vision and inspirations as a civil rights advocate. He joined our office as a part-time investigator in 2005 and became a permanent employee in fall 2006. He accepted the position of intake specialist while he was continuing his studies in the Master of Public Administration program at PSU. After graduation he decided to continue with his contributions to issues of civil rights. Sam comes from a diverse culture and has lived his life as a cosmopolitan. He traveled around the world and became familiar with world languages and cultures. He is trilingual and works as an interpreter for Oregon courts. His style of dealing with the public has been a tremendous asset to our program and strengthened our effectiveness.

Diane Hess is FHCO' s Education Director. She's the person to contact if you're interested in attending a fair housing training or setting one up for your group. Diane also keeps busy spreading the word about illegal housing discrimination and fair housing rights in as many ways as possible . Before she started working with FHCO in 2000, Diane worked with a variety of human service and community-oriented organizations doing community organizing, planning, program development, fundraising and public policy advocacy. She feels passionately about civil rights and other social justice issues. Diane lives in Southeast Portland. She is married, has two teen-age step-children, a cat and two parakeets. When Diane isn't working, she enjoys traveling, reading, cooking and drawing.

Jayme Rabenberg has been an Education and Outreach Specialist at FHCO since May 2007. She is primarily responsible for conducting outreach to housing providers on fair housing law and various other topics. She is the person to get in touch with if you have questions about HousingConnections.org, a free service for marketing your rental and for sale properties throughout the Portland Metro Area. She also assists with marketing and registration of tester recruitment and training events and provides administrative support to the enforcement team as required.

Jayme comes from a professional background in community organizing and public policy. Prior to joining FHCO, she spent time working as the Field Organizer for the Oregon Students Association, and most recently, she was employed as Field Director for a state legislature campaign. Jayme obtained her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Drew University in New Jersey, and has advanced degrees from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.