Dr. Coles debugging code with a PSU/Intel intern

Dr. Derron Coles

Executive Director

Dr. Derron Coles is a Learning strategist with over 14 years experience designing learner-focused competency development training. Derron has a wide-ranging portfolio that runs the gamut from learning solutions for technical topics, like a globally utilized online training on river system analysis, to interpersonal skills training, such as his award winning diversity training curriculum.

Upon completing his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Derron moved to Oregon to complete a masters and doctorate in civil engineering at Oregon State University. Derron spent eight years managing the mathematics program for the OSU Educational Opportunities Program. In this role, Derron lead culturally responsive efforts to recruit and retain underrepresented science and engineering students. In addition to his position as executive director of The Blueprint Foundation, Derron is also owner and principal consultant for DRC Learning Solutions (DRC LS). Through DRC LS, Derron develops and evaluates project-based curriculum for technical and social justice-oriented education programs, including school districts in Portland and Salem.

Jason Stroman

Program Coordinator

Jason Stroman is a mentoring and counseling specialist. Prior to supervising mentors and organizing TBF programming, Jason spent five years as a Senior Technician for Quantum Clean Global Technologies, a leading process tool and parts cleaning provider for the semiconductor industry. As a mental health counselor, Jason worked close to a decade with at-risk youth in residential treatment facilities. He also has over 20 years experience mentoring and counseling youth through various professional and volunteer positions. Jason attended Washington State University, where he studied Psychology and Sociology, played varsity football, and joined the historically Black Greek-letter organization, Phi Beta Sigma, Inc. He currently serves as president of the fraternity’s Oregon Alumni chapter, Omicron Theta Sigma. In this role, Jason helped establish The Blueprint Foundation.

Jason is an active member of City Bible Church and bus driver for its outreach ministry. Jason’s most rewarding role is that of full-time single father to his daughter, Ja’kaia.

Blake Dye

Board Chair

Blake Dye, is a public administrator with a focus on Human Resources. Blake currently works in Human Resources for the Oregon State Police. He was recently elected Incoming Chair of the State of Oregon Diversity and Inclusion Conference.

Blake’s credentials include a Master of Public Administration and the following certifications: 1) Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), 2) SHRM - Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), and 3) Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA).

Marc-Daniel Domond

Board Treasurer

Marc-Daniel Domond serves as Executive Project Manager for COLAS where he oversees the estimating department and all project managers. With nearly a decade of construction experience, Marc-Daniel’s work has spanned the entire CSI and uniquely orients him to manage value engineering opportunities and construction challenges. Adept in finance, construction delivery systems, value engineering, sequence of operations, crew size requirements and determination of physical constraints for project sites, Marc-Daniel is able to efficiently lead his team through challenging details.

Known for his thorough and fair approach, Marc-Daniel is charged with infusing his teams with his signature focus and the tools to stay on-time and on-budget.

Marc-Daniel holds a degree in Business Finance and Management from the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon and is trilingual, fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Guided by a commitment to social justice and community involvement, he is a Big Brother for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America and volunteers extensively for causes such as the Oregon Food bank, Race for the Cure, March of Dimes, and the American Red Cross.

Dr. Jamein P. Cunningham

Board Secretary

Dr. Jamein P. Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Portland State
 University. His teaching interests include labor economics, economics of crime, demography, and microeconometrics. He is currently the instructor for applied econometrics, labor economics, and Race and Ethnicity in the Economy.

Prior to Portland State University, Jamein was a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of 
Economics and a Populations Studies Center Graduate Trainee at the University of Michigan. His research areas are in Crime, Law, and Poverty with field specialization in Labor and Macroeconomics. These interests are reflected in his most recent project that examines the impact of the introduction of federally funded legal services on crime and crime reporting. He uses the city level rollout of 
legal service grants to estimate the causal effect of the program on crime. Other research projects
 examine legal services influence on divorce, as well as a study on incumbent mayors response to crime
 and the staffing of the police department during election cycles.

Dr. Cunningham is the recipient of the Rackham Merit Fellowship and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute in Child Health and Development Fellowship. Before obtaining a Ph.D at the 
University of Michigan, he completed his undergraduate degree at Michigan State University and 
obtained a Masters degree in Economics from the University of North Texas. Currently, Jamein holds professional memberships in the American Economic Association, the Western 
Economic Association International, the American Law and Economics Association, and the National Economic Association.

Dr. General Johnson

Board Member

Dr. General Johnson is a Program Advisor for the African-American Men’s Scholars Program at Portland Community College. Cascade’s African American Men's Scholar Project seeks to escalate persistence and college completion, improve transfer rates, and increase degree attainment for African American men. He earned a B.S. in Biology/Chemistry and Math from Central State University (Ohio), Doctor of Education from Fielding Graduate University and an ND in Naturopathic Medicine from the National College of Natural Medicine. He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.  and is active in the Portland Alumni Chapter, Omicron Theta Sigma.