Meet the PEPP Organizers

PEPP staff has increased in the Past Year.  Duke Schempp is PEPP's executive Director and has worked at PEPP since 1990.  Lysa Ringquist has been PEPP's Main Community Organizer since 2000.  Lysa is also a Co- founder  (Leader) of PEPP.  Her Organizing work is focused on neighborhood Organizing, mentoring women and lysa is a trainer and a mentor to other Organizers. 

In February of 2007, Chuck Stebbins joined PEPP as a half-time Community Organizer. He was a System Change Advocate at a Local Independent Living Center—Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living.  Chuck is working on get out the vote, political forms, candidate accountability and connecting nonprofits to their constituencies and getting the client/consumer voice represented in human service policy issues in the local area.

In Mid September of 2007, we hired Octavio Gomez as a Community Organizer.  Octavio is working on tenant issues, police practice issues as well as our beginning work on Racial Equity.  Octavio worked in the technology sector for the past eight years and is now focusing on community building with PEPP.

PEPP Staff-- Annual Meeting 2007

Duke Schempp
PEPP Executive Director

Lysa Ringquist--Co Founder
Community Organizer