Executive Director Briana Linden, [email protected]

Briana Linden is an artist, educator, and community leader whose work lives at the intersection of creativity and social change. A fourth-generation Oregonian with nearly three decades in the field, she has held leadership roles in some of the state’s most beloved cultural institutions. As a child, Briana Ran for the Arts throughout elementary and middle school, and the ensuing arts experiences profoundly shaped her path. She has built a career rooted in the belief that the arts cultivate the conditions for healing, belonging, and liberation. The most interesting and important things Briana has learned were from children, so she tries to spend as much time with them as possible.

 

 

 

Chief Programs Officer Kim Strelchun, [email protected]

Kim Strelchun has worked closely with parents, educators, and artists in leadership roles with Arts for Learning NW, Stand for Children, Oregon PTA, the Hillsboro School District Board of Directors and the Hillsboro Schools Foundation. Kim’s time at ALNW started in 2008 as a volunteer with the initial planning teams for The Right Brain Initiative, and through the years, she has served as an arts-integration coach, Programs Director and lead team member of Arts, Care & Connection.  She returned to ALNW in the summer of 2025.  Her children’s preschool experience and travel to Reggio Emilia, Italy inspired her career in arts education.  In her free time, Kim enjoys fusing glass, travelling with her family and volunteering with the Hillsboro School Foundation.