Kindred Partners: Creating circles of support around vulnerable children and families. Connecting people to people.
Our Mission
We exist to make connections where they are desperately needed and in the process provide unique opportunities for those in crisis to develop meaningful and lasting relationships.
Our Connections
We are overwhelmingly committed to living out the love of Christ in our community. We are compelled to live generously, creatively, gratefully, humbly, and compassionately with great joy because we have been loved so well by God. We are convinced that connecting people to people through love and hospitality points to the immeasurable love of God.
Our Motives
We operate with a streamlined, dedicated, talented, and qualified team of staff and volunteers who are deeply committed to Kindred Partner’s mission of serving vulnerable families and children in our community.
Our Leadership Team
Steve Pringle, Kindred Partners Executive Director
Steve has a passion for the underserved and inspiring and equipping others to lead lives of purpose. He is a committed follower of Jesus Christ, a husband and father, and an experienced educational and non-profit executive leader.
Steve graduated from Multnomah University and later earned a Masters of Arts from George Fox. Before joining Kindred Partners in 2014, Steve served nearly 20 years in the educational arena as a teacher, Dean of Students, and then as Interim Principal of Westside Christian High School. During that time, he co-founded a program to mobilize young people to develop a heart of compassion, humility, collaboration, restoration, and justice by serving outside in the local community and around the world.
Steve and the Board of Directors led the strategic organizational revisioning and rebranding from Love INC of Greater Beaverton to Kindred Partners and taking on the Safe Families for Children.
Micah Ventura, Safe Families for Children Program Manager and Family Coach Supervisor for Washington County
Micah earned a BSW from George Fox University and MSW from the University of Edinburgh.
Her prior experience is in residential treatment, community social work, and family therapy. She started at Safe Families for Children Portland, in July 2019. Fun fact: She actually previously worked at Safe Families for Children, Scotland.
Micah is passionate about helping people discover the potential within themselves to enact change.
