Jerry Ambris

Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Willamette Valley

Jerry Ambris is the executive director for Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Willamette Valley. He started at the North Willamette Valley Habitat for Humanity in 2009 as its executive director. Prior to that, he served as the director of housing development for Farmworker Housing Development Corporation. In addition to his role on WOU’s Board of Trustees, he is a board member for Habitat for Humanity of Oregon and Fair Housing Council of Oregon. He also is a member of Rotary Club of Salem and is a member of the Capitol Planning Commission for Oregon. Ambris is committed to seeing Western Oregon University become the first four-year public university in Oregon to achieve the Hispanic Serving Institution designation. Ambris is a WOU alum, having earned a bachelor’s degree with a double major in Speech and Communications and Spanish in 2004.

Email: ambrisj@wou.edu

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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Jerry Ambris

Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Willamette Valley

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