Kintsugi Disability Support Network's Management Team
Dianna J. Hansen, Co-Founder, Executive Director
Dianna is the co-founder and executive director of the Central Oregon Disability Support Network which includes the family networks in Klamath, Harney, Baker, Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes Counties. In addition to being active on several local and state boards, she is a 2010 graduate of Partners in Policy Making, Past Chair of the State Interagency Coordinating Council and a certified Person Centered Plan Facilitator. Dianna’s professional experience includes many different areas in the business management, marketing and accounting fields.
Dianna’s passion in the field was fostered when her and her husband’s third child was born with a developmental disability. Dianna strives to support, advocate for, educate and equip Individuals, families and professionals in the field of disability.
Dianna is the co-founder and executive director of the Central Oregon Disability Support Network which includes the family networks in Klamath, Harney, Baker, Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes Counties. In addition to being active on several local and state boards, she is a 2010 graduate of Partners in Policy Making, Past Chair of the State Interagency Coordinating Council and a certified Person Centered Plan Facilitator. Dianna’s professional experience includes many different areas in the business management, marketing and accounting fields.
Dianna’s passion in the field was fostered when her and her husband’s third child was born with a developmental disability. Dianna strives to support, advocate for, educate and equip Individuals, families and professionals in the field of disability.
Jenny Cavarno, Program Manager
Jenny is the mother of three children. Her eldest son experiences a development disability. Jenny’s son graduated high school in 2014 with an extended diploma and completed three years in his district’s community transition program. At 21 he started his first paid job with supported employment. Jenny has many years of experience in advocacy both in the medical and educational field that has led her to have a voice not only for her son but also for Oregon families and their children that experience disability. Often her advocacy work has taken her to meetings at the state level and across Oregon to share her perspective as a family member. Jenny is a graduate of Partners in Policy making in Oregon. Jenny is passionate in her work and believes that all people have the right to a happy and fulfilled whole life.
Jenny is the mother of three children. Her eldest son experiences a development disability. Jenny’s son graduated high school in 2014 with an extended diploma and completed three years in his district’s community transition program. At 21 he started his first paid job with supported employment. Jenny has many years of experience in advocacy both in the medical and educational field that has led her to have a voice not only for her son but also for Oregon families and their children that experience disability. Often her advocacy work has taken her to meetings at the state level and across Oregon to share her perspective as a family member. Jenny is a graduate of Partners in Policy making in Oregon. Jenny is passionate in her work and believes that all people have the right to a happy and fulfilled whole life.
Jennifer Williams, Program Coordinator
Jennifer was born and raised in southern California and lived there up until moving to eastern Oregon in 1989. Since then she has been active in her community through involvement with her church serving as a Sunday School teacher and treasurer. She has also been active in Harney Partners for Kids and Families, Youth Changing Their Community, Silvies River Charter School, ROCCO’S Family Network and she is the founder of Crossroads Ranch of Harney County Equine Therapy Center.
She was brought into the world of disabilities when her son Arly suffered a severe brain injury as the result of a car accident in 2014. That is when she became an advocate for people with disabilities and when the desire to bring her community along side of those who have differences at birth.
Jennifer was born and raised in southern California and lived there up until moving to eastern Oregon in 1989. Since then she has been active in her community through involvement with her church serving as a Sunday School teacher and treasurer. She has also been active in Harney Partners for Kids and Families, Youth Changing Their Community, Silvies River Charter School, ROCCO’S Family Network and she is the founder of Crossroads Ranch of Harney County Equine Therapy Center.
She was brought into the world of disabilities when her son Arly suffered a severe brain injury as the result of a car accident in 2014. That is when she became an advocate for people with disabilities and when the desire to bring her community along side of those who have differences at birth.
Colleen Roy, Program Coordinator
Colleen is a mother, peacemaker and advocate of those in need of special support. Through Junior High and High School, Colleen dedicated time for the Special Olympics and taught cooking and nutrition classes at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. For five years she trained guide dogs for Guide Dogs for the Blind in Tucson, Arizona. She enrolled in Northern Arizona University to focus her passion on special education and speech pathology for children. A difficult second pregnancy lead her to gather her credits, turn them into an Associates Degree, and head down the path of mompeneurship. A true supporter of hands on learning, Colleen has gained insights through experiencing the challenges of her own children who range in the spectrum of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Colleen aspires to continuously search for new ideas and techniques and apply them individually to emotional, mental, and physical disorders including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Fetal Alcohol Effect, Attention Deficit Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and autistic tendencies, to name a few. With years of experience and a passion to advocate for positive change, behavior intervention, and special education services, Colleen implements her wide range of knowledge as the Program Coordinator for the Family Network.
In her spare time Colleen likes to read, travel and grow the family business Steens Mountain Brew and Pub. With her husband Richard, they have a covey of children, four biological and a total of seven adopted, permanent guardianship and international adoption.
Colleen is a mother, peacemaker and advocate of those in need of special support. Through Junior High and High School, Colleen dedicated time for the Special Olympics and taught cooking and nutrition classes at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind. For five years she trained guide dogs for Guide Dogs for the Blind in Tucson, Arizona. She enrolled in Northern Arizona University to focus her passion on special education and speech pathology for children. A difficult second pregnancy lead her to gather her credits, turn them into an Associates Degree, and head down the path of mompeneurship. A true supporter of hands on learning, Colleen has gained insights through experiencing the challenges of her own children who range in the spectrum of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Colleen aspires to continuously search for new ideas and techniques and apply them individually to emotional, mental, and physical disorders including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Fetal Alcohol Effect, Attention Deficit Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and autistic tendencies, to name a few. With years of experience and a passion to advocate for positive change, behavior intervention, and special education services, Colleen implements her wide range of knowledge as the Program Coordinator for the Family Network.
In her spare time Colleen likes to read, travel and grow the family business Steens Mountain Brew and Pub. With her husband Richard, they have a covey of children, four biological and a total of seven adopted, permanent guardianship and international adoption.