John is the Managing Director of Wealth Management at The Partners Group, a leading privately-held financial services and consulting firm. 

John has a broad range of financial experience spanning over 30 years in areas such as lending, private debt and equity investing, as well as in publicly traded investments and portfolio management. John started his finance career on Wall Street with The Bank of New York and has included roles on bond trading, mezzanine debt fund management, and as a Senior Portfolio Manager and member of the national investment policy committee for Key Private Bank. 

As Managing Director of Wealth Management for The Partners Group, John enjoys leading the Wealth Management team, assembled to address the unique challenges and opportunities of successful individuals, non-profits, and foundations. 

Active in his community, John has served as elder, secretary and treasurer for his church, and is a past board chair for the Oregon Children’s Theater and Three Rivers Charter School. When not advising clients, John spends his time barbecuing, golfing, and fly-fishing Oregon’s rivers for steelhead.

Heidi has worked in the substance use disorder field for over 26 years. She graduated from the University of Montana with her degree in psychology with a minor in family development. She went on to get her master’s degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis in Addiction studies at Lewis and Clark College. She has worked for several local treatment centers throughout her career and currently works for the Vice President of the Northwest for Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. She had dedicated her career to serving those who still struggle with addiction and those who have found recovery.

Heidi is also a mom to two children who are all grown up now. One is finishing high school and another is in their second year of college. In her free time, she loves camping, skiing, and listening to live music with her husband. She is most proud of her time volunteering as a Harmony Academy board member. She knows that being young and starting life young in recovery has many challenges and most of them are in the school setting. Being in an environment that understands this while also helping them thrive before entering adulthood is something she is passionate about serving. 

For nearly two decades, Tony has worked as an educational leader, serving schools and communities ranging from rural America to the suburbs, from Oregon’s Wine Country to the diverse communities of East Multnomah County. 

Early in his school leadership career, while serving as principal, Tony led a diverse middle school community to receive the rating of “Outstanding” on the Oregon School Report Card. For the last twelve years he has worked as the Superintendent of Schools for the Molalla River School District, a K-12 district located in Clackamas County. Across his career, Tony has led schools and school systems to excellence. Tony believes one of the key attributes of successful schools is the recognition that students are individuals, each one of them with specific strengths and individual needs. 

As co-founder of the Oregon Recovery High School Initiative and Harmony Academy, Tony believes there are educational solutions specific to the needs of young people experiencing addiction. Research-supported, evidence-based school design focused on recovery from substance use disorders is the keystone. Such a school can provide adolescents in recovery with a robust framework of support, energizing long-term recovery and delivering on the promises all young people deserve. It is in this kind of school that students can build a vision of hope for themselves and develop the aspiration, mindset and skills that allows them to achieve exceptional things for themselves and their communities.  

Tony holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Oregon State University and a Master’s Degree from Lewis and Clark College. Tony has experienced the promises of recovery and witnessed both the successes and tragedies taking place every day in our society for young people suffering from addiction. His hope for the future is rooted in the successful expansion of access to recovery high schools like Oregon’s first: Harmony.

Ann Highet is an attorney and serves on the board of trustees of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. She has enthusiasm for her own personal recovery and brings that enthusiasm to her position on the Harmony Academy Board of Directors. Ann has a prowess for leveraging major corporate relationships into robust partnerships in service of addiction recovery. 

Shannon Mark Mortimer grew up in Portland, Oregon; graduating from U.S. Grant High School and Portland State University before going to Law School and Lewis and Clark. A member of the Oregon State Bar since 2004, Shannon began his legal career as a public defender at Multnomah Defenders, Inc. Shannon also gained significant experience in the area of juvenile law while working for The Law Office of Alan Karpinski, PC. Shannon found working with youth in this context to be both challenging and rewarding. 

Shannon is now in private practice as the proprietor of The Law Office of Shannon Mark Mortimer, LLC, in Portland, Oregon. Part of this practice includes a role of staff defense attorney for the Columbia County Behavioral Health, Veterans, and Adult Drug Courts. In this capacity, Shannon supports clients who are court-involved in their recovery. Shannon believes that when people are given the support they need when struggling with addiction positive change is possible. He is humbled and honored to bring his experience to the board of Harmony Academy. 

In his spare time, Shannon enjoys playing basketball with his son and playing bass guitar in a garage rock band. 

Isaac Salazar is the Founder and Director of West Coast Sober Housing, a non-profit organization that provides stable,affordable, and structured housing for individuals in the recovery community. Prior to running a recovery housing organization, Isaac worked as a recovery club horse director and a peer recovery mentor. He loves supporting people on their recovery journey and watching them succeed. 

Isaac joined the Harmony Academy Board because he is committed to providing a supportive and nurturing environment where teens feel understood, valued, and encouraged on their journey to recovery. Being on the board allows him to help create and maintain a healthy and fun environment within the school community. 

He absolutely loves Portland and can’t imagine living anywhere else! In his free time, Isaac loves spending time with friends and family, traveling and exploring local hot springs, and DJing local recovery events. 

Isaac identifies as a person in long-term recovery and believes that recovery is an ongoing personal journey of growth and commitment. Isaac says, “I believe my journey has not only shaped your personal growth, but has also inspired others on their paths to sobriety.”