Senitila is a native of Tonga and always felt destined to help others. At 22, she met and married David McKinley and moved to Waldport, OR.  She didn’t even know English but she returned to school and earned her GED.  In 1989, she founded Seashore Family Literacy and began teaching people to read, working out of whatever space she could beg or borrow, from the church office to a bank lunchroom.  In 2005, she negotiated with the Lincoln County School District to lease the former Waldport middle school. Today, in addition to the literacy program and Saturday breakfasts, nonprofit Seashore provides healthy after-school snacks five days a week to some 70 children, operates a free bicycle program, offers clothing and household goods to anyone who needs them, and gives teens on-the-job skills and a paycheck through Project JOY (Job Opportunities for Youth).

Dr. Lisa Davidson is the Executive Director of Connections with Business and Industry at Clackamas Community College.  In addition, Dr. Davidson has been teaching graduate and undergraduate communications and business courses at Marylhurst and Concordia Universities since 1994.  She has taught a range of courses including Dynamic Team Building, Listening Skills, Organizational Communications, Small Group Communications, and Training Design.

Dr. Davidson has a Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing, a Master’s of Science in Speech and Communications, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership.

In her free time she loves to camp, hike, sing, and travel.