Diana Kerman, MS:    Diana Kerman was a special educator having worked for the Portland Public Schools for many years.   She taught at the elementary and middle school levels, as well as instructing classes at Lewis and Clark College and Portland State University.   Her service on the state Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee made her keenly aware of the importance of quality education in preventing juvenile delinquency. Diana served as the president of the Oregon Branch of the International Dyslexia Society and served as local arrangements chair for the national conference held in Portland in 1991.   She also works as an educational consultant.   School principals hire her to present workshops for teachers on the use of multi-sensory, sequential, structured format in teaching reading skills.   Ms. Kerman and Margie Rosenthal began the One-on-One WORKS program in   2000   as a direct service program of the Oregon Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, and in 2005 formed a new nonprofit (PRF) to provide one-on-one and small group tutoring to struggling readers in low income schools.

Margie Rosenthal, MA:    Margie Rosenthal has a degree in special education.   She began her teaching career working with the Portland Public Schools and the Oregon Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired.   After her two children were born, she began teaching music for several local preschools and for the Portland Parks Bureau.   In 1988 she started Sheera Recordings with her friend Ilene Safyan.   They produce recordings of Jewish music for families.   Two of their recordings won top honors from Parents’ Choice Magazine and Entertainment Weekly.    She worked as a volunteer tutor for many years, and then took Orton Gillingham training in multi-sensory teaching techniques to be used with struggling readers.   Along with Diana Kerman, she began the One-on-One WORKS program in 2000 as a direct service program of the Oregon Branch of the International Dyslexia Association, and in 2005 formed a new nonprofit (PRF) to provide one-on-one and small group tutoring to struggling readers in low income schools.