Meet Our Administrative Team

Kendra Maknarakham

HR GENERALIST

Kendra started working in direct care in 2007 and returned to Northwest Supported Living in 2022. During her time outside of the direct care profession she spent many years managing a group of retail businesses in the PNW and going back to school to get an AS degree with a focus on business management. Kendra has a passion for people and loves being able to help our staff with anything they may need.

Kendra’s core belief when working with people is “always start with curiosity and empathy”.

Some of her favorite things include trying new foods, workplace comedies and getting things organized. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering at her son’s school, traveling and listening to podcasts.

Kathy Walls

HR HIRING SPECIALIST

Kathys started in Therapeutic Recreation and has come full circle working in supported living. She has 30+ years of experience working in continuum care elder care communities as Community Life Director, Marketing, and Volunteer Coordinator. During that time she also consulted in eldercare communities and trained Activity Directors in Oregon, Washington, and Montana. A career change in 2019 led her into the Human Resources field working in home care and supported living. Kathy is energized by meeting and talking with potential staff and believes a strong onboarding process is important.

Kathy loves a good sale, traveling with her husband, trying new recipes, and playing ball with their blue heeler.

Jamie Bardell

HR BENEFITS SPECIALIST

Jamie Bardell is a seasoned HR Benefit Specialist with Northwest Supported Living with over 7 years in the field.  She has extensive experience with all administrative tasks, including finance and other HR duties.  Having held positions in the finance, customer service, networking, and medical fields.  As well as her HR duties she assists in several different departments with an array of tasks.  Her work philosophies are to lead by example and work smarter not harder. 

Having been raised in a small community in Alaska makes Jamie no stranger to hard work. In Jamie’s off time, she is an avid cinephile, loves going to Comic-Con, and anything pop culture.  With her family she enjoys finding those hidden gems in Portland and Vancouver. She also enjoys the new title of “grandma”.

Dayne Draper

HR/IT/PAYROLL MANAGER

Dayne has years of experience in supported living working in Human Resources and Payroll and IT.

While often busy on the phone with LNI, WA state, Employment Agencies, he also spends time updating timesheets or payroll info, reviewing his 500 spreadsheets of information, or trying to update tech/computer info. He is never too busy for a good “Dad joke”.

In his free time, Dayne enjoys spending time with his wife Kathy, their family and adorable grandkids. He is known to be willing to accept dark chocolate or sushi as items of “encouragement” when working on projects.

Amanda McKinney

FINANCIAL TEAM

Amanda has worked in supported living for 5 years. She started out as a DSP and learned that this path is something she LOVES to do. Amanda chose to take on more responsibilities and learn as much as she could, helping her move up the ladder to Lead DSP and then Direct Care Supervisor. When the opportunity arose to become part of the financial department and gave her the chance to be able to help ALL of our clients, Amanda took the learning leap again! 

Working with the financial side of things allows her to make sure that all of the clients financial needs are met while she can still interact with them and the staff. In her free time there is a lot of family time spent making memories doing things like camping, dirt track racing, and family gatherings with tons of fun, food, and laughter. Amanda may or may not have recently seen Sasquatch….

Jessica Rongone

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jessica started her career path in supported living after high school. Since that time, she has worked in all aspects of caregiving from Direct Support Professional to House Supervisor. Taking her knowledge of staffing, clients, and organizing things she then transitioned to being the face and voice of the company at the front desk and scheduling.  Jessica also involved with our CPR training classes. In Jessica’s down time she enjoys the outdoors and thrifting.  You can find her in the summers camping with her family and dogs.  She is a huge animal lover and has a beautiful Great Dane named Jersey who thinks she is a human.

Miranda Berry

OFFICE ASSISTANT

Miranda Berry is an Office Assistant with Northwest Supported Living, having recently making a career move to business admin, she is working her way to a bright and shining future.  Miranda has several years of experience in customer service, retail management, and asset protection.  She is no stranger to caregiving, as her family has been in this field all of her life.  Miranda is always willing to give a helping hand to anyone who needs it, making her a valuable asset. 

Having been raised in a large family, she is no stranger to making herself heard.  In Miranda’s down time she enjoys Waterfall Wednesdays, on-line gaming, and game nights with friends and family.  She loves her cat, Dexter, her new energetic puppy Appa and her bearded dragon, Lily.