"We’re not trying to make the world more fair. We’re trying to make it more conscious."
Fairness is often based on competing stories of what’s owed. We’re more interested in what becomes possible when people loosen their grip on certainty and begin to see their beliefs not as truths to defend but as lenses they can question.
You might see this in a police officer who, after watching one of our performances, doesn’t just hear a community member’s pain, but feels it in his body for the first time. Or in a student who realizes that listening isn’t about waiting for their turn to speak, but about being changed by what they didn’t expect to hear. Or in a civic leader who suddenly recognizes how the system they manage is doing exactly what it was organized to do, and begins asking different questions.
We draw from humanist principles, systems thinking, and the science of emergence, not to teach theory, but to invite practice. The practice of noticing your own mind at work. The practice of staying curious when it would be easier to shut down. The practice of meeting difference without needing to dominate or dissolve it.
We don’t organize people around shared identity. We gather them around shared courage.
Our work isn’t about categories, it’s about contact. The kind that humbles you, stretches you, and ultimately brings you into deeper relationship with yourself and the world around you.
If that kind of transformation calls to you, you’re already part of the work.
OUR TEAM
KEVIN JONES
Kevin is the Red Door Project’s Chief Creative Director and Co-Founder. He is an award-winning actor and director who has performed on the American stage for more than 40 years. Kevin is also a communication, organizational and diversity consultant with over 25 years’ experience working with private and non-profit organizations.
Kevin’s approach utilizes complex systems thinking and organizational change theory. The system does what it is organized to do, not what we want it to do — not what we expect it to do — what it is organized to do.
LESLI MONES
Lesli Mones is the Red Door Project’s Curriculum Director and Co-Founder. She is an executive coach and advisor who is known for her straightforward yet compassionate style. With a background in psychology, and more than thirty years of experience working with individuals and teams, Lesli has developed an uncanny ability for both getting to the heart of issues, and helping to illuminate the path forward.
Lesli’s coaching is grounded in the beliefs that change is inevitable, growth is intentional and intelligent risks are essential to fulfill one’s potential.
ALYSA ROSE
Alysa Rose is the Red Door Project’s Chief Executive Officer. She is a seasoned business and community leader with over 30 years of experience leading and growing both for profit and nonprofit organizations. She is passionate about stewarding strategy and aligning culture for long-term growth and impact. Prior to joining RDP, Alysa spearheaded a significant purpose-driven turnaround at Relay Resources, which positioned her and her team to gracefully navigate the challenges of the pandemic. Alysa also served as CEO of Rejuvenation Inc, guiding the Portland-based company through retail expansion and a successful acquisition by Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Alysa is passionate about reading and writing and believes in the power of narrative art to change lives.
ELENA HEIN
Elena is the Red Door Project’s Director of Development. Elena has over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, specializing in fund development and grant-making. Her strong relationships with agencies, community members, and program participants have driven significant program growth and community impact. She earned her master’s degree in public administration from Portland State University and her undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon. In her free time, Elena enjoys volunteering, jewelry-making, and playing with watercolors. She also loves hiking in the Pacific Northwest and cherishes her role as "Tia" to five nieces and two nephews, often engaging them in art projects and nature explorations.
Elena believes in the power of artistic expression to share experiences, celebrate heritage, and find common ground, even across difference.
PAIGE RODRIGUEZ
Paige is the Red Door Project’s Programs Manager. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a degree in Technical Production & Design. Her stage management career spans over ten years in various Southern California theaters including Saddleback Civic Light Opera’s McKinnley Theatre, The Historic Lankershim Arts Center, Pasadena Playhouse’s Carrie Hamilton Theatre, and the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. Prior to moving to Portland, she was the Director of Production & Design at California School of the Arts – San Gabriel Valley.
Paige has spent most of her career working as an administrator in the nonprofit theatre world including positions as Coeurage Theatre Company’s Production Manager and as Kaiser Permanente Educational Theatre’s lead Booking and Events Coordinator
SIENNA BROWN PICCINI
Sienna graduated from Pacific University Oregon in 2021 with a BA in Integrated Media, cultivating her passions for art and storytelling and through a project management lens. Sienna has been working in public service for nearly 10 years as an administrative specialist, offering support to teams who look to strengthen the voice and cause of their communities and, therein, empower them. Otherwise, she is a hobby narratologist and art history enthusiast.
Sienna’s lifelong interest in art as a mode of societal change drives her work as a multi-faceted support specialist.
