Jerralynn Ness

Jerralynn Ness (sometimes spelled Jerralyn) is an anti-poverty advocate in the U.S. state of Oregon, and served for many years as executive director of the Washington County Community Action Organization (WCCAO).She studied art at the University of Oregon, and lived in Mexico City for part of 1969.described taking a job at WCCAO as a way to give back service to her community.[3] She was credited in 1993 with having built up the organization's programs for hunger and homelessness to a point where it served about 28,500 people, 75 percent of Washington County's low-income population.[5] She married Bernie Thurber, with whom she has a daughter, Amie.
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