Meet The OCPA Team

​Our Board Members
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JEFF TABLER

CO-FOUNDER 
BOARD MEMBER EMERITUS

Jeff Tabler founded Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts in 1998 with his friend Dennis Foster.  He has been the Artistic Director ever since it’s inception.  Jeff graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and holds a degree in cinema from Ithaca College. He has been involved in film and theatre for more than 40 years as a teacher, director, writer, producer, and actor. He also teaches and directs for OCPA.

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AMANDA LAMPSON
VICE PRESIDENT
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
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The performing arts have always been a passion for Amanda, who focused on dance training in tap, ballet, jazz, and hip hop for twenty years and has taught dance for twenty years in Oregon and Minnesota. She grew up performing in children's theatre, performance choirs, and choreographing for dance teams and musical theatre productions. 

DENNIS FOSTER
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CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

Dennis Foster, co-founder and President of OCPA, also founded and directed a performing arts magnet school in Southern Oregon, and several small theatre companies in Oregon and Colorado. He has a bachelor's degree in education from Portland State University, with Master's coursework in theatre production at Central Washington University. He has over 25 years experience in theatre as a director, producer, and actor. He lives near his two amazing kids in Hillsboro, Oregon.

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SHEREE COX

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Sheree works at Providence as a Clinical Care Coordinator. She loves local theater, and every fall donates a gingerbread house to raise funds that support performing arts in our valley. 
 She is currently in the process of starting a second career as an aspiring voice over artist, with the goal of narrating commercials and audiobooks from her home studio. 

JERI WILLIAMS

SECRETARY

​Jeri is excited to be a recent OCPA Board member starting the new 2023 year. Jeri holds a BS degree in Business Management and currently works from home as an Associate Director in Global Study Operations researching rare diseases. She is a single mother, teaches acting classes at a local studio in Beaverton with OCPA partner MVP Studios, and lives in West Linn, Oregon.