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).
[1][2] Ness graduated from Tigard High School in 1966.
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.