Former Executive Director, Sponsors Inc.

Paul joined Third Sector's Advisory Board in 2025.

Paul Solomon is the Former Executive Director at Sponsor Inc., an Oregon based non-profit organization dedicated to serving individuals with conviction histories. Paul worked at Sponsors for 23 years before stepping down in 2024.  Sponsors is recognized nationally, regionally and throughout Oregon as a model for prisoner reentry services.  In 2024 Paul began providing consulting services with a variety of organizations on issues related to research, reentry, housing development, corrections, deflection, and other criminal/legal related subjects.  Paul also works as an expert witness on a variety of subjects.

Paul serves as co-chair of the Governor's Racial Justice Council on Criminal Justice Reform and Police Accountability, and serves on the Governor's Reentry Council, and the University of Oregon's Institutional Review Board.  He is a past chair of the Dave's Killer Bread Foundation, past chair of Lane County's Public Safety Coordinating Council and Lane County's Reentry Task Force and previous vice-chair of the Oregon Public Defense Services Commission and serves on many other housing and criminal/legal related boards and committees.

Paul is a national expert on the development of housing and the delivery of evidence-based reentry interventions for people with conviction histories.  He regularly speaks to national audiences at conferences and webinars.  He lives in Portland, Oregon and is married to Jennifer Wassermiller.  They have four amazing adult children, including an autistic son.