Staff and Board of Directors

NEOAHEC Staff

• 
  Meredith Lair
  Executive Director
  mlair@neoahec.org
• 
  Cade Gorham
  Pathway Program Coordinator
  cgorham@neoahec.org
• 
  Dani Patton, CHSOS
  Educational Support Program Specialist
  dpatton@neoahec.org
• 
  Carissa Scariano
  Operations Manager
  cscariano@neoahec.org

Adam Sieders
IT Consultant

NEOAHEC Board of Directors

Board Officers

Meredith Halling, PhD, MS
NEOAHEC Chair
Workforce Data Analyst, Oregon Health Authority
Union County

Robin Claudson, MSN, RN
NEOAHEC Vice-Chair
Assistant Program Director, Simulation Coordinator, Oregon Health Sciences University
Union County

Dennis Burke, FACHE, MS
NEOAHEC Treasurer
Senior Advisor/Consultant, Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization
Retired CEO, Good Shepherd Medical Center
Umatilla County

Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez, BSN, RN
NEOAHEC Member-at-Large & NEOAHEC Secretary
Registered Nurse, Good Shepherd Health Care System
Umatilla County

Board Members

Julie Caballa, MBA
Admissions Counselor, Eastern Oregon University
Union County

Seth Deister
Human Resources Specialist, One Community Health
Wasco County

Joan Field
Rural EMS Program Coordinator, Oregon Office of Rural Health
Wheeler County

Andrea Flores-Reyna
Juntos Coordinator, Oregon State University Open Campus
Hood River & Wasco County

Anna Hayter
Wallowa Memorial Hospital and Medical Clinics, Human Resources Executive
Wallowa County

Paul Lindsay
Nursing Student, Oregon Health & Science University La Grande Campus
Union & Morrow County

David Melville
Executive Director, Greater Oregon STEM
Union County

Janci Sivey
Health Science Teacher, Hermiston School District
Umatilla County

Eric Wiser, MD
Director of Rural Medical Family Medicine & Assistant Professor, OHSU
Oregon AHEC

2025 Board Retreat