Meet Our Team!

NEOAHEC Staff

• 
  Meredith Lair
  Executive Director
  mlair@neoahec.org
• 
  Carissa Cummings
  Administrative Coordinator
  ccummings@neoahec.org
• 
  Dani Patton, CHSOS
  Campus for Rural Health Site Coordinator & Program Manager
  dpatton@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

Caitlin Russell, MAT
NEOAHEC Secretary
Regional Career & Technical Education Coordinator
Baker, Morrow, Umatilla, & Union Counties

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

Board Members

Raff Betza, MD
Physician, Grande Ronde Hospital Elgin/Union Clinics and Urgent Care
Union County

Meghan Chancey, MPH
Director, Baker County Health Department
Baker County

Seth Deister
Human Resources Specialist, One Community Health
Wasco County

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

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

Kyler Malone, BSN, RN
Psych NP Student, Oregon Health & Science University
Union County

Torrina McLeod, BSN, RN, CMSRN
Nursing Faculty, Treasure Valley Community College
Malheur County

David Melville, M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D. (ABD)
Executive Director, Eastern Oregon University - Greater Oregon STEM Hub
Baker, Morrow, Umatilla, Wallowa, Union, Grant, & Harney Counties

Nick West, MD
Family Physician, Winding Waters Medical Clinic
Wallowa County

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

2024 NEOAHEC Staff & Board