NEOAHEC Staff
Meredith Lair
Executive Director
mlair@neoahec.org
Carissa Cummings
Administrative Coordinator
ccummings@neoahec.org
Michelle Mudder
Program Coordinator
mmudder@neoahec.org
Nikkita Titus, MSN, RN
Clinical Education Manager
ntitus@neoahec.org
Sarah Florig, MS
Evaluation & Research Program Specialist
Board of Directors
Officers
Patty Barfield, PhD, PMHNP
NEOAHEC Chair
Campus Associate Dean OHSU School of Nursing in La Grande
Regional Associate Dean Northeast Oregon Campus for Rural Health
Malheur County
Mike Hetrick, MD
NEOAHEC Vice-Chair
Retired Chief Informatics Officer & Pediatrician, Grande Ronde Hospital
Union County
Liz Sieders, PA-C
NEOAHEC Secretary
Physician Assistant, Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center
Umatilla County
Lynn Carpenter
NEOAHEC Member-at-Large
Retired Health Instructor, The Dalles High School
Wasco County
Members
Dennis Burke, FACHE, MS
Senior Advisor/Consultant, Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization
Retired CEO, Good Shepherd Medical Center
Umatilla County
Andrea Flores
Juntos Coordinator, Oregon State University Open Campus
Hood River & Wasco County
Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez, RN
Umatilla County
Meredith Halling
Workforce Data Analyst, Oregon Health Authority
Union County
Caitlin Russell, MAT
Regional Career & Technical Education Coordinator
Baker, Morrow, Umatilla, & Union County
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
NEOAHEC team and our 2023 Center of Excellence award from the National AHEC Association
Back Row: Carissa Cummings; Liz Sieders, PA-C; Nikkita Titus, MSN, RN; Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez, RN; Andrea Flores; Michelle Mudder