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
dpatton@neoahec.org
Adam Sieders
IT Consultant
NEOAHEC Board of Directors
Board 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
Board Members
Raff Betza, MD
Physician, Grande Ronde Hospital Elgin/Union Clinics and Urgent Care
Union County
Dennis Burke, FACHE, MS
Senior Advisor/Consultant, Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization
Retired CEO, Good Shepherd Medical Center
Umatilla County
Meghan Chancey, MPH
Director, Baker County Health Department
Baker County
Robin Claudson, MSN, RN
Assistant Program Director, Simulation Coordinator, Oregon Health Sciences University
Union 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
Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez, BSN, RN
Umatilla County
Meredith Halling, PhD, MS
Workforce Data Analyst, Oregon Health Authority
Union County
Julie Hernandez
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
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
2024 NEOAHEC Staff & Board
Front Row: Caitlin Russell, Robin Claudson, Carissa Cummings, Torrina McLeod, Meghan Chancey, Julie Hernandez, Liz Seiders, Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez
Back Row: David Melville, Mike Hetrick, Meredith Lair, Eric Wiser, Patty Barfield, Kyler Malone, Adam Sieders, Meredith Halling
Not Pictured: Raff Betza, Dennis Burke, Lynn Carpenter, Seth Deister, Andrea Flores-Reyna, Nick West