Board & Committee Service

Become a core member and help set vision with the Project Access NOW team.

Organizations thrive because of ideas and leadership. With representatives from a range of backgrounds and industries, board and committee members at Project Access NOW are proud to be actively engaged in improving community health and equity in our community.

If you are interested in board or committee service, please complete the application and return it to: info@projectaccessnow.org.

Our Committees

Executive Committee*

Lauren Foote Christensen (Chair) - Fmr. VP of Community Relations & Marketing, Legacy Health

Erin Fair Taylor (Vice Chair)- Vice President of Medicaid Programs, PacificSource Health Plans

Daniel Valliere (Treasurer) - CEO, REACH Community Development

Jenny Robinson (Secretary) - Executive Director, Legacy Health Partners

Jonathan Weedman - Vice President of Population Health, CareOregon

Carly-Hood Ronick (Staff Lead) - CEO

Finance Committee

Dan Valliere (Chair) - CEO, Reach CDC

Cara Biddlecom - Deputy Public Health Director, Oregon Health Authority

Henry Vera - Strategic Business Partner, Providence Health & Services

Ifeoma Muoto - Director, Community Health Partnerships, CareOregon

Greg Sutliff (Staff Lead) - VP of Finance

Board Capacity Committee

Meredith Roberts (Chair) - Executive Director, Comagine Health

Cara Biddlecom - Deputy Public Health Director, Oregon Health Authority

Jenny Robinson - Executive Director, Legacy Health Partners

Carly Hood-Ronick (Staff Lead) - CEO

Communications & Marketing Committee

Emily Barclay (Chair) - Director of Population Health, Oregon Health & Science University

Dianne Danowski-Smith - President/Founder, Publix Northwest PR

Jennifer Chi - Director of Digital Experience, CareOregon

Jess Columbo – Owner, Jess Columbo Consulting

Joe Ichter - Director of Community Health Investment, Providence Health & Services

Lauren Foote Christensen - Project Access NOW Board Chair

Liberty Pertiwi - Director of Primary Care Services, Samaritan Medical Group

Pam Mariea-Nason - Former Board Member, Project Access NOW

Rebecca Raab (Staff Lead) - VP of Development and Communications

Advocacy Committee

Anna Riedel (Chair) - Continuum of Care Operations Director, Kaiser Permanente

Danielle Sobel - Policy and Regulatory Affairs Senior Director, Oregon Primary Care Association

Erin Fair-Taylor - Vice President of Medicaid Programs, PacificSource Health Plans

Henry Vera - Strategic Business Partner, Providence Health & Services

Iden Campbell McCollum - Policy and Research Justice Manager, Coalition of Community Health Clinics

Janet Hamilton - Former Deputy Director, Project Access NOW

Jennine Smart – Executive Director, Oregon Community Health Workers Association

Keara Rodela - Health Equity & Community Partnership Manager, Coalition of Community Health Clinics

Marty Carty - Government Affairs Director, Oregon Primary Care Association

Tracy Carver - Senior Director, Community Health, Comagine Health

Emily Rigler-Wright - Policy Intern, Comagine Health

Peter Merritt (Staff Lead) - Strategic Projects Specialist

Health System Partner Committee*

Kamesha Robinson (Chair) - Director, Community Benefit, Legacy Health

Catherine Potter - Senior Program Manager, Community & Social Health, Kaiser Permanente

Dennis Lippert - Chief Medical Officer Ambulatory Care, Medical Director, Adventist Health Portland

Jennifer Leich -Administrative Director, Division of Care Management, Oregon Health and Science University

Joseph Ichter - Regional Director, Community Health Investment, Providence Health & Services

Kristi Cushman - Director Patient Access Services, Oregon Health and Science University

Rosalind Lindsay - Senior Director of Application Technology, Optum Care

Shelley Yoder - Director, Population Health Program Integration, Providence Health & Services

Tracy Dannen Grace - Director, Community and Social Health, Kaiser Permanente

Carly Hood-Ronick (Staff Lead) - CEO

Clinical Capacity Committee

Ann Tseng, MD (Chair)- Chief Medical Officer, Neighborhood Health Center

Andrew Suchocki, MD, MPH - Medical Director, Clackamas County Health Centers  

Bill Bennetts, MD – Retired (formerly Northwest Gastroenterology Clinic)

Gina Westhoff, MD - Medical Director, Gynecologic Oncology, Legacy Health  

Jennie Leslie, MD – OBGYN, Tuality Healthcare (OHSU)Project Access NOW

Jessica Weiss, MD, MCR – Associate Professor of Nephrology and Hypertension, OHSU School of Medicine

John Butler, MD – Senior Medical Director, Acceleron Pharma

Judy Collins, MD – Retired (Gastroenterology, VA Portland Healthcare / OHSU)

Lauren Foote Christensen - Project Access NOW Board Chair  

Lesley Otto, MD - OBGYN, Providence St. Vincent  

Stephanie Lux, NP - Family NP, Wallace Medical Concern  

Christie Robinson (Staff Lead) - Volunteer Provider Liaison

* Invite-Only Committee