NEIGHBORCARE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant
Abby is originally from Southern California and made her way up to Seattle for graduate school. her partner and she are ever-expanding their community in the PNW, including their urban homestead complete with a garden, chickens, cats and dog.
As a native of Seattle, Adrienne's passion for community health started by working and volunteering in various local health and public health organizations. She graduate nursing training while working in an urban community health center in New York City, serving a diverse population. In her free time, Adrienne spends time with her partner and pet bunnies. They enjoy exploring the outdoors, visiting the local museums and restaurants, spending time with loved ones, and eating/learning to cook her family's Vietnamese food.
Born and raised in Tucson, AZ; Alex actually started in engineering and worked in South Sudan with emergency health/food/water programs. His initial pursuit in Engineering pushed him towards public health, working for resettled refugees in the US and people living with HIV, eventually landing in clinical practice as Nurse Practitioner. While he does enjoy being active and exploring Seattle, Alex's favorite activity is laying on the couch with his wife and chunky cat watching a good movie.
Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Pregnancy Care, LGBTQIA+ Care, Women's Health, Gender-affirming Care
Alicia grew up in rural Alaska. Before medicine, Alicia worked in community/public health and social services with the agricultural worker community in Oregon, as well as for three years internationally in Bolivia and Panama. In her free time, Alicia enjoys any type of outdoor adventure, spending time with family, dancing (West African and salsa) and traveling.
She loves living in the Pacific Northwest because of all the access to the outdoors. Alison enjoys rock climbing, trail running and skiing in her free time.
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant
Before joining Neighborcare Health Amy worked in another integrated primary care setting providing mental health care consultation and behavioral health services. She has also worked as a rehabilitation specialist, providing care to patients with disabilities and chronic pain. In her work Amy is particularly interested in mind-body medicine, mindfulness-based interventions, chronic pain and stress management, mood disorders and gender identity. Amy grew up in Washington D.C. and moved to the Pacific Northwest for her pre-doctoral internship. In her free time, she enjoys relaxing with her husband, Shar-Pei terrier and three birds, spending time with her family and seeing live music, going on hikes and dancing.
Ana's clinical background is in child and adolescent mental health. Her schooling and early experiences as a therapist were in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA. Most of her experience is in community mental health, outpatient and school-based settings. As a first generation American, she always strives to give back to the community. She is the first one in her family to graduate from college and attain higher education.
Hobbies include anything outdoors such as hiking, running, and camping. She likes to stay physically active. She likes to describe herself as a curious individual, likes to explore new places and tries different things. She is originally from San Diego, and all her family still lives there. She uses that as an excuse for a ""summer retreat"" throughout the year.
Before coming to Neighborcare Health, Aneta worked as a nurse practitioner providing pediatric care in primary health care settings across Oregon and Washington. She has also worked as a nurse in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing care to newborn babies. Aneta is originally from Poland, but has spent the last several years in the Pacific Northwest. She likes spending time with her family and playing with her dog. She also enjoys traveling, cooking, spending time outdoors and learning how to speak new languages.
Anna has worked in many different community mental health settings, as well as in drug and alcohol prevention/treatment. She also has operated a small private practice on Vashon. She enjoys backpacking, cooking, gardening, and spending time with family.
Anna is a pediatrician passionate about promoting community health, and loves working with patients from diverse backgrounds. Prior to coming to Neighborcare, she worked in a community clinic in New York City. Anna loves spending time outdoors, reading novels from different countries, and spending time with her family.
Prior to working in school-based health care centers, Anne worked as a mental health therapist, chemical dependency counselor, intensive family therapist and wraparound facilitator. In working with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed youth in the 21st century, Anne enriches her perspective with attachment disruption and trauma-informed care. She adopts an eclectic approach that integrates mental health therapy, chemical dependency counseling and individual, family and group therapies. Her strength-based intervention often facilitates role-switching of youth from victims to champions, transforming from receiving treatment to serving other needy people with empathy and insight on the past and future.
Job Titles:
- Dentist, Dental Informaticist
Austin spends a lot of his free time volunteering at free dental clinics or helping to teach dental students.
When he is not being a dentist, Austin enjoys good music, good food and good company. He loves snowboarding, watching and playing all kinds of sports, and spending time with Marlee (his car), Lola (his guitar) and Ruby (his fixed-gear bike).
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Gender-affirming Care, Women's Health
Betsy Hail joined Neighborcare Health in May 2024. With an extensive portfolio in healthcare leadership, she brings valued experience in clinical and business operations, IT applications, project management, strategic planning, and team building. Betsy served as Executive Director of Primary Care at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, with operational oversight of several eastside clinic locations and neighboring communities, driving strategic growth and access while working to improve care team and patient experience. She also worked with an independently physician-owned group, Lakeshore Clinic, where she developed process improvement initiatives around care delivery improving quality of care to local communities. Betsy holds a Master's degree in Business Administration with a health care emphasis and a certification in project management. At Neighborcare Health, she leads clinical operations, IT services, facilities and project management.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Health Center Coordinator
Brandon has had a deep interest in public health and youth outreach throughout college, which were the focuses of his academics and activities. Outside of school Brandon loves going to every Huskies football game, playing his trumpet, cooking, and listening to Andy Grammer.
Caitlin enjoys spending her free time hiking and camping with her dog.
Job Titles:
- Chief of Community Engagement
Candace Jackson joined Neighborcare Health in April 2024. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Neighborcare Health Foundation. In these roles, she oversees partnerships, grants and fundraising, policy, and communications. Previously she served as Director of Health Justice at Pyramid Communications, leading strategic initiatives with the Black Future Co-op Fund, UW School of Public Health, the City of Seattle, and many other organizations. She spent nearly a decade at Public Health-Seattle & King County in multiple positions focused on health equity, and co-founded the African American Health Board and the Community Health Board Coalition, a network of 15 ethnically/culturally based community health boards. She also serves as a committee co-chair with the UW's Center for Antiracism and Community Health.
Job Titles:
- Health Center Coordinator
Carolyn loves working with children and young adults and has extensive experience working with diverse populations in community outreach roles both the U.S. and Internationally. She is excited to work in school-based health care at the same time as her three children are also navigating the local elementary school! In her spare time, Carolyn can be found enjoying her West Seattle community walking or reading , by the water, or out hiking or camping with her family.
Family Medicine, Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Women's Health
Job Titles:
- Physician Assistant / Children 's Medicine / Pediatrics, School - Based
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Family Medicine, Pregnancy Care, Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Women's Health, Gender-affirming Care, LGBTQIA+ Care, Geriatrics
Before coming to Neighborcare, Craig lived in New York City completing his residency in urban family medicine serving a diverse patient population. Craig moved to Seattle with his wife and their three dogs to be closer to family and raise their child. In his free time, Craig enjoys exploring the Pacific Northwest, running, biking and competing in triathlons.
Dang began working for Neighborcare Health right after finishing dental school. He is from Vietnam and likes to go to the movies, read and travel in his free time.
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant / Mental Health
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- Mental Health Therapist, at Chautauqua and McMurray
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- Certified Nurse Midwife, Nurse Practitioner
Job Titles:
- Interim Chief Health Officer
Dr. Kimberley Herner joined Neighborcare in July 2024, bringing years of experience in promoting collaboration and alignment to advance population health, value-based care, care pathways, care management and care coordination while breaking down silos between programs. In her last role at UW Medicine, Valley Medical Center, she partnered with organizational leaders to develop, implement and monitor systems of patient care. With a data-driven approach, Dr. Herner has also been a champion for improving healthcare quality and safety.
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner, Site Medical Director / Family Medicine
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Behavioral Health Consultant
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- Dentist, Site Dental Director
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- Certified Nurse Midwife, Nurse Practitioner
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- Mental Health Therapist, Clinical Supervisor
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- Dentist, Site Dental Director
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- Nurse Practitioner, Site Medical Director
Family Medicine, Women's Health, LGBTQIA+ Care, Sports Medicine
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- Nurse Practitioner / Children 's Medicine / Pediatrics
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- Dentist, Site Dental Director
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Janine Childs joined Neighborcare Health in December 2006 as the Controller and became the Chief Financial Officer in January 2010. She is responsible for oversight of Neighborcare Health's finance, billing, referrals, and insurance eligibility, bringing more than two decades of experience in health care finance and administration.
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner / Housing Health Outreach Team ( HHOT ), Homeless & Housing Care, Family Medicine
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Secretary of the Board of Directors
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- Mental Health Therapist / Mental Health, School - Based
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- Registered Nurse / Homeless & Housing
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- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
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- Health Center Coordinator, School - Based Health Care Program Specialist
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- Certified Nurse Midwife / Pregnancy Care, Women 's Health, Midwifery, Sexual and Reproductive Health, LGBTQIA Care
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant
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- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
Job Titles:
- Physician, Site Medical Director
Family Medicine, Gender-affirming Care, Pregnancy Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant / Homeless & Housing
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- Dental Assistant / Dentistry, School - Based
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- Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Certified Nurse Midwife / Pregnancy Care, Midwifery, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Women 's Health
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner, Site Medical Director / Family Medicine, Adult Medicine, Children 's Medicine / Pediatrics
Job Titles:
- Mental Health Therapist / Mental Health, School - Based
Job Titles:
- Dentist, Site Dental Director
Job Titles:
- Certified Nurse Midwife, Nurse Practitioner / Midwifery, Women 's Health, Pregnancy Care, LGBTQIA Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Job Titles:
- Health Center Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Dentist, Site Dental Director
Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Gender-affirming Care, LGBTQIA+ Care, Geriatrics, Women's Health
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant, Clinical Psychologist
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- Adult Medicine, LGBTQIA Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Housing Health Outreach Team ( HHOT ), Homeless & Housing Care
Job Titles:
- Health Center Coordinator
Family Medicine, Mental Health, Pregnancy Care, Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Women's Health, Gender-affirming Care, LGBTQIA+ Care
Job Titles:
- Certified Nurse Midwife / Pregnancy Care, Women 's Health, Midwifery, LGBTQIA Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Job Titles:
- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
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- Mental Health Therapist, at Chautauqua and McMurray / Mental Health, School - Based
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- Mental Health Therapist / Mental Health, School - Based
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- Dentist, Director - Dental Residency
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Physician, Site Medical Director / Family Medicine, Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine / Pediatrics, Women 's Health, Mental Health
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- Mental Health Therapist / Mental Health, School - Based
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- Nurse Practitioner, Site Medical Director
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Health Educator / School - Based
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- Mental Health Therapist / Mental Health, School - Based
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Mental Health Therapist / Mental Health, School - Based
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- Psychologist / Housing Health Outreach Team ( HHOT ), Homeless & Housing Care, Mental Health
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- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Women's Health, LGBTQIA+ Care, Geriatrics
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Rashad A. Collins joined Neighborcare Health in July 2022. Previously he served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Charter Oak Health Center in Hartford, CT. Prior to that Rashad served as the Chief Program Officer at the Community Health Center Association of Connecticut. Rashad also served as Board Chair of Caring Health Center Inc. in Springfield, MA. Rashad serves as a member of various national level committees including the National Association of Community Health Center Excellence & Training Committee and Conversations in Leadership Diversity Advisory Group. He has been recognized as a Geiger Gibson Emerging Leader, and as one of the nation's 100 members of the health center movement whose dedication foretell a bright future ahead for America's Health Centers.
Job Titles:
- Behavioral Health Consultant
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Family Medicine, LGBTQIA+ Care, Pregnancy Care, Women's Health
Job Titles:
- Chief Human Resources Officer
Sandy Garner joined Neighborcare Health in July 2024. With over 20 years of distinguished experience in leading HR operations across the US, Canada, and Europe, Sandy brings an exceptional breadth of expertise to our organization. Known for innovative and results-oriented leadership, Sandy excels in areas such as labor and employee relations, benefits, and compensation, and change management. Her focus at Neighborcare Health is developing and implementing HR strategies that support the organization, and initiatives around change management, and talent management in the areas of recruiting, retention, and equity, diversity, and inclusion. Sandy is passionate about building diverse teams and expertly navigating transformation.
Job Titles:
- Physician Assistant / Homeless & Housing Care
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- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
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- Mental Health Therapist / School - Based, Mental Health
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Health Center Coordinator
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- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
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- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics, Geriatrics
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- Registered Nurse / Homeless & Housing
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- Certified Nurse Midwife, Nurse Practitioner / Midwifery, Women 's Health, LGBTQIA Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Family Medicine, Adult Medicine, Children's Medicine/Pediatrics
Job Titles:
- Dentist, Site Dental Director
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- Health Center Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Dental Hygienist / Dentistry
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- Registered Nurse, Nurse Supervisor / Homeless & Housing