Care Partners Staff & Board Members
Care Partners Staff and Board
Our staff and board of community volunteers
is committed to our mission:
Exceptional Care without Exception
The staff and board at Care Partners is comprised of individuals dedicated to exceptional patient care. In addition, their backgrounds include medicine, nursing, and social work. With deep roots in the community, we promise to put patient care first.
Are you interested in joining our board
and applying your expertise to help those in need?
Care Partners Staff
Leadership Team

Julia Luck, LCSW, ASWHP-C
Director of Psychosocial and Spiritual Care

Jessica Vizcarra
Director of Quality and Compliance
Care Partners Staff
Clinical Team

Kristi Coleman, MD
Medical Director

Gerald Gibbs, MD
Hospice Physician

Namrata Ragade, MD
Hospice Physician

Katherine "Kat" Bucciantini, RN, AGPCNP, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner
Care Partners Staff
Community Partnership

Hannah Bruckbauer
Volunteer Coordinator

Kathy Bradley
Executive Assistant

Brittany Haugen
Community Outreach Liaison
Board Officers
Elizabeth Jessop, JD
President
Owner, Law Office of Elizabeth M Jessop
Paul Kirk, MD
Vice President
Retired Physician
Christopher Hudson, MBA, CSFS, REBC
Secretary
Senior Manager Regence BlueCross/BlueShield OR
Terri Schmiesing
Treasurer
Financial Controller, Intel Corp
Board Members
Vance Navarrette, MS
IT Professional, Retired
Alan Saint, MHA, PMP, CPHQ, CMQ/OE, CQA, LSSBB
Director of Optimization, Providence Health & Services
Julie H. Smith, LCSW, M.Div., AP-BCC
Healthcare Chaplaincy and Episcopal Clergy, Retired
Care Partners Staff:
We Are Available Day or Night
Care Partners is on call around the clock to meet your needs. Call now to speak with an experienced and caring nurse. We’ve been helping people like you since 1982.