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, social work other professional credentials. 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

Tracy Villarreal
LCSW, CPHQ
CEO

Jeana Anderson
CFO

Jennifer Nash Rayburn
MSW
Director of Psychosocial and Spiritual Care

Christa Nicholas
Director of Community Partnerships

Jenny Sherman
MBA
Human Resource Manager

Jessica Vizcarra
Compliance and Quality Improvement Manager
Care Partners Staff
Clinical Team

Gerald Gibbs, MD
Medical Director

William Dronkowski, MD
Director Palliative Medicine

Ann McWhorter, RN, BSN
Director of Nursing Services

Julia Salve, MN, FNP-C, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner

Katherine "Kat" Bucciantini, RN, AGPCNP, ACHPN
Nurse Practitioner
Board Officers
Elizabeth Fischer, MS, CSA
Senior Care Advocate
Retired
Laurabeth Ragozzino
Vice President
Director, In Lumino Sanctus
Christopher Hudson, MBA, CSFS, REBC
Secretary
Senior Manager Regence BlueCross/BlueShield OR
Kathy Barclay, CPA
Treasurer
Financial Professional, Retired
Board Members
Jhoan Perras-Lemense, MS, PMP
Senior Project Manager
Julie H. Smith MSW, LCSW, M.Div., AP-BCC
Elaine Denning, MBA
Healthcare Executive, Retired
Stephanie Brandt
Director of Community Relations,
The Springs at Carman Oaks
Elizabeth Jessop, JD
Owner, Law Office of Elizabeth M Jessop
Teresa Goodell, RN, PhD
Clinical Nurse Specialist & Educator
Vance Navarrette, MS
IT Professional, Retired
Bert Hoffbeck
Company Controller, JMS Wind Energy, Inc.
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.