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
Jessica Vizcarra
Compliance and Quality Improvement Manager
Julia Luck
Director of Psychosocial and Spiritual Care
Rachel Hu
Human Resource Specialist
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
Namrata Ragade, MD
Hospice Physician
Care Partners Staff
Community Partnership
Hannah Bruckbauer
Volunteer Coordinator
Nathan Gregg
Development Manager
Micah Taylor, MPH
Community Outreach Coordinator
Board Officers
Laurabeth Ragozzino
President
Director, In Lumino Sanctus
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
Elizabeth Fischer, MS
Senior Care Advocate, Retired
Elizabeth Jessop, JD
Owner, Law Office of Elizabeth M Jessop
Vance Navarrette, MS
IT Professional, Retired
Jhoan Perras-Lemense, MS, PMP
Senior Project Manager
Dru Rosenthal
Consultancy Services – Development, Fundraising, Communications
Alan Saint, MHA, PMP, CPHQ, CMQ/OE, CQA, LSSBB
Director of Optimization, Providence Health & Services
Jenny Sherman, SPHR, CCP, MBA
Retired Human Resources Professional
Julie H. Smith, LCSW, M.Div., AP-BCC
Healthcare Chaplaincy and Episcopal Clergy, Retired
Dean Stearman
Business Consultant
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.