Tri-County Medicaid Collaborative Names Board of Directors

The Tri-County Medicaid Collaborative has named their board of directors.

Board members include:
Community-At-Large 
Mel Rader – Co-Executive Director, Upstream Public Health
Ramsey Weit – Executive Director, Community Housing Fund
Chair of Community Advisory Council
Stephen Weiss – Chair of the Elders in Action Commission of Multnomah County, Current Board President of Independent Living Resources, the Community Alliance of Tenants, and the Oregon State Council for Retired Citizens
Dentist 
Michael Biermann, DMD – Pediatric Dentist, Owner, Co-Chair, Oregon Head Start Dental Home Project
Mental Health Provider 
Mary Monnat – President and CEO, LifeWorks NW
Addictions Provider 
Jacqueline Mercer – CEO, Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Inc.
RN/NP 
Jean-Claude Provost – Lead Clinician/Family Nurse Practitioner, Housecall Providers, Inc., Chair-Elect, Nurse Practitioners of Oregon
Primary Care Physician 
Jill Ginsberg, MD – Retired, Northwest Permanente, Founding Board Member, North by Northeast Community Health Center
Specialty Care Physician
Walter Hoffman – Member, Past President, Practicing OB/GYN, Women’s HealthCare Associates, LLC
In addition, the founding members include:
George J. Brown, MD, FACP, Chair, Legacy Health
Cindy Becker, Clackamas County Health , Housing & Human Services
Ed Blackburn, Central City Concern
Rod Branyan, Washington County Dept. of Health & Human Services
David E. Ford, CareOregon
Andrew R. McCulloch, Kaiser Permanente
Joseph E. Robertson, Jr., MD, OHSU
Thomas Russell, Adventist Medical Center
Lillian Shirley, Multnomah County Health Department
Dick Stenson, Tuality Healthcare
Greg Van Pelt, Providence Health & Systems


For more information on the Board of Directors, visit the Tri-County Medicaid Collaborative website.