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Executive
Director: Susan Amberson
Susan
has worked with non-profits in the Puget Sound
area for over twenty years, initially with
environmental organizations concerned with
preserving and protecting the Nisqually
Delta. Her efforts turned to community
health in the late 1990's after realizing that
Thurston County had few resources available
for its low-income residents and those without
health insurance. She joined Sea Mar
Community Health Center in 1999 as Special
Projects Director and negotiated the funding
and community support needed to bring the
community health center to
Olympia.
After
seeing that operation through to a new
location and staff of five providers, Susan
left Seas Mar and has been consulting
independently with non-profits since
2004. Though the emphasis of her
consulting remained in community health, she
missed the interaction with patients.
When the opportunity arose to join NFMC in
July 2008, the timing was right and Susan
joined a Executive Director. She lives
in Olympia with her husband, Steve Munger.
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Medical
Director: Dr. Cris Johnson, MD
Dr. Johnson has been a supporter of
the NFMC even before the doors opened, and was
instrumental in the great participation of
Pioneer Family Practice doctors on our roster of
providers. Dr. Johnson’s role as our
Medical Director was celebrated by local
hospital administrators as well as by the NFMC
volunteers who have had the pleasure of working
with him. Dr. Johnson’s modest yet
confident manner establishes trust and rapport
with patients and co-workers, and his
servant’s heart will naturally provide the
leadership essential to the culture of our
clinic.
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Office
Manager: Sheila Graham
Sheila
brings an
extensive and diverse set of skills and
experience to her position as Office
Manager.
Sheila's career path has
included working as an Accountant for a major
recruiting firm, as a Sales Manager for a
real estate company, and as an Owner/Manager
of a retail floral business. She came to
the clinic, after successfully completing the
2005 campaign, from her position as Account
Executive for
United Way of Thurston
County.
Previously, Sheila has been
a volunteer for organizations such as the Crisis
Clinic and the Emergency Housing Network.
She has served on several boards, including
those of a local Chamber of Commerce and
Retrouvaille of Arizona.
A native of
Oregon, Sheila graduated from Merritt
Davis College
in
Salem
with a major in Accounting. She lives in rural
Thurston
County with her husband, Tom, and their two
cranky old cats. In her spare time,
she especially enjoys traveling, fishing, and
Geocaching.
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Case
Manager: Theda Spracklin
Theda
earned her BA degree in English, in 1976, from
James Madison University in Harrisonberg
VA. She has since worked as a legal
editor and proofreader, (in the early
eighties) and later as a caseworker in several
social service venues. She has worked as
the State Liaison, resource development
coordinator and caseworker at the Clatsop
County Woman's Resource Center in Astoria,
Oregon for several years, providing case
management, advocacy and training to families
involved in domestic violence, and to families
struggling with poverty and depression,
needing resources and community help.
Theda
also worked as the Clatsop Care Center, a 78
bed non-profit facility for the elderly and
infirm, in the capacity of Ward Clerk, Central
Supply, and Social Worker. More
specifically, she assisted medical staff in
the nurse's station, worked with families of
residents, who were often distraught at
leaving their parents in a home, as well as
maintained all resident's charts to state
standards. She also ordered, and
dispersed all medical supplies for the
facility.
On
a more personal note, Theda has a great love
of standard jazz and bluegrass music.
She volunteer DJ'd at KMUN radio station in
Astoria, Oregon, spinning out evening jazz
shows for listeners for seven years. She
has also performed many a vocal gig in her
day, for example, she traveled to Kobe, Japan
in the eighties with her band named "Dede"
and opened up a swingin American style jazz
club there for six months. She even sang
the National Anthem at a Mariner's game!
She is hoping, once she gets some time, to
fins a musical outlet for herself here in the
Olympia are very soon.
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Donna
Mack, President
Donna
has a Bachelor's degree from The Evergreen State
College emphasizing science and social science,
and a Master's degree in Organizational Psychology from Antioch University
Seattle.
Donna
has worked as the business office manager of an
urgent care center, a Realtor, and a vocational
rehabilitation counselor. She has recently
been employed as an instructor in the Workfirst
program at Highline
Community College
teaching basic medical office skills, and as
corporate trainer on workplace issues such as
harassment, drugs and alcohol in the workplace,
stress, and change management. Donna is
currently working with the Thurston County
Health and Social Services Department in Olympia
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Ted
Steege, Vice-President
Ted
graduated from the
University
of
Michigan
with a degree in English literature and a minor
in political science.
He is now happily retired but spent 29 years
working for the State of
Washington
’s Division of Disability Determination
Services. His positions included claims
adjudicator, supervisor of a unit of
adjudicators, and, for 20 years, the IT manager
for the Division. During this time
he also managed the establishment of a due
process hearings function for the DDS. He
retired from his state position in June 2002 to
work as a consultant for Global CI helping 30
state DDS’s transition from one hardware
platform to another. After a year and a
half in this position, he accepted his fate as a
grandpa, agitator, gardener, cook and member of
the Greater Olympia chapter of Slow Food, reader
of history, hiker, bicycle rider, (very amateur)
bird watcher, and traveler.
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Jenifer
Morgan, Treasurer
Jenifer
received her BBA in accounting from
Southwest
Texas
State
University
in 1981. She spent ten years with Tarrant
County Mental Health, Mental Retardation in
various finance positions. She has been
the finance manager for numerous non-profit
agencies in the Olympia
area including TOGETHER!, Kindergarten
Connection, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
She is the Board Treasurer for the Olympia Youth
Chorus. She and her husband Jim live in
Tumwater with their three children. |
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Sarah
Coats, Secretary
Sarah
"Sally" Coats has been an assistant
attorney general in Washington
state for 17 years, and is currently the section
chief of the Mental Health Section, which
represents the DSHS Mental Health Division,
Western State
Hospital, Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse,
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Special
Commitment
Center
for sexually violent predators. In the
past, Sally has also represented the DSHS
Division of Economic Services, Office of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Bates
Technical
College
and South
Puget Sound
Community College. Before moving to
Washington
in 1991, Sally was an assistant attorney general
in Iowa
where she was an appellate prosecutor and
represented the Iowa Department of Corrections.
Sally also serves on the board of Harlequin
Productions. She received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from the
University
of Michigan
in 1980, and her Jurisdoctorate Degree from the
University
of
Iowa
in 1983. Sally and her husband have two
children and live in Olympia.
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