Bridget Brown
Chief Operations Officer

Bridget Brown, the Chief Operations Officer at Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness, has over 15 years of experience serving marginalized/at-risk populations, with comprehensive expertise in program planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Her focus on individuals with special needs began during her undergraduate studies in Southern California where she did field-work using horses for therapy. She then went on to serve in the Peace Corps in Armenia working to address the stigma and isolation affecting young people with disabilities.

Tammy Greer
Chief Financial Officer

Tammy Greer has worked for the Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness since 2005 and has been the Financial Officer since 2007. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Eastern Oregon University with a major in accounting. Prior to working for Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness she worked for a CPA in Baker City, Oregon for five years where she gained first-hand experience working on audits for local governments and non-profit agencies as well as bookkeeping for various clients of the firm including processing payroll. This experience well prepared her for the work she is now doing for us.

Mollie Cudmore, LCSW
Mental Health Clinician
Clinical Director

Mollie is a licensed clinical social worker. She enjoys engaging with children, families, and adults focusing on challenges in loss: divorce, death of a loved one, adjustments to stressors, anxiety, depression, transitional changes, trauma processing, and cultural variances; with over 20 years of experience. Mollie relocated to the Enterprise area in 2015 after living in Bethel, Alaska. She has worked in the mental health field since 2001 and brings a wealth of experience to the organization.

Autumn Wilburn
Executive Assistant

Autumn Wilburn brings a diverse background and over 15 years of experience in project management, policy analysis, advocacy roles, and working for elected officials to her new role at Center for Wellness. She hopes to help the organization and the clients they serve with her organizational and leadership skills.

Raised in a small mountain town in Idaho, Autumn was excited to return to her rural roots when her family had the opportunity to relocate to Wallowa County in 2015. She enjoys getting out and enjoying all of the recreational opportunities available here with her 3 children and husband. She believes in giving back and serves her community on various boards and committees.

Autumn holds a Master’s in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Idaho State University.

Barrett Crosby
QI/QA Director

Barrett Crosby is the QA/QI Director for Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness. Barrett was born and raised in the wilds of Alaska. He left Alaska to attend Oregon State University and decided to stay, beginning his career in behavioral health in 2004. Barrett spent many years in Portland providing care and managing Mental Health licensed residential treatment. After close to a decade Barrett had the opportunity to work for the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) licensing and certification team. While at OHA he also engaged in operations and policy work for the Health Systems Division writing a number of the administrative rules under which Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness operates. Most recently Barrett worked as the Senior Director of Quality Management and Regulatory Services, HIPAA Privacy Officer, and Compliance Officer for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare in Portland. After 18 years of city life, Barrett and his family made the decision to leave Portland and return to the wide-open spaces and relative peace of rural life. He now resides in upstate NY (15 minutes from Canada) and works remotely for us. Barrett is excited to bring his knowledge and experience to the table in support of our work and the work staff does every day.

Lisa Ladendorff, LCSW
Grant Program Evaluator

Lisa is a licensed clinical social worker and on contract from Northeast Oregon Network (NEON). She has a 25-year history of clinical practice, specializing in the dynamics of behavior change as well as over 20 years of mentoring mental health staff. Lisa brings a wealth of experience from quality assurance/quality improvement to program evaluation to staff supervision and so much more to the organization. Her breadth of knowledge and experience provides a deep understanding on how systems impact individuals, especially around public health.

Kimberly Candrila
Human Resources Director
Compliance Officer

Kimberly Candrila is an HR professional with experience working across several industries both domestically and internationally. Prior to working in behavioral health, she worked with business owners to develop Real Estate and Mortgage companies, Fiber Optics Manufacturing, Private Security, and other small business venture capitalists. She has worked with start-up and large-scale organizations to develop a strong workforce, supported by solid processes and systems that benefit the client and staff while meeting organizational vision and goals.

Josey Ross
HR Assistant

Josey is a Wallowa County native and is enjoying this new role in her life. She worked in the medical field for the past three years and loves working with others. She is excited to transfer these skills to supporting health workers in a human resource setting.

She graduated in 2010 from Joseph Charter School. She moved over to Lewiston, ID to be with her husband while he was employed there training horses. They moved back to Wallowa County in 2014 and now have two children that bring them so much joy.

Amy Busch
Public Relations and Development Director

Amy has experienced first-hand the power of mental health services and believes mental and physical well-being is crucial to whole person wellness. Her hope someday that mental health checkups are as commonplace as physical health checkups. Currently she works to tell the story of Wallowa Valley Center of Wellness and how mental and behavioral health services change lives. She believes storytelling is a powerful medium and by knowing each others stories we heal, transform, and build empathy for others.

Tosca Rawls
Public Relations and Development Director

Tosca is the Public Relations and Development Director in the Development Department at Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness. She has nearly 15 years’ experience in the areas of social work, non-profit management, project management and education. Tosca brings a wealth of experience in fundraising, grant management and developing and managing new programs and projects.

Wendy McDaniel
Senior Accountant

Although Wendy spent several years working in the field of social work, she often found herself incorporating accounting into her work. Wendy received a bachelor of science in social work from the University of Oregon. With this combination, coming to work at Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness seemed like a natural fit.

Alyssa Werst Daggett
Finance Specialist

Alyssa Werst Daggett is the Financial Specialist. Alyssa’s role is to manage accounts payable and receivables. She makes sure that bills are paid in a timely matter, accounts are reconciled monthly, and that clinicians are credentialed with insurance companies. Her job also entails managing WVCW’s rep payee accounts, along with occasionally filling in at the front desk. Alyssa is also the company’s Notary, and serves as a TeamStepps coach. She has even tackled learning a new fundraising software that has helped out in the Hearts for Health Fundraising. Wallow Valley Center for Wellness has been a great fit for Alyssa.

Darci Calhoun
Outpatient Billing Representative

When you walk into one of our offices, you will find Darci’s friendly face. She brings 35 years of customer service experience to Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness. Her position bridges the gap with front office and billing. She will work with clients and front office staff to address a variety of billing needs. Her goal is to bring a calming atmosphere to everyone at our office and to help individuals feel at ease with us or on the phone. She loves working with such a diverse group and how well everyone works together to help clients. She learns something new every day either from clients or staff. Darci refills her cup by enjoying time with her family and immersing herself into her photography.

Johna Alford, QMHA, CHW, MA
Project Director

Johna comes from a medical background as a medical assistant. She worked for many years in the health care field and decided to make a change in careers and work with a different population. She has a vast background in working directly with clients but also in helping create workflows, train in the electronic medical record (EMR) program, and facilitate meetings.

Morning Star Kohlhepp
Integration Specialist

Morning Star comes to us with a varied background in finance, customer service, and the medical field. She is excited to be part of our team and help staff learn tools like OCHIN to track care and work with community partners on public health issues.

She moved back to Wallowa County about 11 years ago. She is married to one of our local police officers and together they have six children and 5 grandchildren. She recently moved down to their property in Wallowa and is working on making it their forever home to raise their youngest son.

Darren Veenker
Facility Supervisor
Stationary Engineering Certificate
Oregon Limited Maintenance Electrical license

Darren brings almost thirty years of experience to Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness from a variety of industries. Specializing in a variety of systems and having an innate nature to understand how things work, there are not many things Darren has been unable to repair or diagnose. Throughout his years of service, his knowledge base has expanded across a wide spectrum of repairs. Having these talents allows him to properly maintain, manage and foresee problems often before they even arise. Darren has brought forth a predictive and preventive maintenance scheme that allows all facilities to run smoothly, with minimal concerns and rapid repairs when needed.

Brad Fanning
IT Systems Administrator

Brad makes sure all our IT systems and equipment are working efficiently and safely. He comes back to us after working for years in the IT field at the state level.

Carmen Requa
Front Office Manager

Carmen, Office Manager at Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness has been working with vulnerable populations, at-risk children, and families for almost 20 years.

Her focus has been specific to children of high needs of abuse and neglect, teen parents, and worked in Seattle, WA as a post-partum doula with a focus on post-partum depression, bonding, and attachment.

She believes in the importance to meet people where they are and has a heart for helping care for those in her community. Strong belief in the importance of a balance of mind, body, and soul to be the best you can be for yourself and others.

She graduated with a BS degree from Eastern Oregon University.

RaeLynn Wallace
Access Support Specialist

RaeLynn joined our team in 2017 as one of the Front Office Specialists. She has 15 years of experience in customer service and management, working in healthcare for more than half her life. This experience has helped RaeLynn to provide our clients with the best care possible.

Teri Gallegos
Front Office Specialist I

Teri Ann Gallegos is a mother to an 11 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. She is a wife to Michael Gallegos and they were married at Wallowa Lake back in September of 2013. In her spare time, Teri enjoys spending time with her family and participating in local outdoor community events.

Teri has spent a lot of time volunteering here locally for Hells Canyon Mule Days, Enterprise Head Start Program, and was on the Board of Directors for Wallowa County Youth Mentoring Program. Teri graduated high school in the summer of 2004 from Enterprise Alternative School and lived away for 16 years.

Teri has spent the last six years as an Assistant Manager and Landlord running a mobile home and R.V. park with her husband by her side doing all the maintenance and repair work on all 97 units in Kennewick Washington. When the owners decided to sell the RV park, Teri and her family chose to buy a house in Wallowa County and move back to the place she calls “home”. Teri is excited to work at Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness as a Front Desk Specialist because she enjoys working with and helping people. In her experience, being in a front desk position is where the relationship and the help begins.