Western Washington Area Health Education Center
2033 Sixth Avenue, Ste. 310
Seattle, WA 98121
Ph: 206.441.7137
Fax: 206.441.7158
Staff
Health
Professionals/
Student Placement
Volunteer/Retired
Providers Program
Statewide Office
of Rural Health
Community Health
Assessment, Planning
& Development
Primary Care
Provider Recruitment
Staff
Laurie Wylie,
Executive Director
Jodi Palmer,
Assistant Director
Christine Lindquist,
Program Coordinator
WWAHEC
2033 Sixth Avenue, Ste. 310
Seattle, WA 98121
Ph: 206.441.7137
Fax: 206.441.7158
Health
Professionals/
Student Placement
Volunteer/Retired
Providers Program
Statewide Office
of Rural Health
Community
Health
Assessment, Planning
& Development
Primary Care
Provider Recruitment
Staff
Laurie Wylie,
Executive Director
Jodi Palmer,
Assistant Director
Christine Lindquist,
Program Coordinator
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Laurie Wylie, MA, RN, SNP
Executive Director
E-mail Laurie Wylie
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Jodi Palmer, MSW
Assistant Director
E-mail Jodi Palmer
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Christine Lindquist,
MPH
Program Coordinator
E-mail Christine Lindquist
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Frank Kohel
Executive Assistant/Office Manager
E-mail Frank Kohel
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Kiyan Smith, BA
Program Assistant
E-mail Kiyan Smith
Laurie
has 30 years of experience working in not-for-profit agencies, 22 years of
management experience, and 20 years of experience in health policy,
government relations and practice issues. She holds a Bachelor of Science in
Nursing and nurse practitioner credentials from the University of
Washington, and a Master from Columbia University. In addition, she
is credentialed in community health nursing, nursing administration, and as
a school nurse practitioner.
Laurie's experience in adult education also includes staff development for Group Health Cooperative for the consulting nurse system, the Visiting Nurses Association which included designing continuing education programs, as well as meeting the criteria for continuing education certifications. She is a well-received presenter and teacher at local, state and national conferences, and has taught lay and health professional adults, children K-12, and college students. Areas of interest include Board development, customer service, public policy development and systems theory.
Laurie's clinical focus has included rural and urban underserved, primary care, community health, school health and emergency care. She has worked with urban underserved populations, in rural school districts, and in rural community health.
Jodi
has over 20 years in health and human services planning and
administration. Her skills include community mobilization, group
facilitation, conflict resolution, and coalition building across a variety
of health and human services. In her current position at WWAHEC, she staffs
and participates in a variety of community mobilization efforts. She
currently provides coalition assistance to the Western Washington Rural
Health Care Cooperative, a group of Critical Access Hospitals. Previous to her work at WWAHEC, Jodi managed mental health services for
Pierce County where she staffed the County Mental Health Advisory Board. She
has a masters degree from the Community Organization and Services Tract of
the University of Washington School of Social Work with a focus on planning
and administration.
Christine
coordintates the Volunteer/Retired Providers (VRP)
Program, Project H.O.P.E. (Health Occupations Preparatory Experience), and
anything else that falls onto her desk. In her previous lives she has worked in women’s reproductive
health, served in Thailand with the U.S. Peace Corps, developed an umbilical cord blood bank
and worked in Head Start. She holds a BA from the University of Washington and
a Masters in International Public Health from Loma Linda University.
Chris is highly motivated to improve health care access across the state, and to ensure equity of care for all patients. She is always happy to listen to your ideas of how WWAHEC programs in this area could be strengthened.
Prior to working with Western Washington AHEC, Kiyan received a BA in Sociology from the University of Washington. Much to his great surprise he then found himself selling fiction books and jewelry online. The experience proved fruitful, however, giving him a strong background in operations and project management. He went on to study computer network support at Boston University, manage an alumni survey for Harvard business school, and worked at the Starbucks headquarters under the Supplier Relations group. Kiyan is very happy to now be working to provide health care access for underserved communities.
WWAHEC
2033 Sixth Avenue, Ste. 310
Seattle, WA 98121
Ph: 206.441.7137
Fax: 206.441.7158
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